Elon Musk’s mission to take over Nasa—and Mars
The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.
NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
Post-DEI, who will be the next Americans to walk on the moon?
The crew of Artemis III will not only reflect the diversity of America but will also be as qualified to walk on the moon as ...
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Ireland 2050: Sub-orbital hotels, a tunnel under the Irish Sea and influencer tribes… Irish life in 25 years’ time
With the first quarter of the 21st century nearly over, we asked some Irish people to share their predictions for life here ...
How NASA's Perseverance is helping prepare astronauts for Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
Rocket Lab Really (Really) Wants NASA to Pay It $4 Billion
Illustration of rocket launching over a red planet with the word mars below in green font. Image source: . For the past four ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
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Quad-Cities engineer to appear with Neil deGrasse Tyson on stage in Peoria
NASA engineer Rayme Traub, from Sherrard, will discuss his scientific contributions as part of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s event ...
New Barbie doll celebrates 60 years as an astronaut, but forgets when humans first flew into space
Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible, but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy ...
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Nasa launches a competition open to all: $3 million up for grabs
Nasa launches a rather special competition, open to all. And if you find the solution to the challenge, you could hit the jackpot!Recently, the American space agency sent a new probe, named "Athena", ...