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Joined: September 14, 2023
Articles: 16

Science

Dusty ‘Cat’s Paw Nebula’ contains a type of molecule never seen in space — and it’s one of the largest ever found

Scientists have detected a new, unusually large molecule never seen in space before. The 13-atom molecule, called 2-methoxyethanol, was detected in the Cat's Paw Nebula.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 30, 2024

Space Exploration

NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 28, 2024

Space Exploration

Laser on NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away

NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 26, 2024

Space Exploration

Curiosity rover may be ‘burping’ methane out of Mars’ subsurface

A new theory suggests that NASA's Curiosity rover is "burping" the surface of the Red Planet, releasing methane trapped beneath a salty crust.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 25, 2024

Video Game

NASA manages to fix Voyager’s garbled data problem, even though it’s more than 15 billion miles away

With hardware older than an Atari 2600, it's amazing Voyager 1 is still even running, let alone sending gobbledegook.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 24, 2024

Video Game

NASA manages to fix Voyager’s garbled data problem, even though it’s more than 15 billion miles away

With hardware older than an Atari 2600, it's amazing Voyager 1 is still even running, let alone sending gobbledegook.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 24, 2024

Video Game

NASA manages to fix Voyager’s garbled data problem, even though it’s more than 15 billion miles away

With hardware older than an Atari 2600, it's amazing Voyager 1 is still even running, let alone sending gobbledegook.

NASAJPL-Caltech
April 24, 2024

Science

NASA Mars samples, which could contain evidence of life, will not return to Earth as initially planned

NASA's plan to retrieve as many as 30 geological samples from Mars is getting a major rewrite, agency officials said on Monday. The initial plan, which would not return the samples to Earth until 2040, was deemed "too expensive" and "unacceptably too long."