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Over six missions to the moon, from 1969 to 1972, Apollo astronauts collected more than 800 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Chemical and isotopic analysis of that material showed that it was similar to the rock and soil o...

These three space-themed submissions on Lego Ideas have captured our attention, and deserve to be on store shelves.

Northwest Africa played a role in spreading civilization west of Egypt into southern Europe.

We know that Mars was once a warmer, wetter world with a thicker atmosphere, but now it has 1% of the atmospheric density of Earth. Where did it all go? One theory is that billions of years of interaction with the solar ...

Commercial Chinese rocket maker CAS Space completed its fourth solid rocket launch on Tuesday (Sept. 24), sending five satellites to orbit.

Material research is behind the design of a temperature-regulating mug

Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research published in the journal Science Advances suggests that Ryugu was formed near Jup...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter with the sun today (Sept. 27) here's how to make the most of comet viewing opportunities this weekend and beyond.

Arthritis and worn joints reveal the physical toll of being a scribe in ancient Egypt. Learn how researchers uncovered the unique health challenges of these elite writers.

The Stanley Cup, won in 2024 by the Florida Panthers, made a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 17, 2024, as part of its championship tour. The VAB currently houses compo...

A preview for Bethesda's new "Starfield" DLC story expansion pack, "Shattered Space"

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast overnight Thursday (Sept. 26) with satellites capturing striking views of a colossal storm.

Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide, it contains enough sulfuric acid to satisfy the comparison wi...

In May 2024, a geomagnetic storm hit Earth, sending auroras across the planet's skies in a once-in-a-generation light display. These dazzling sights are possible because of the interaction of coronal mass ejections--expl...

"From my earliest childhood, flight had always captivated me. I lived out in the boonies and the farmlands, so I didn’t have neighbors to go and play with. If I wasn’t working, I was left to my own devices, and often...

A dazzling new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a bright spiral galaxy on a diagonal tilt, resembling a pendulum swinging back and forth through space.

In honor of the completion of our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's spacecraft -- the vehicle that will maneuver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function once there -- we're bringing you some spa...

Deep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before.

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 Navigating the rugged, unforgiving Martian terrain is always a challenge, and our recent attempt to reach the "Sheep Creek" target highlights this. We had aimed for small, d...

While working under Erika Rader, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences at University of Idaho, a postdoctoral researcher identified a volcanic vent on Mars as a potential spatter cone and...

I've often stated that planets come in a wide range of sizes but rarely do I find myself stating they come in a wide range of shapes too! The discovery of WASP-107b is a case in point since this planet is the size of Jup...

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