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Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere
By Kiona N. Smith published
Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.

Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' novel coming later this month
By Jeff Spry published
'Strange New Worlds' Season 3 is coming soon, so why not crack open this thrilling new 'Star Trek' book to set the mood?

New 'Black Mirror' Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)
By Jeff Spry published
Alongside this exciting teaser for 'Black Mirror 'Season 7, which launches on April 10, we also have details on this week’s 'USS Callister: Into Infinity' virtual watch party on April 8.

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.

The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.

Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.
By Keith Cooper published
Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.

How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
By Keith Cooper published
A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years earlier.

SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates
By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner last updated
Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.
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