A European spacecraft is about to zip by both Earth and the Moon in the space of 24 hours. In…
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Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for two NASA crew members, it is…
Launched in 2011, NASA’s NEOWISE mission operated in Earth’s orbit until late last week. It detected more than 3,000 near-Earth objects or NEOs –…
New results from the first archaeological fieldwork conducted in space show the International Space Station is a rich cultural landscape…
Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several experiments suggest that it is…
NASA’s DART mission – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was humanity’s first real-world planetary defence mission. In September 2022, the DART spacecraft…
NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains…
Using radar, a NASA spacecraft, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), has confirmed the existence of caves beneath the lunar surface. Here’s why such geological…
When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food…
NASA’s missions are some of the most technologically advanced and critically important endeavours. From the Mars Rover explorations to the…