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Webb May Have Found the Family Tree of the Little Red Dots — Curiosmos
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (878+ words) What happens to Webb’s mysterious little red dots as the universe ages? The Saguaro galaxy’s red nucleus offers a way to explore their hidden surroundings. When the James Webb Space Telescope began finding tiny, intensely red sources in the early…...
Oxfordshire space firm secures £300m for major expansion
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (451+ words) A company has secured £300 million to boost its satellite manufacturing and space intelligence services. Open Cosmos, based at Harwell Campus and founded in 2015, is now one of Europe’s fastest-growing satellite manufacturers and has recorded five years of profitable growth and…...
IBM and NASA's New Moon AI Is Really a Data Infrastructure Project
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (1044+ words) IBM and NASA have released an open AI model that can help scientists identify lunar ice, map craters and study volcanic features across the Moon. Those applications make for an easy headline, although they are not the most important part…...
1,000 simulations prove Earth isn't special, shattering cosmic myth | RBC-Ukraine
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (246+ words) Planets suitable for life may form naturally - without a rare coincidence of cosmic circumstances. Planetologists reached this conclusion after conducting over 1,000 computer simulations of terrestrial planet formation, according to SciTech Daily. For the past 30 years, scientists modeled planet formation using…...
Starwatch: A Venus-spotting challenge with a beautiful reward
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (228+ words) The bright planet and the young crescent moon will make an attractive pairing on Monday evening This week’s Starwatch is a challenge but a beautiful reward awaits for anyone who succeeds. The question is: how early in the evening can…...
Mercury Shrinking More Than Previously Thought, New Study Suggests
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (914+ words) The wrinkled scars on Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, indicate that it was once larger and has since shrunk–and it may be shrinking more than scientists previously thought. According to NASA, the smallest planet in our solar…...
Moon has water for future cities, but it could get a bit grubby
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (67+ words) The Times Moon has water for future cities, but it could get a bit grubby Smaller settlements of about 1,000 people to run factories would allow the lunar water reserves to last far longer than large municipalities £1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited…...
Luna 2: touched by humans, touches the moon
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (561+ words) After another failed launch in June 1959, the Soviets had their second Cosmic Rocket (later renamed Luna 2) ready in September the same year. If the scientists and researchers of the time were just getting on top of the technology that helped…...
UI researcher uses NASA rover to find rare mineral on Mars
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (533+ words) A University of Iowa geology professor working with NASA helped discover a rare mineral on the Jezero crater on Mars. Valerie Payré, an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, has been working on the Mars 2020 rover…...
Look up: The moon and Venus to put on a dazzling show as they appear side by side in the sky
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (404+ words) A lunar occultation of Venus took place on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 17. Stunning timelapse footage by Rob Wright shows the moon disappearing behind the dark side of the crescent moon before reappearing a few instances later. On Monday, Venus…...