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Moss Can Survive Long-Term Exposure to Elements of Space, New Experiments Show

Moss Can Survive Long-Term Exposure to Elements of Space, New Experiments Show

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A team of researchers from Japan tested protenema (juvenile moss), brood cells (specialized stem cells that arise under stress), and ...

Trans-Neptunian Object Quaoar Has Two Moons, New Study Suggests

Trans-Neptunian Object Quaoar Has Two Moons, New Study Suggests

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The newly discovered satellite has an estimated diameter of 38 km (23.6 miles) and a magnitude of V 28, likely ...

Three Heliophysics Spacecraft Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Three Heliophysics Spacecraft Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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NASA's STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Link Observatory), NASA/ESA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and NASA PUNCH (Polarimeter for Corona-Heliosphere Unification) missions have ...

TGO Provides More Accurate Information about Path of 3I/ATLAS through Solar System

TGO Provides More Accurate Information about Path of 3I/ATLAS through Solar System

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Thanks to data collected by the Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) on board ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) ...

MAVEN Sends Back Ultraviolet Images of 3I/ATLAS

MAVEN Sends Back Ultraviolet Images of 3I/ATLAS

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New ultraviolet (UV) images obtained Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (IUVS) camera on board NASA MAVEN (Martian Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter ...

Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests

Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests

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Moon formed from a giant collision of proto-earth with an ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new study, a team of ...

We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

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Artist's impression of the Kuiper Belt IT/M. Kornmesser The Kuiper Belt, a disk of icy rocks on the outermost edges ...

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Close-Ups of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Close-Ups of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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New images from High resolution imaging science experiment camera on board NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will allow astronomers to better ...

Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Astrophotographer Captures Stunning New Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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ICQ Comet Observations member posted a new image of 3I/ATLAS, confirmed by a third object and a second comet from ...

Astronomers Capture Post-Perihelion Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Astronomers Capture Post-Perihelion Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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Some of the latest images of 3I/ATLAS—the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our Solar System, after 1I/Oumuamua and ...

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