Spacecraft to study marsquakes lands on Mars after 7 minutes of terror
26 November 2018
NASA’s Mars Insight lander made the harrowing descent onto the Red Planet, landing safely in a sandy plain where it will listen for marsquakes
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Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings
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When an earthquake sets off a tsunami, it releases speedy sound waves that could give us early warning. But they still can’t predict the size of the tsunami
Black holes that shred stars burp out cosmic rays and neutrinos
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The highest energy cosmic rays and neutrinos that rain down on Earth may come from white dwarf stars being devoured by black holes
Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star
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Last month, astronomers saw the first asteroid from outside our solar system speed by. Now, they're tracing its orbit back to find out where it came from
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Particles from outer space have helped scientists uncover a hidden chamber within Egypt’s most famous pyramid, the first such finding in over a century
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The dwarf planet Ceres is dappled with mysterious bright splotches. Their make-up varies with location, but they may all come from the same process
Watching Cassini’s last moments from inside NASA mission control
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The Cassini team was at once somber and excited as they watched the spacecraft’s radio heartbeat flicker out. Mika McKinnon joined them to say goodbye
Cassini takes last look at the ring patterns made by mini moons
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These unusual patterns in Saturn's rings give us clues to what happens when planets are born, and may help us understand how our solar system formed
Mysterious lights in the sky seen after Mexico’s huge earthquake
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Magnitude isn’t the only demonstration of an earthquake’s power. For centuries, mysterious lights have popped up in the wake of strong quakes
Exclusive: We may have detected a new kind of gravitational wave
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Rumours are swirling of a new kind of gravitational wave, created by colliding neutrons stars, rather than black holes. Now Hubble has joined the hunt
