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Dragonfly — NASA NASA’s Dragonfly, the first rotorcraft designed for science exploration on another planet, has passed its Critical Design Review. The mission to Saturn’s icy moon Titan will investigate

BHLYP-D3(BJ)/ma-def2-TZVP optimized structures of reactant, transition state, and product for Reactions 1 and 4 (those presenting the highest and the lowest energy barrier, respectively). Distances are in Å, those in

False-color image of the WD 1856+534 system constructed using three JWST/MIRI imaging bands: F770W (7.7 µm, blue), F1500W (15 µm, green), and F1800W (18 µm, red). The FOV measures 74′′×

Laser communications from the surface of Mars — NASA/Astrobiology.com Free space optical (FSO) communication using lasers is a rapidly developing field in telecommunications that can offer advantages over traditional radio

Sketch of the magnetospheric interaction in the TRAPPIST-1–TRAPPIST-1e system. The stellar wind velocity and IMF streamlines are drawn in green and white, respectively. The M dwarf star is shown as

Left, difference in wmf between two different hydrosphere assumptions and the default model. Red dotted is models with the surface temperature raised to create a layer of liquid water instead

dimethyl sulfide – WIkipedia Context: Dimethyl sulfide (DMS; CH3SCH3) is an organosulfur compound that has been suggested as a potential biosignature in exoplanetary atmospheres. In addition to its tentative detections

Mass-radius diagram for all 64 targets in our full sample, including confirmed planets (star markers) and null detections (square markers). The colour of each of the planet markers indicates their

Graphic showing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (red line) and how melting ice from Greenland caused changes in the motion of Earth’s crust (purple arrows). — University of Colorado at Boulder

NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the