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Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

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The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color. NASA’s SPHEREx mission won’t be the first space telescope to observe hundreds of millions of…

Article2 months ago
Conceptual image of an exoplanet with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization.

NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures

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One of NASA’s key priorities is understanding the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. NASA has not found any credible evidence of extraterrestrial life — but NASA is exploring the solar system and beyond to help us answer fundamental…

Article5 months ago
Fountains of ice erupt from the surface of Enceladus. The small moon is mostly in shadow, which makes the geysers illuminated by sunlight stand out.

NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa

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Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, have evidence of oceans beneath their ice crusts. A NASA experiment suggests that if these oceans support life, signatures of that life in the form of organic molecules (e.g.…

Article5 months ago