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NASA Despite best efforts, we’re still decades if not generations away from regularly living and working off-planet — whether that’s in LEO habitation rings, moon bases,...
The US space agency will conduct a new, formal investigation into the troubled flight test of a Boeing spacecraft intended to carry astronauts to the International...
What do coal, crude oil, and truffles have in common? Go ahead. We’ll wait. The answer is thiophenes, a molecule that behaves a lot like benzene....
A brilliant full moon rises at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2017. NASA/Kim Shiflett The next supermoon of the year will put on a...
One of the most popular events when it comes to pubic interest in astronomy and stargazing is the ‘Supermoon’. What is this phenomenon and why is...
NASA still doesn’t know if it wants Boeing to perform another test flight of its new passenger spacecraft without people on board — three months after...
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity… For decades, NASA’s robotic rovers have explored the surface of Mars looking for clues about its past and subsequent evolution. With every...
In 2018, the rover hit pay dirt when it found organic matter in soil samples of three billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater. Curiosity sampled sites...
NASA didn’t name its next Mars rover Perseverance just because “Percy” is a cute nickname. The new moniker, which NASA announced on Thursday (March 5), captures...
