Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...
Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms
SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...
Ancient Asteroid Unlocks 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Magnetic Secrets of the Solar System
A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...
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Unknown spiral structure discovered at the edge of our solar system
Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...
NASA's PUNCH satellites successfully launch to study the solar wind
Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are ...
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No Sun? No Problem! Scientists Grow Plants Using Electricity Instead
It’s no secret that plants rely on sunlight to survive. Photosynthesis, the process of converting solar energy into food, has ...
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SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (SEDG): Among the Worst Performing Solar Stocks to Buy Now
We recently compiled a list of the 10 Worst Performing Solar Stocks to Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEDG) stands against the ...
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Every planet of our solar system is lining up in the February night sky
EVENING SKY THIS WEEK. WOW. REALLY COOL. AMAZING. BRIAN, YOU’VE BEEN UPDATING US ON THIS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF YOUR FORECAST. SO WE DO HAVE GOOD CONDITIONS, RIGHT? CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT ...
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Mini Galaxy On Fringes Of Solar System, Hidden In Mysterious Icy Cloud Found: Study
As per NASA, Oort Cloud is the most distant region in our solar system (Representational picture). A mysterious cloud of space rock and debris in the outer reaches of our solar system might ...
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Mini 'Spiral Galaxy' May Be Taking Shape At The Edge Of Our Solar System
Far beyond the planets we know, a massive, mysterious shell of icy rocks and debris surrounds our solar system. Called the Oort Cloud, this distant region might look a bit like a tiny spiral galaxy, ...
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The Immune System
What is the immune system? The immune system works to keep germs and other foreign substances out of the body and destroy any that get in. It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It ...