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  Taken on Oct. 27, this image shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully placing its sample collector head into the Sample Return Capsule (SRC). The sequence begins with the collector head hovering over the SRC after the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) arm and moving it into the proper position for capture. [...]

Data coming from the Webb and Hubble space telescopes suggests two exoplanets might be water worlds. But the evidence isn’t yet definitive. The post Hubble, Webb Data Hint at Ocean Worlds appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]

Calculations determining the climate damage of greenhouse gas emissions—called the social cost of carbon—will be considered in federal agencies’ budgets, permitting decisions and, eventually, government purchases [...]

These four researchers are highlighting environmental inequities and improving the health of their communities [...]

Ahead of launching the Artemis 2 mission no earlier than November 2024, the four astronauts donned test flight suits to go through a pre-launch simulation. They rode to launch pad 39B in Canoo electric vehicles and climbed the Mobile Launcher tower. The launch day demonstration was the first in a series [...]

Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise [...]

Human scientists—used to the benefits of a centralized, complex brain—have been underestimating what a simple nerve network can do [...]

AI is poised to revolutionize our understanding of animal communication [...]

The most marginalized people are breathing the most polluted air, and improving it could improve health equity worldwide [...]

Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles [...]

The equinox is not when day and night have equal lengths. Instead it’s something more nuanced but no less glorious [...]

The bright Moon steps east night by night under Altair, then Saturn, then the Great Square of Pegasus. Meanwhile, Deneb replaces Vega as the zenith star; welcome to fall. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 22 – October 1 appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]

Largest study of its kind finds various abnormalities—but no lingering heart problems [...]

Tiny, flittering swimmer wasn’t a worm, a mollusk, or a crustacean. What was it? [...]

Independent review finds mission could cost as much as $11 billion and pushes NASA to delay or rethink program [...]

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02984-wQuestions remain about whether the AI tool for predicting protein structures can really shake up the pharmaceutical industry. [...]

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02919-5Device decades in the making senses very small alterations in Earth’s rotation. [...]

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02975-xResearchers have shown that the creatures can learn to avoid obstacles using visual and mechanical cues, despite not having a brain. [...]

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02979-7A pattern of brain activity linked with recovery from severe depression could be used to improve therapies such as deep-brain stimulation [...]