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Apophis: The asteroid we thought might hit us

On Friday, April 13, 2029, Earth will experience a dramatic close encounter with the asteroid 99942 Apophis. The 1,120 feet (340-meter) wide object will pass ...

Congress to NASA: What comes after the International Space Station?

Questions of how long the station — already over 20 years old — can last and how international and industry partnerships might drive activity in low Earth orbit ...

Flying on Mars getting tougher as Ingenuity helicopter gears up for 14th hop

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is getting ready for its 14th Red Planet flight, but the thinning Martian air is making such sorties more and more challenging.

NASA's InSight Mars lander detects 3 biggest marsquakes to date

InSight spotted 4.2- and 4.1-magnitude temblors on Aug. 25, then picked up another roughly 4.2-magnitude quake on Sept. 18 that lasted for nearly 90 minutes, ...

NASA completes swing arm test on SLS launch platform

The swing arms on the mobile launch tower for NASA's Space Launch System released and retracted Sunday night inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy ...

NASA announces reorganization of human spaceflight directorate

The Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate will manage NASA's Artemis moon program, including the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, the Orion ...

Webb telescope to explore forming planetary systems

Webb will measure spectra that can reveal molecules in the inner regions of these protoplanetary disks, complementing the details ALMA has provided about the ...

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On Saturday, four explorers splashed down off the Florida coast after spending three days circling the planet. Like the crews who have orbited the Earth ...

Bible story of Sodom revisited. Was it a meteor strike?

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Artist's concept based on scientific evidence shows a depiction of a blast caused by a meteor impact. It had the power of 1,000 Hiroshimas, scientists say. Did ...

Team creates micro-robots propelled by air bubbles and ultrasound

A scanning electron microscope image shows a cell-size robotic swimmer that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Credit: Cornell University.