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 E-Mail IMAGE: Tyler Robinson of Northern Arizona University has been named a 2021 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. view more  Credit: Northern Arizona University A Northern Arizona University astronomer who studies the atmospheres of solar system worlds, exoplanets and brown dwarfs has been recognized for his academic leadership and the quality and innovation of his research. The Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) recently named T...

Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago by finding a key piece of evidence: asteroid dust inside the impact crater.

Fractured rocks of impact craters have been suggested to be suitable environments for deep colonization of microbial communities. In a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, a team of researchers shows that fungi has colonized deep parts of the largest impact crater in Europe, the Siljan impact structure, Sweden. Intriguingly, the fungi seem to have been fueling methane production in the crater.

The latest observations from Insight-HXMT were published online in Nature Astronomy on Feb. 18. Insight-HXMT has discovered the very first X-ray burst associated with a fast radio burst (FRB) and has identified that it originated from soft-gamma repeater (SGR) J1935+2154, which is a magnetar in our Milky Way. Insight-HXMT is the first to identify the double-spike structure of this X-ray burst as the high energy counterpart of FRB 200428. This discovery, together with results from other telesco...

Credit: NASA, Tallahassee Community College February 17, 2021, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announces its new NASA Community College Network (NCCN). This innovative program will bring NASA subject matter experts, research findings, and educational resources into the science classrooms of the nations community college system which, with nearly 1,200 2-year, associate degree-granting institutions represents 12 million students. "NASAs Science Activation program brings the unmatched ST...

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Credit: Credit not required. This is a public domain image. It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as its known, left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that spans 93 miles and runs 12 miles deep. Its devastating impact brought the reign of the dinosaurs to an abrupt and calamitous end by triggering their sudden mass extinction, along with the end of almost three-quarters of the plant and animal species living on Earth. The...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The newly discovered TOI 451 planetary system features three planets orbiting the same sun. view more  Credit: Illustration courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center HANOVER, N.H. - February 12, 2021 - A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth. The new system, named TOI 451, is made up of at least three neighboring planets that orbit the same sun. Th...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Flensburg meteorite with black fusion crust: Parts of the fusion crust were lost during the flight through the atmosphere. The small fragment, weighing 24,5 grams, is about 4.5 billion years... view more  Credit: A. Bischoff / M. Patzek, University of Münster A meteorite that fell in northern Germany in 2019 contains carbonates which are among the oldest in the solar system; it also evidences the earliest presence of liquid water on a minor planet. The high-resolution ...

 E-Mail SAN ANTONIO -- Jan. 13, 2021 -- NASA has extended the Juno mission to explore Jupiter through September 2025, expanding the science goals to include the overall Jovian system, made up of the planet and its rings and moons. In addition to continuing to explore our Solar Systems largest planet, NASAs planetary orbiter will rendezvous with three of the most intriguing Jovian moons. "Since its first orbit in 2016, Juno has delivered one revelation after another about the inner workings of...