New research shows the Barnes Ice Cap preserved evidence that the Laurentide Ice Sheet began expanding again about 2,000 years ago, a reversal halted by 20th‑century warming.
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Japan's JAXA lifted off the Martian Moons Exploration probe on Oct. 19, beginning a five‑year journey to study and return samples from Phobos and Deimos.
Astrophotographer Tim McCollum captured three Orionid meteors streaking above Toccoa, Georgia, alongside nebulae and star clusters, illustrating the lingering influence of Halley’s Comet.
NASA outlined a detailed concept of operations for the Artemis III test flight, describing a three‑rocket launch sequence, crew activities in low Earth orbit and the path toward a 2028 lunar landing.
A new study of the Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island suggests that rising carbon emissions in the 20th century reversed a 2,000‑year ice expansion, potentially preventing a new glacial period.
A helicene molecule suspended between gold electrodes rotates with 100% directional preference when voltage is applied, and its electrical conductance rises sharply above a threshold.
Japan's JAXA has launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, aiming to land a rover on Phobos in 2029 and return samples to Earth by 2031.
SpaceX lifted off a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 20, deploying the Starfall reentry capsule and 31 customer payloads as part of the Bandwagon‑5 rideshare mission.
Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration spacecraft lifted off on an H3 rocket, beginning a $578 million mission to collect at least 10 g of material from Phobos and return it to Earth by 2031.
Physicists have suspended a single positron in mid‑air and cooled it to its ground state, opening a path to ultra‑precise magnetic measurements that could reveal differences between matter and antimatter.