Karen C. Fox
Science Writer at Freelance
Science writer. Book, food, travel, history and BtVS lover. Author Older Than the Stars and Einstein A to Z. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
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Nov 11, 2024 |
phys.org | Karen C. Fox |Molly Wasser |Gretchen Parker McCartney
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet. Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists. The energized particles around the planet defied their understanding of how magnetic fields work to trap particle radiation, and Uranus earned a reputation as an outlier in our solar system.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
phys.org | Andrew Good |Karen C. Fox |Molly Wasser
While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface.
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Mar 19, 2024 |
phys.org | Ian O'Neill |Karen C. Fox |Charles Blue
After NASA's historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk. When NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) deliberately smashed into a 560-foot-wide (170-meter-wide) asteroid on Sept.
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Feb 13, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Karen C. Fox |Alana Johnson
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Feb 13, 2024 |
phys.org | Karen C. Fox |Alana Johnson
Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument's cameras. Data and imagery from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover indicate one of two covers that keep dust from accumulating on the optics of the SHERLOC instrument remains partially open.
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