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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 2:59pm
The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.
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Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:59pm
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
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James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:01am
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
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'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:59am
Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.
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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:00am
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
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SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 7:59am
For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:00am
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (April 17), and landed its rocket on a ship at sea.
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What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 6:00pm
The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.
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Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00pm
A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.
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Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 4:00pm
The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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