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May 2021

Researchers at SwRI May Have Solved the Mystery of Uranus' Radiation Belts December 7, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus.
Russia Loses Launch Capability After Accident at Baikonur Cosmodrome December 7, 2025
A severe accident at the Baikonur Cosmodrome involving a wrecked maintenance cabin has indefinitely delayed Russia's ability to launch crewed missions and payloads to the International Space Station (ISS).
Did Asteroids Invent Gum Billions of Years Ago? December 6, 2025
What is “gum”? Most people have probably never considered this question, and might answer something like a chewy material you can put in your mouth. But, to a scientist they might answer something like “nitrogen-rich polymeric sheets”, because precisely defining the chemistry of a material is important to them. Or at least, that’s what they […]
Dust In A Telescope's Eye Could Blind It To Earth 2.0 December 5, 2025
Hot exozodiacal dust can thwart our efforts to detect exoplanets. It causes what's called coronagraphic leakage, which confuses the light signals from distant stars. The Habitable Worlds Observatory will face this obstacle, and new research sheds light on the problem.
China Outlines Future Plans in New Video, Including Finding Earth 2.0 December 5, 2025
A video that appeared on CGTN's Hot Take details four missions that China will be sending to space in the coming years, including a survey telescope that will search for Earth 2.0.