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- 1NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures Stunning Martian Dawn▼NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn
NASA reports that its Curiosity rover has captured striking images of a sunrise on Mars, showing dawn breaking over the Martian landscape. The images were shared by the space agency and highlight the rover's ongoing mission exploring Gale Crater, where it continues to study the planet's geology and climate while sending back rare views of the Martian surface.
- 2NASA's SunRISE Mission Now Targeted for Mid-2027 Launch▼NASA’s SunRISE Mission Targets No Earlier Than Mid-2027 Launch
NASA says its SunRISE mission — an array of small satellites that will work together to create a giant radio telescope in space — is now scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-2027. The project aims to study solar radio bursts and improve understanding of how space weather affects Earth.
- 3Sunrise-III observatory reveals intricate solar magnetic structures▼Stratospheric observatory Sunrise-III reveals intricate solar magnetic structures
The stratospheric research observatory Sunrise-III has returned new observations revealing intricate magnetic structures on the Sun. Flying high above most of Earth's atmosphere, the observatory captured detailed measurements of solar magnetic fields, findings now reported by science outlets and the Japanese astronomical institute NAOJ. Researchers say the data offers an unusually sharp view of the fine-scale magnetic processes driving solar activity.