Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA officially rules out 2032 lunar impact
NASA has officially dismissed any possibility of the asteroid designated as 2024 YR4 colliding with the Moon in 2032….
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Can a Tiny Seal Really Stop NASA’s Moon Mission?
What does it take to send four human beings around the Moon — and what happens when a single tiny…
Martian whistler waves: a landmark discovery
Analysis of extensive data collected by NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the past decade has…
Could Saving Our Planet Ruin Outer Space?
Have you ever stopped to think that the very satellites we launch to fight climate change, track deforestation, and reduce…
How Long to Get to Mars? The Answer Will Shock You
Have you ever looked up at Mars in the night sky — that faint, rust-colored dot — and wondered: just…
Can Human Waste Feed Future Space Colonists?
Have you ever imagined a future where astronauts on the Moon grow their own vegetables — using nothing more than…
Artemis II Delayed: If We Went to the Moon, Why Can’t We Go Back?
If we walked on the Moon more than fifty years ago, why is it so painfully hard to go back?…
Is CDG-2 the Darkest Galaxy Ever Found?
The low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2, shown in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is dominated by dark matter and…
Why Is Artemis II Delayed? The Real Reason for the March Scrub
Have you ever packed your bags for a dream vacation, only to have your flight canceled at the boarding gate?…
Is Jupiter Shrinking? The 2026 Discovery Rewriting Textbooks
Have you ever looked at a ruler and wondered if the inches were actually inches? For fifty years, every astronomy…