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Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA's Perseverance rover
SpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launch
For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More Like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’
Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
Solar Tracking Sunspots - Seestar s50
Northern lights may be visible in these 13 US states tonight as the sun hurls solar storm toward Earth
Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice
Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice
Could AI Make Drone Shows Less Technically Challenging?
AI can allow engineers to focus on artistry over technical details for drone shows
Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?
The Presence of Certain Minerals May Explain Why the Lunar Farside and Nearside are so Different
Why does the Moon have two different faces?. That question frames the lunar dichotomy: The nearside that faces us is different than the lunar farside. Scientists have worked hard to understand why that is, and new research says that the presence of certain minerals could explain why.
HAKUTO-R Mission 2's Crash was Caused by its Laser Range Finder
The Japanese company ispace released the technical details that likely doomed the landing of their Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar lander earlier this month. According to a press release, their engineers narrowed down the issue to a failure of the spacecraft's Laser Range Finder (LRF). Engineers suspect that the LRF's performance deteriorated during flight, causing it to be slow to make its measurements and update its descent speed correctly. It hit the Moon at 42 meters a second, crashing hard.
Exoplanet Hunters May Be Misrepresenting The Likelihood Of Their Findings
There’s nothing to get a scientist’s heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics like finding Earth analogues or hints of a biosignature in an atmosphere, those statistical debates could have real world consequences, both for the assignment of additional observational resources, but also for humanity’s general understanding of itself in the Universe. A new paper from two prominent exoplanet hunters, David Kipping from Columbia and Björn Benneke from UCLA, argues that their colleagues in the field of exoplanet detection have been doing statistics all wrong for decades, and make a argument for how better to present their results to the public.