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Where will NASA set up its moon base?

NASA aims to set up a crewed outpost near the moon's south pole, calling it "our first foothold on the lunar frontier." The ingredients for that encampment, known as Artemis Base Camp, are an unpressurized rover to transport suited astronauts around ...

Watch NASA roll huge Artemis 1 moon rocket off the pad Friday

NASA plans to start rolling its Artemis 1 moon mission off the launch pad on Friday evening (July 1), and you can watch the slow-moving action live. The Artemis 1 stack — a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped by an Orion crew capsule — is expected ...

The 'faintest asteroid ever detected' won't hit Earth, months of observations show

An asteroid discovered in August 2021 seemed on a collision course with Earth, but an extensive observation campaign that involved one of the world's most powerful telescopes eventually ruled out the space rock as a risk. The asteroid, dubbed 2021 QM1, ...

Swarms of tiny robots may one day explore oceans on other worlds

The concept, called "Sensing With Independent Micro-Swimmers," or SWIM, is the brainchild of Ethan Schaler, a robotics mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The latest funding award was announced in a Jet ...

SpaceX's Starlink satellites will help improve space weather forecasts amid sun's unpredictable activity

Space weather forecasters are developing models that would help satellite operators prepare for bad space weather. But they have a problem: a lack of measurements at altitudes where Earth's atmosphere meets outer space. SpaceX is now stepping in to ...

Live coverage: Countdown begins for Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission, known as USSF 12, will launch the U.S. Space Force's Wide Field of View Testbed satellite ...

Higgs boson: The 'God Particle' explained

The particle was finally discovered on July 4, 2012, by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the most powerful particle accelerator in the world — located at the European particle physics laboratory CERN, Switzerland.

Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago

Panda have -- count them -- six digits to help grasp bamboo. (CNN) Giant pandas are notoriously fussy eaters. They only munch on bamboo ...

In Photos: A 'Secret' Solar Eclipse In Space That Nobody Saw Coming

Forbes

Forbes

However, those calculations are done only for Earth observations of solar eclipses. After all, a solar eclipse—when the Moon appears to cross the disk of the Sun—is an optical illusion. Nothing ...

Pair of orcas targeting great white sharks off South Africa's coast

The Gansbaai coast was once a popular spot for great white shark spotting, but sightings have decreased markedly in recent years. The study used long-term sightings and tagging data to demonstrate that great whites have been driven away by the orcas, ...