What Is NASA's Pandora Mission? Know its Objectives & about Exoplanet
NASA is set to launch its latest mission, Pandora, in 2025 to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. With the James ...
Odds of impact of newly discovered asteroid rise increase slightly again
Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.
Canaveral National Seashore, 'Place of Canes,' turns 50, as SpaceX, others eye more rockets
Five hundred years after the Spanish explorers, billionaires' dreams of new riches and discovery launched from near Canaveral ...
Odds of an asteroid striking Earth in 2032 keep changing
Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the ...
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Remember the northern lights that reached Florida? The solar storm created radiation belts around Earth
The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur on Mars – A Scientific First
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.
Space shuttle Discovery successfully launches Sunday in dusk light show
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...
NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery
“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
Chance of 2032 asteroid strike have increased. Why scientists say not to worry
The near-earth object first discovered in 2024 has stirred up conversation on social media because of the potential for an ...
Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.