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This Week A Piece Of The Most Dangerous Asteroid Will Land In AmericaA training model of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule is seen during a drop test on Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in preparation for the retrieval of the actual capsule on Sept. 24.

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This Week A Piece Of The Most Dangerous Asteroid Will Land In AmericaA training model of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule is seen during a drop test on Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in preparation for the retrieval of the actual capsule on Sept. 24.
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This Week A Piece Of The Most Dangerous Asteroid Will Land In America

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JWST Observes Saturn’s Northern Polar Vortex Before It Fades With Summer’s EndThe Mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) on the JWST can't take in the whole of Saturn at once, let alone the rings. Instead, it put together its study using tiles from the equator to the pole.

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JWST Observes Saturn’s Northern Polar Vortex Before It Fades With Summer’s EndThe Mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) on the JWST can't take in the whole of Saturn at once, let alone the rings. Instead, it put together its study using tiles from the equator to the pole.
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JWST Observes Saturn’s Northern Polar Vortex Before It Fades With Summer’s End

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Earthly Electrons Could Be Generating Water On The MoonA photo of the moon half in shadow

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Earthly Electrons Could Be Generating Water On The MoonA photo of the moon half in shadow
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Earthly Electrons Could Be Generating Water On The Moon

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How Supermassive Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies’ ChemistryThe spiral galaxy Messier 77 as observed by ALMA and Hubble. Hydrogen cyanide isotopes (H13CN), shown in yellow, are found only around the black hole at the center. Cyanide radicals (CN), shown in red, follows the bipolar jets. Carbon monoxide isotopes (13CO are in blue

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How Supermassive Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies’ ChemistryThe spiral galaxy Messier 77 as observed by ALMA and Hubble. Hydrogen cyanide isotopes (H13CN), shown in yellow, are found only around the black hole at the center. Cyanide radicals (CN), shown in red, follows the bipolar jets. Carbon monoxide isotopes (13CO are in blue
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How Supermassive Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies’ Chemistry

clock-iconSeptember 18, 2023
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An “Avocado” Rock Has Been Spotted On MarsA pair of rocks that look like an avocado split in half.

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An “Avocado” Rock Has Been Spotted On MarsA pair of rocks that look like an avocado split in half.
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An “Avocado” Rock Has Been Spotted On Mars

clock-iconSeptember 16, 2023
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Scaled-Up Version Of Solar System Discovered Around Star That Will Go SupernovaArtist impression of a planet silouetted agains the light of its blue star.

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Scaled-Up Version Of Solar System Discovered Around Star That Will Go SupernovaArtist impression of a planet silouetted agains the light of its blue star.
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Scaled-Up Version Of Solar System Discovered Around Star That Will Go Supernova

clock-iconSeptember 15, 2023
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High School Students Discover Weird Behavior Of Asteroid Hit By NASA Spacecraftmany small and big boulders are seen in this image of dimorphos

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High School Students Discover Weird Behavior Of Asteroid Hit By NASA Spacecraftmany small and big boulders are seen in this image of dimorphos
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High School Students Discover Weird Behavior Of Asteroid Hit By NASA Spacecraft

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Winners Of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 Are Truly Out Of This WorldPlasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy

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Winners Of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 Are Truly Out Of This WorldPlasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy
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Winners Of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 Are Truly Out Of This World

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Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has A Lot More Oxygen Than We Can ExplainCallisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon.

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Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has A Lot More Oxygen Than We Can ExplainCallisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon.
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Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has A Lot More Oxygen Than We Can Explain

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How Complex Organic Molecules Form In Interstellar SpaceIce grains and representatations of carbon atoms against an image of the sort of nebula where these combine to make complex organic molecules

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How Complex Organic Molecules Form In Interstellar SpaceIce grains and representatations of carbon atoms against an image of the sort of nebula where these combine to make complex organic molecules
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How Complex Organic Molecules Form In Interstellar Space

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At The Milky Way’s Heart, Stars’ Orbits Become Chaotic In CenturiesThis artist's impression of a star getting too close to a supermassive black hole leaves out the chaos caused by its interactions with its neighbors

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At The Milky Way’s Heart, Stars’ Orbits Become Chaotic In CenturiesThis artist's impression of a star getting too close to a supermassive black hole leaves out the chaos caused by its interactions with its neighbors
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At The Milky Way’s Heart, Stars’ Orbits Become Chaotic In Centuries

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How Did We Actually Take A Picture Of A Black Hole?The image has been improved since, but the first picture of a black hole silhouetted against its event horizon will always be iconic

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How Did We Actually Take A Picture Of A Black Hole?The image has been improved since, but the first picture of a black hole silhouetted against its event horizon will always be iconic
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How Did We Actually Take A Picture Of A Black Hole?

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JWST Confirms Universe’s Rate Of Expansion And One Of Physics’ Biggest MysteriesNGC 5584 is one of the galaxies the JWST examined to calibrate the Hubble telescope's measurements of the distance of supernovas, and therefore the rate at which the universe's expansion is accelerating

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JWST Confirms Universe’s Rate Of Expansion And One Of Physics’ Biggest MysteriesNGC 5584 is one of the galaxies the JWST examined to calibrate the Hubble telescope's measurements of the distance of supernovas, and therefore the rate at which the universe's expansion is accelerating
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JWST Confirms Universe’s Rate Of Expansion And One Of Physics’ Biggest Mysteries

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Flashes Of Light From Venus May Be Meteors, Not Lightning BoltsAmong the clouds we've picked up flashes of light on Venus, but these may be meteors, not lightning.

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Flashes Of Light From Venus May Be Meteors, Not Lightning BoltsAmong the clouds we've picked up flashes of light on Venus, but these may be meteors, not lightning.
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Flashes Of Light From Venus May Be Meteors, Not Lightning Bolts

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JWST Finds Methane, CO2 In Likely Water World’s Atmosphere, And Possible Hint Of LifeArtist's impression of K2-18 b with its parent star in the background. This is the first habitable zone planet where water vapor has been detected, and now carbon dioxide, methan and possibly dimethyl sulfide added.

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JWST Finds Methane, CO2 In Likely Water World’s Atmosphere, And Possible Hint Of LifeArtist's impression of K2-18 b with its parent star in the background. This is the first habitable zone planet where water vapor has been detected, and now carbon dioxide, methan and possibly dimethyl sulfide added.
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JWST Finds Methane, CO2 In Likely Water World’s Atmosphere, And Possible Hint Of Life

clock-iconSeptember 12, 2023
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