Space

. Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds A new image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance. A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a remarkable cosmic sight: at least 17 concentric dust rings emanating from a pair of stars. Located just over…

. NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent drop in power generated by its solar panels as a continent-size dust storm swirls over Mars’ southern hemisphere. First…

The results represent an early step toward developing what researchers hope will become the ability to forecast whether a slow-moving landslide will collapse. Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world – very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wetter and drier spells may have certain…

. NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change These new observations can be used to identify the presence of a wide variety of minerals as well as mineral weathering or alteration. NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will map portions of the southwest United States for critical minerals using advanced airborne…