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3,900-kg SpaceX rocket to slam into the Moon on August 5: When and where to watch the rare impact from the US and Canada, why astronomers are tracking it and what happens nextA 3,900-kg SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is set to slam into the Moon at around 2.43 km/s on August 5, creating a rare lunar impact that ast...
NASA hits major milestone for SpaceX Starship ahead of Artemis III Moon missionNASA has completed crucial wind tunnel tests on SpaceX's Super Heavy V3 booster. These tests provide vital aerodynamic data for future luna...
Starting 1996, surprising planetary system had close encounters with NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, recent study claims it may resemble Earth in certain qualitiesNearly three decades after Galileo first revealed Ganymede's intrinsic magnetic field, the giant moon of Jupiter remains one of the Solar S...
Solar Eclipse 2026: NASA has a bold plan to unlock the Sun's secretsNASA will launch a scientific campaign during the August 12 solar eclipse. A high-altitude aircraft will study the Sun's corona for extende...
9,000 kmph: SpaceX junk is about to punch a hole in the Moon. Why scientists are happyA piece of SpaceX rocket debris is set to crash into the Moon at nearly 9,000 kmph. Here's why scientists are interested in the impact and ...
A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moonA SpaceX rocket upper stage will crash into the moon on Wednesday. This event will create a crater and eject dust and rubble into space. Sc...
In 1955, a forgotten NASA pioneer began work that helped reach the edge of the Solar System — how Annie Easley’s journey from NACA to the iconic Cassini mission is inspiring America once againMost people know the names behind the Moon landing. Few know Annie Easley. Yet her work helped shape America's space future. She joined NAC...
Every winter, up to 15 people are isolated inside Antarctica’s Concordia Station for about nine months; brain scans found temporary gray matter changes linked to sleepResearch at Concordia Station reveals brain gray matter changes during isolation. These alterations are strongly linked to sleep quality an...
In 1969, four scientists entered an underwater lab to test long-term life beneath the sea; 60 days and a 19-hour decompression later, all emerged safelyFour scientists lived underwater for sixty days in 1969. This mission studied marine life and human endurance in isolation. The habitat was...
Quote of the day by Neil Armstrong: 'All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to...' - thought-provoking quote by American astronaut teaches inspiring life lessons on dreams, timing, opportunity, success and why it's never too late to make historyQuote of the day by Neil Armstrong: Neil Armstrong felt he missed aviation's golden age. He believed timing should not stop anyone from dre...
NASA's AI-powered Mission PRAXIS aims to touch Saturn's rings for the first time: Here's how it could solve a decades-old mysteryNASA is exploring a new mission concept called PRAXIS. This robotic explorer aims to directly sample particles from Saturn's rings. Artific...
5 years before Apollo 11, a landlocked African nation tried to send teenagers to the Moon to beat the US and USSR, but the failed mission was probably never about the space race at allEdward Mukuka Nkoloso led Zambia's ambitious space program after independence. He trained teenage "Afronauts" using unconventional methods ...
In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limitsNASA scientists made a groundbreaking discovery deep inside Alaskan permafrost. They defrosted 32,000-year-old bacteria frozen since the an...
In 1969, Apollo 10 astronauts set the fastest human speed record in space — here's why it still hasn't been brokenApollo 10 astronauts still hold the fastest human spaceflight speed record. Their return journey from lunar orbit reached nearly 40,000 kil...
NASA astronaut Chris Williams returns to Earth after 241 days and 102 million miles in spaceNASA astronaut Chris Williams returns to Earth after a 241-day International Space Station mission, landing safely in Kazakhstan with two R...
1.4 billion kilometers from the Sun, Titan has rain, rivers, and 100-meter-deep lakes, but the liquid is methane, not waterNew research reveals Titan's polar seas have shifting liquid compositions. Rivers deliver methane-rich liquid near coastlines, while open s...
SpaceX's latest Starship launch is different. Here's what changed in best re-entrySpaceX's latest Starship test flight delivered more than another launch, introducing engine fixes, advanced Starlink satellite deployment a...
SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced StarlinksElon Musk's SpaceX had replaced six of the 33 engines on the first-stage booster after they failed to ignite last week, resulting in a last...
Moon going far from Earth: Scientists explain how it could bring longer days and end total solar eclipsesMoon moving farther from Earth: The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.83 centimetres per year, a change confirmed throug...
India's space sector takes off as private rocket readies launchIndia has sent spacecraft to Mars and the Moon, put hundreds of satellites into orbit and will in the coming days launch its first privatel...