Science & Space
NASA is set to launch four astronauts on Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission around the moon marking humanity's farthest spaceflight in 54 years and a critical step toward lunar surface landing before China.
Lunar asteroid theory challenged as China's Tianwen-2 approaches sample site
A new study suggests asteroid 2016 HO3, long believed to be lunar material, may be ordinary space rock. China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is collecting samples to r…
HighStudy finds oleic acid accelerates pancreatic cancer via ferroptosis mechanism
New research reveals that fat type, not quantity, drives pancreatic cancer risk. Oleic acid from olive oil accelerates tumors while omega-3 fatty acids suppres…
MediumAncient Denisovan DNA Shapes Immune Systems of Modern Pacific Islanders
Research reveals that Denisovan DNA, inherited by modern Pacific Islanders, influences their immune system function, though scientists remain uncertain about t…
HighArtemis II astronauts return home after historic lunar mission
NASA's Artemis II crew has successfully completed their lunar mission and returned to Florida, with astronauts describing the experience as connecting humanity…
HighLockheed Martin and GM are working on an electric Moon buggy
Lockheed Martin and General Motors announced plans to build a fully electric and autonomous Moon rover that NASA astronauts can use during Artemis missions on…
MediumMoon in Waning Crescent phase on September 9, 2026
The Moon is in Waning Crescent phase on September 9, 2026, with only 4% of its surface visible. The next Full Moon will occur on September 26.
HighScientists unlock hidden geometry of light, enabling control without mirrors or lenses
Researchers discovered light can develop chiral behavior and twist in empty space without special materials, potentially revolutionizing medical testing, quant…
HighNASA Recruits Year-Long Space Simulator Volunteers for Moon and Mars Research
NASA is seeking volunteers to spend a year isolated in a simulated Moon and Mars habitat to support future deep space exploration missions and research.
HighDefunct SpaceX Rocket Expected to Impact Moon's Einstein Crater This Summer
A used SpaceX rocket is predicted to crash into the moon's Einstein crater this summer, marking an unintended collision of space debris with the lunar surface.
MediumScientists detect first lava tube on Venus using radar imagery
Researchers using NASA radar data have identified the first confirmed subsurface lava tube on Venus, a 1km-diameter cavity that could reveal insights into the…
HighWebb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Nearby Star System
The James Webb Space Telescope detected evidence of a catastrophic asteroid collision in the Beta Pictoris star system 63 light-years away, offering insights i…
HighLive Updates: NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Returns to Earth
The Orion spacecraft, which is to carry astronauts to and from the moon in coming years, will splash down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday after a test flight with…
MediumSpaceX wins $2.9B NASA lunar lander contract, edging out Blue Origin
NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a crewed lunar lander, selecting Elon Musk's company over Blue Origin and Dynetics for the first U.S. moon…
HighNASA Unveils Permanent Moon Base Plan, Artemis II Launch Set for April 2026
NASA unveils plans for a permanent lunar base to support sustained human operations, with the Artemis II crewed mission launching April 1, 2026, marking humani…
HighSpaceX aims to build self-sustaining lunar city by 2036, Mars settlement by 2032
SpaceX aims to build a self-sustaining city on the Moon by 2036 and initiate Mars construction within 5-7 years, marking an escalation in the US-China space ra…
HighTrump mocks NASA chief's ears during Artemis II astronaut meeting
Trump met with Artemis II astronauts and made jokes about NASA's chief administrator's ears while promoting a 2028 lunar return goal, drawing social media reac…
HighCuriosity Discovers DNA-Like Molecules on Mars, Suggesting Long-Term Organic Preservation
NASA's Curiosity rover has identified over 20 organic molecules on Mars, including DNA-like compounds, suggesting the planet's surface can preserve ancient org…
HighSpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASA's Europa Clipper toward Jupiter's ocean moon
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy successfully launched NASA's Europa Clipper probe on October 14, beginning a mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa and search for…
HighNASA taps Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for 2028 Mars orbiter mission
NASA has selected Relativity Space, backed by Eric Schmidt, to build and launch a Mars orbiter in 2028, marking a significant public-private partnership that d…
HighUS-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after 8-month ISS mission
A US-Russian crew of three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan after eight months aboard the International Space Station, demonstrating continued space coop…
HighIIT researchers reveal how dust particles transform chaos into heat via supercomputer simulations
Indian researchers used supercomputer simulations of billions of dust particles to reveal how turbulence transforms energy into heat, bridging particle physics…
HighNASA lança primeira missão comercial tripulada com mulher que pode ir à Lua
A NASA e SpaceX lançam no sábado a primeira missão comercial oficialmente tripulada, Crew-1, com quatro astronautas incluindo Shannon Walker, candidata ao proj…
HighAuckland engineers land NASA internships through prestigious space scholarship
Two University of Auckland engineering students have won prestigious New Zealand Space Scholarships to intern at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on i…
HighNASA awards $600M in contracts for uncrewed lunar cargo missions
NASA announced new uncrewed cargo missions to the Moon worth $600 million, advancing plans for a lunar surface base near the south pole despite recent setbacks…
HighBrazilian wearable tech monitored astronaut health on Artemis 2 lunar mission
Brazilian-developed wearable technology was used to monitor the health and sleep of NASA astronauts during the Artemis 2 lunar mission, marking a significant a…
HighIndian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon completes historic first spacewalk at ISS
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon completed his first spacewalk outside the ISS on August 6, performing critical upgrades to prepare the station for new…
HighNASA launches DART mission to test asteroid deflection technology
NASA will launch its DART spacecraft on November 24 to test planetary defence by deliberately crashing into an asteroid moonlet, demonstrating whether kinetic…
HighSpaceX rocket set to crash into moon in rare observable impact event
A SpaceX rocket upper stage will unintentionally impact the moon Wednesday near Einstein Crater at 5,400 mph, creating a crater and dust plume that scientists…
HighNASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid-deflection technology
NASA successfully launched its DART spacecraft to test planetary defense by deliberately crashing into asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022, demonstrating kine…
HighLa ISS captura en video el espectacular lanzamiento del Starship de SpaceX
La NASA compartió video del sexto vuelo de prueba del Starship de SpaceX capturado desde la Estación Espacial Internacional a 250 millas de distancia, mostrand…
HighIndian-origin astronaut Menon conducts critical ISS antenna replacement spacewalk
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA's Sophie Adenot conducted a spacewalk to replace a key communications antenna on the ISS, vital for maintaining reliable voic…
HighWebb finds Neptune's upper atmosphere far colder than Voyager measured 34 years ago
Webb's 2023 observations reveal Neptune's upper atmosphere is 358K, far colder than Voyager 2's 1989 measurement of 750K, solving a decades-long detection puzz…
HighChandrayaan-3 soil matches first-known lunar meteorite, revealing Moon's deep crust
Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover soil analysis matches ALHA 81005, the first meteorite confirmed to originate from the Moon, revealing the landing site contains m…
HighArizona startup launches daring rescue of falling Swift space telescope in record time
NASA's 22-year-old Swift space telescope, which detects cosmic explosions, is falling toward Earth. An Arizona startup built a rescue spacecraft in seven month…
HighSpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Sets Company Record With 36th Launch
SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster 1067 will launch for a record 36th time on July 9, carrying 29 Starlink satellites and surpassing its own company record for rocket r…
HighBlue Origin Wins $700M NASA Contract to Build Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
NASA awards Blue Origin up to $700 million to build a Mars telecommunications orbiter by end of 2028, enabling data transmission for future Mars missions.
HighIBM and NASA Launch AI Model to Map Moon's Ice and Craters
IBM and NASA have launched a foundation AI model designed to map ice deposits and craters on the Moon, supporting NASA's goal of returning humans to the lunar…
HighRare lunar impact crater discovered, largest recorded in solar system
Astronomers discovered a freshly formed 728-foot crater on the Moon from an asteroid impact in April-May 2024, the largest recent impact ever recorded, occurri…
HighNASA Tests Wastewater Treatment for Lunar Base as Artemis Program Advances
NASA is testing wastewater treatment systems and selecting contractors for a permanent moon base covering hundreds of square miles, featuring rovers and autono…
HighISS's $23M Toilet: How NASA Perfected Recycling Urine Into Drinking Water
The International Space Station's Universal Waste Management System cost $23 million and uses centrifuge-driven technology to recycle 98% of urine, sweat, and…
HighMOXIE's Historic First: Mars Produces Oxygen from Its Own Atmosphere
NASA's MOXIE instrument aboard Perseverance successfully extracted oxygen from Mars's CO2 atmosphere on April 20, 2021, producing 5.4 grams and demonstrating i…
HighAI Dissolves Scientific Boundaries, Reshaping Research and Education Globally
AI has emerged as a connective force enabling interdisciplinary scientific collaboration, with neural networks solving complex problems across physics, materia…
HighScientists discover first three-lobed asteroid with unexpected moon in solar system
Researchers have identified the first known three-lobed asteroid in our solar system, which unexpectedly possesses its own small moon. The discovery was made u…
HighSpanish astronaut López-Alegría leads Axiom's Ax-3 commercial mission to ISS
Miguel López-Alegría, the first Spanish-born astronaut, returns to space as commander of Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission, leading an international crew to the ISS a…
HighFrench astronaut Adenot makes history with first spacewalk by French woman
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk on Aug. 18, replacing a critical communications antenna on the International…
HighEurope's Hera probe launches to study asteroid hit by NASA's DART
ESA's Hera spacecraft successfully launched Oct. 7 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to study asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART mission impacted in 2022 to test pla…
HighNASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Unlock Universe's Deepest Mysteries
NASA is launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30, 2026, to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets with a field of view 100 times wi…
HighESA's LUMIO CubeSat Positioned to Capture Unprecedented Apophis Asteroid Flyby
ESA's LUMIO CubeSat, positioned at Earth-Moon L2, can observe the unprecedented April 2029 Apophis asteroid flyby from cislunar space, providing complementary…
HighNASA outlines Artemis III mission parameters for lunar return
NASA is establishing detailed mission parameters for Artemis III, advancing preparations for the next crewed lunar landing as part of its long-term Moon explor…
MediumSpaceX launches 6,000th Starlink satellite, ties rocket-reuse record
SpaceX launched its 6,000th Starlink satellite on Friday while tying its rocket-reuse record with a Falcon 9's 19th flight, advancing the company's vision for…
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