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NASA Prepares 2025 Carruthers Mission to Explore Earth’s Hidden Hydrogen Halo
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, launching in 2025, will capture ultraviolet light from hydrogen atoms to map Earth’s faint geocorona. Operating a million miles sunward, it will study how solar activity drives atmospheric loss, improves satellite protection, and reveals clues to planetary habitability, providing critical insight for fut...
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What World's Nuclear Watchdog Does And What Its Dismissal Would Mean
The International Atomic Energy Agency ensures that countries operate their programs within the limits of non-proliferation agreements. Part of the agreement allows the IAEA to inspect nuclear-related sites, including unannounced surprise visits.
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'Iran Can't Enrich Uranium At Fordow Plant, But...': Nuclear Watchdog Chief
Centrifuges at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility are "no longer operational" following the United States' 'bunker buster' bomb strike on this and two other installations this week, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said.
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How US Gave Iran Its "Starter Kit" For The Nuclear Programme Decades Ago
After two decades of diplomacy and, more recently, airstrikes from Israel and the US, the situation remains unresolved. President Trump's claim that three Iranian nuclear sites were "totally obliterated" during Saturday's bombing is being questioned.
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Nuclear States Spent $100 Billion On Weapons In 2024: Report
Nuclear-armed states spent more than $100 billion on their atomic arsenals last year, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Friday, lamenting the lack of democratic oversight of such spending.
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MAVEN Reveals How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere and Became a Barren World
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of "sputtering"—a powerful atmospheric escape process where solar wind particles blast atoms off Mars. The newly published study confirms that this process played a major role in the Red Planet’s transformation from a once-wet, habitable world to its current barren state. Argon ga...
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China to Reportedly Activate Powerful X-Ray Light Source to Reveal Atomic Structure of Proteins
China is about to launch the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a state-of-the-art synchrotron capable of providing high-resolution x-ray imaging. Expected to begin operations in late December, HEPS will enable scientists to explore atomic-level structures in materials and proteins. This new facility, costing $657 million, will offer advanced capabi...
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Iran Agrees To Reconnect Cameras At Nuclear Sites: Nuclear Watchdog
Iran has agreed to reconnect surveillance cameras at several nuclear sites and increase the pace of inspections, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday.
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Nuclear Watchdog Team In Iran To Resolve Ambiguities On Uranium Enrichment
Iran said Wednesday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were in the country to clear up "ambiguities" about its uranium enrichment activities.
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No Hidden, Undocumented Nuclear Activities Or Sites, Iran Asserts
Iran insisted Wednesday it had declared all sites which hosted past nuclear activities after Western governments submitted a motion to the UN atomic energy watchdog to censure it for non-cooperation.
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India To Build Nuclear Power Plants In "Fleet Mode" From 2023
With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 'fleet mode' nuclear reactors over the next three years.
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"Deeply Troubling": UN Watchdog Says North Korea Restarts Nuclear Activity
North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the isolated nation's efforts to expand its arsenal.
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Iran Can Enrich Uranium To 90% Purity If Needed: President Hassan Rouhani
Iran said on Wednesday it could enrich uranium up to 90% purity -- weapons grade -- if its nuclear reactors needed it, but added it still sought the revival of a 2015 deal that would limit its atomic activities in return for a lifting of sanctions.
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India Urges Iran To Continue To Cooperate With UN Nuclear Watchdog For Verification
India has asked Iran to continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the performance of verification activities related to its nuclear programme and addressing all outstanding issues.
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Nuclear Watchdog Seeks Answers From Iran On Uranium At Undeclared Site
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday urged Iran to explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site, as a landmark deal aimed at curbing Tehran's atomic activities threatens to collapse
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NASA Prepares 2025 Carruthers Mission to Explore Earth’s Hidden Hydrogen Halo
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, launching in 2025, will capture ultraviolet light from hydrogen atoms to map Earth’s faint geocorona. Operating a million miles sunward, it will study how solar activity drives atmospheric loss, improves satellite protection, and reveals clues to planetary habitability, providing critical insight for fut...
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What World's Nuclear Watchdog Does And What Its Dismissal Would Mean
The International Atomic Energy Agency ensures that countries operate their programs within the limits of non-proliferation agreements. Part of the agreement allows the IAEA to inspect nuclear-related sites, including unannounced surprise visits.
-
'Iran Can't Enrich Uranium At Fordow Plant, But...': Nuclear Watchdog Chief
Centrifuges at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility are "no longer operational" following the United States' 'bunker buster' bomb strike on this and two other installations this week, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said.
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How US Gave Iran Its "Starter Kit" For The Nuclear Programme Decades Ago
After two decades of diplomacy and, more recently, airstrikes from Israel and the US, the situation remains unresolved. President Trump's claim that three Iranian nuclear sites were "totally obliterated" during Saturday's bombing is being questioned.
-
Nuclear States Spent $100 Billion On Weapons In 2024: Report
Nuclear-armed states spent more than $100 billion on their atomic arsenals last year, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Friday, lamenting the lack of democratic oversight of such spending.
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MAVEN Reveals How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere and Became a Barren World
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of "sputtering"—a powerful atmospheric escape process where solar wind particles blast atoms off Mars. The newly published study confirms that this process played a major role in the Red Planet’s transformation from a once-wet, habitable world to its current barren state. Argon ga...
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China to Reportedly Activate Powerful X-Ray Light Source to Reveal Atomic Structure of Proteins
China is about to launch the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a state-of-the-art synchrotron capable of providing high-resolution x-ray imaging. Expected to begin operations in late December, HEPS will enable scientists to explore atomic-level structures in materials and proteins. This new facility, costing $657 million, will offer advanced capabi...
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Iran Agrees To Reconnect Cameras At Nuclear Sites: Nuclear Watchdog
Iran has agreed to reconnect surveillance cameras at several nuclear sites and increase the pace of inspections, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday.
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Nuclear Watchdog Team In Iran To Resolve Ambiguities On Uranium Enrichment
Iran said Wednesday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were in the country to clear up "ambiguities" about its uranium enrichment activities.
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No Hidden, Undocumented Nuclear Activities Or Sites, Iran Asserts
Iran insisted Wednesday it had declared all sites which hosted past nuclear activities after Western governments submitted a motion to the UN atomic energy watchdog to censure it for non-cooperation.
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India To Build Nuclear Power Plants In "Fleet Mode" From 2023
With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 'fleet mode' nuclear reactors over the next three years.
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"Deeply Troubling": UN Watchdog Says North Korea Restarts Nuclear Activity
North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the isolated nation's efforts to expand its arsenal.
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Iran Can Enrich Uranium To 90% Purity If Needed: President Hassan Rouhani
Iran said on Wednesday it could enrich uranium up to 90% purity -- weapons grade -- if its nuclear reactors needed it, but added it still sought the revival of a 2015 deal that would limit its atomic activities in return for a lifting of sanctions.
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India Urges Iran To Continue To Cooperate With UN Nuclear Watchdog For Verification
India has asked Iran to continue to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the performance of verification activities related to its nuclear programme and addressing all outstanding issues.
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Nuclear Watchdog Seeks Answers From Iran On Uranium At Undeclared Site
The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday urged Iran to explain the presence of uranium particles at an undeclared site, as a landmark deal aimed at curbing Tehran's atomic activities threatens to collapse
