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NASA’s Perseverance Records First-Ever Mini-Lightning on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured the first electrical discharges—mini-lightning sparks—in Mars’ dusty atmosphere. An illustration of lightning being discharged from…
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X-Ray Nebula Discovery Brings Astronomers Closer to Solving Cosmic Ray Mystery
Astronomers link an X-ray nebula to a pulsar-powered PeVatron, offering major clues to the origins of galactic cosmic rays. X-ray…
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Scientists Finally Identify What Drives Venus’s Fast Winds
Scientists find that Venus’s fast, superrotating winds are driven primarily by a daily thermal tide from solar heating. Venus is…
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NASA Steps In to Support ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Rover Ahead of 2028 Mars Launch
NASA will provide key landing hardware, heaters, a launch vehicle, and the MOMA instrument to support ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover.…
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Dark Matter May Have Been Seen for the First Time in NASA Gamma-Ray Data
NASA’s Fermi telescope has detected a 20-GeV gamma-ray halo around the Milky Way’s center that may match dark-matter annihilation. Fermi…
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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 With 29 Starlink Satellites, Marks Florida’s 100th Space Coast Launch of 2025
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 delivered 29 Starlink satellites on Florida’s 100th launch of 2025, showcasing record-breaking activity powered by rapid rocket…
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ESA’s Euclid Telescope Charts Over a Million Galaxies in Landmark First Data
ESA’s Euclid mapped 1.2 million galaxies in its first year, delivering sharp, deep images across vast cosmic distances. Euclid maps…
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Photographed Beside Distant Galaxy in Rare Cosmic Shot
A new image of 3I/ATLAS shows its multi-tailed structure beside a distant galaxy, revealing rare interstellar details. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS…
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China and NASA Coordinate to Avoid Satellite Collision for the First Time
In a first, China’s space agency (CNSA) warned NASA of a possible satellite collision, offering to adjust its craft’s orbit.…
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SpaceX Boosts Starlink Network with 28 New Satellites from California
SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites under mission Group 11-14 from Vandenberg, California. Falcon 9 lands on drone ship after…