Life’s building blocks discovered in asteroid dust
This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...
Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
Continuing the Artemis program and using its planned lunar space station as a staging post would be a more energy efficient ...
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NASA’s Starliner Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Together After Roughly Eight Months on the ISS
The nearly 5.5-hour feat set a record for astronaut Sunita Williams, who became the woman with the most time spent on ...
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Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26
The IM-2 mission will test lunar mobility, resource prospecting and the first-ever cellular network on the moon.
Assessing Claims About NASA’s Two ‘Stranded’ Astronauts
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, will be ...
Pilots have reported repeated close calls similar to fatal collision near DC airport
Airline pilots flying into Washington, D.C., have reported nearly a dozen near misses over the years that were scarily ...
NASA Satellites Show How California’s Wildfire Crisis Was Years in the Making
The largest fires started on January 7 and devastated swathes of L.A., including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires ...
Climate Change: Is It The Greatest Crisis Or A Global Deception
Explore the debate on climate change causes: human activities vs. natural variability. Discover the latest data, scientific ...
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You Can See a 7-planet Parade, the Snow Moon, and More in the Night Sky This Month — Plus a Valentine's Day Venus Surprise
Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...
NASA astronaut Suni Williams becomes woman with most hours spent on spacewalks
NASA astronaut Suni Williams set a female spacewalk record after venturing outside the International Space Station with ...
NASA Reveals Shocking Human Impact on Earth’s Water Cycle
NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by ...
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4 Space Missions to Watch in February 2025: NASA, SpaceX and More
The space industry started off 2025 with a bang. January brought the dual launch of lunar landers from the Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Japan’s iSpace. Sent into orbit on Jan. 15 aboard a SpaceX ...