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Curiosity rover on Mars gets a brain boost to think (and move) faster

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover will soon race over the surface of the Red Planet more quickly thanks to a new upgrade. The software update aboard the Curiosity rover, completed on April 7, brings around 180 improvements to the robot, the most significant ...

Seismic waves inside Mars' core hint at how it became hostile to life

An artist's depiction of the Martian interior and the paths taken by the seismic waves as. (Image credit: NASA/JPL and Nicholas Schmerr.).

China's Zhurong Mars rover finds signs of recent water activity on Red Planet

Scientists studying data from China's Zhurong rover have for the first time found cracked layers on tiny Martian dunes, which imply the Red Planet was a salt-rich watery world as recently as 400,000 years ago.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now flown more than 50 times

Ingenuity's historic 50th flight took place on April 13, when it flew 1,057 feet (322.2 meters) in just under three minutes and reached a record altitude of 59 feet (18 meters) before descending into Belva Crater, which stretches for about half a mile.

Hubble telescope eyes galactic site of distant star explosion (video)

The fresh, face-on image showcases the distant UGC 678 galaxy, which lies 260 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces. While astronomers know very little about the galaxy's formation and makeup, past observations with different ...

Watch live: First Arab spacewalker heads outside International Space Station

Veteran NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to prepare the outpost for new solar arrays and retrieve a disabled S-band antenna for ...

Astronomy Magazine

Aurorae throughout our solar system and beyond

Astronomy Magazine

Spectacular auroral emissions reveal just how interconnected stars, planets, and moons really are. By Theo Nicitopoulos | Published: Friday, April 28, 2023. RELATED TOPICS: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS.

With a Planned Moon Launch, NASA Must Put Safety First

Scientific American

Scientific American

The world met the crew of the planned Artemis II mission in early April and celebrated an upcoming 10-day voyage that should both stir nostalgia and fuel a new generation's love of crewed space flight. But ...

Back Then, Baby Galaxies. Next, a Super-Mega Galactic Cluster?

The New York Times

The New York Times

Like basketball scouts discovering a nimble, super-tall teenager, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope reported recently that they had identified a small, captivating group of baby galaxies near the dawn of time.

First-of-Its-Kind Image Captures a Black Hole's Shooting Jet

Smithsonian

Smithsonian

In a stunning new image, astronomers have captured a black hole at the center of a distant galaxy expelling a high-energy jet of matter out into the cosmos. The jet is longer than the galaxy that contains it, stretching for 5,000 light-years.