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Perseverance Mars rover stumbles upon wind-carved ‘megaripples’ on the Red Planet

Submit on Friday, August 29th, 2025 01:11

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as “megaripples” during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet.

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Don’t miss the stars of the ‘Summer Triangle’ twinkle with the Milky Way after sunset

Submit on Friday, August 29th, 2025 01:11

Altair, Vega and Deneb can be seen shining with the Milky Way throughout August.

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Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our understanding of the universe — and we may be close to detecting them

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 23:11

It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal ripples from the Big Bang, but they could change our understanding of the entire universe.

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Meet Surya, the 1st-of-its-kind AI model NASA and IBM built to predict solar storms

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 22:11

A new NASA-IBM algorithm called Surya could be a major leap in space weather forecasting.

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Why do we photograph the Milky Way in summer?

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 21:14

The Milky Way is a spectacular sight in the summer skies but why does it look so much more brilliant than it does in the winter?

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10 of the best stargazing locations in North America

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 21:14

Here’s where to find very dark skies in the U.S. and Canada.

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NASA debuts new Orion mission control room for Artemis 2 astronaut flight around the moon (photos)

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 20:11

NASA has opened a new Orion Mission Evaluation Room at the Johnson Space Center to analyze in-flight spacecraft data and provide support for Artemis 2 and other future missions to the moon.

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Where no gourd has gone before | Space photo of the day for Aug. 28, 2025

Submit on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 19:11

The USS Enterprise, a ‘Star Trek’ spaceship, is created from pumpkins as part of a German contest.

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