NASA named five Mars to Table winners to feed 15 for 500 sols; $300k to Chinyere Ukeje and $200k to Cislune, from 113 entries across 33 countries and 28 U.S. st
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Found in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Incendiamoeba cascadensis divides at 145°F and stays active at 147°F, pushing the known heat limits for eukaryotes.
On Feb. 1, 2025, XRISM’s Resolve saw redshifted iron lines in BP Crucis, showing Wray 977’s wind plunging toward pulsar GX 301‑2 at 335,000 mph.
Elias 2-24 b, under 1 million years old and about 55 AU out, is a Jupiter-scale newborn 450 light-years away—data that tests planet-formation timelines.
Images and models suggest basal melting in Sputnik Planitia, with liquid nitrogen rising through cracks—the first recent evidence of liquid on Pluto.
On Sept 15 UTC, ESA launched FLEX with Sentinel‑3C on Vega‑C to detect faint chlorophyll fluorescence from orbit and assess plant health with tandem observation
Hayabusa2 fired its laser twice at asteroid Torifune during a high‑speed flyby. Here’s how laser ranging works and why it matters for future missions.
A global roughness map says Mercury shrank more than thought: nearly 12 miles in diameter, a 10–30% boost tied to debris-hidden wrinkles.
ESA’s FLEX and Sentinel‑3C launch on Vega‑C to track faint plant fluorescence and align it with Earth‑system data via near‑simultaneous tandem observations.
Hubble spots a giant decagon around Saturn’s south pole—about 104,250 miles wide—inviting comparisons with the long‑lived northern hexagon.