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labroots.com > trending > space > 31088 > solar-system-built-bodies-fire-ice-2 > amp

Solar system built its first bodies from fire, not ice

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (388+ words) Labroots Solar system built its first bodies from fire, not ice What processes are responsible for the first planets in our solar system forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team…...


geo.tv > latest > 683086-cia-sent-a-psychic-to-mars-1-million-years-into-past-heres-what-he-saw

CIA sent a ‘Psychic' to Mars 1 million years into past: Here's what he saw

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (241+ words) Published September 22, 2026 A declassified US intelligence document has resurfaced online revealing an experiment in which a supposed psychic was asked to explore Mars roughly one million years in the past. The experiment took place on May 22, 1984, as part of the…...


patch.com > new-jersey > randolph > amp > 34/86/2759 > 2-new-planetarium-shows-debut-at-ccm-in-randolph-friday

2 New Planetarium Shows Debut At CCM In Randolph Friday

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (326+ words) RANDOLPH, NJ — Stargazers have two new reasons to look up this fall as a pair of planetarium shows make their debut Friday at County College of Morris. The college's Longo Planetarium will premiere "Astra and Sirius" at 7:30 p.m. and "Cosmic…...


jpl.nasa.gov > news > nasa-discovery-reveals-complex-water-systems-on-early-mars

NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (408+ words) The Perseverance rover captured the data used in this panorama of the “Margin Unit,” a geologic area that hugs the inner edge of Jezero Crater’s rim, between Oct. 8 and Oct. 16, 2023. A new study reveals that Jezero Crater’s enigmatic ‘Margin Unit…...


spacedaily.com > t-astronomers-by-eye-ghostly-dwarf-galaxies-vst-smash

Astronomers scanning deep-space images by eye found dozens of ghostly dwarf galaxies that previous surveys had missed.

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (824+ words) A visual search of ultra-deep VST mosaics found 47 dwarf-galaxy candidates where only four were catalogued, exposing both the power and the biases of by-eye discovery. By Deep Field · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 22, 2026 · How we edit A deep optical…...


colorado.edu > aerospace > 09/21/2026 > seminar-leveraging-radar-systems-and-ambient-radio-signals-remote-sensing-terrestrial

Seminar: Leveraging Radar Systems and Ambient Radio Signals for Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial and Space Environment - Sept. 25

18+ hour, 54+ min ago   (341+ words) University of Colorado Boulder Sean PetersAssistant Professor, Smead AerospaceFriday, Sept 25 | 10:40 A.M | AERO 111Abstract: Radar remote sensing observations are critical for understanding and predicting our evolving Earth and planetary systems However, traditional radars must transmit their own powerful electromagnetic pulses to measure…...


earth.com > space > icy-moons-can-be-blown-apart-without-losing-their-hidden-oceans

Icy moons can be blown apart without losing their hidden oceans

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (909+ words) Even massive collisions that shatter icy moons may not destroy their hidden oceans, revealing how surprisingly resilient these buried waters can be. Icy moons that get blown apart by massive collisions don’t necessarily lose their hidden oceans. In fact, the…...


sciencefocus.com > space > only-earth-creatures-survive-mars-2

These are the only Earth creatures tough enough to survive on Mars

3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (536+ words) Humans wouldn't last very long in Mars' extremely harsh climate. Some creatures, however, may just be tough enough to try Mars is a pretty horrible place for any creature used to life on Earth. The average surface temperature is -63°C…...