JWST Reveals Pluto’s Haze Cools Atmosphere, Paints Charon’s Poles Red
Pluto and its moon Charon are shown with a thin haze of organic particles covering Pluto's sunlit side. The haze both cools Pluto's upper atmosphere by radiating heat into space…
SpaceX Fram2 Mission Lifts Off, First Private Flight Over Earth’s Poles
SpaceX's Fram2 mission has lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch took place at 9:46 p.m. EDT on March 31. A Falcon 9 rocket carried Resilience,…
Updated World Magnetic Model Predicts Magnetic North Pole’s Shift
On December 17, an updated version of the World Magnetic Model (WMM) was issued by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the British Geological Survey (BGS). This revised…