By Samantha Lock, The Guardian A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.
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By Miriam Kramer, Axios Before humans can settle off-Earth, scientists need to figure out how — or even whether — people can reproduce in space.
By The Downey Patriot Lil’ Libros Publishing has acquired world rights to a bilingual five-board book STEAM series, Dr. Ochoa’s Stellar World, researched and written by Dr. Ellen Ochoa, American engineer who became the first Latina woman to go to space.
By Amanda Kooser, C|NET When the words “intriguing,” “Mars” and “ancient life” show up in the same NASA statement, my ears perk up. On Sunday, NASA talked up a new study looking at “unusual carbon signals” measured by the Curiosity rover in the red planet’s Gale Crater.
By NASA Media accreditation is now open for launch and prelaunch activities related to NASA’s Artemis I mission, the first mission in exploration systems built for crew that will travel around the Moon since Apollo.
By DAVID NIELD, Science Alert For most of life on Earth, oxygen is essential, and sunlight is usually needed to produce that oxygen. But in an exciting twist, researchers have caught a common, ocean-dwelling microbe breaking all the rules.
By Paul Sutter, Live Science The ice giants Uranus and Neptune don’t get nearly enough press; all the attention goes to their larger siblings, mighty Jupiter and magnificent Saturn.
By S. Dent, Engadget Despite the massive number of stars in the sky, spotting one in the throes of a supernova is still an incredibly rare event.
By Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times Since joining NASA in 1980, Jim Green has seen it all. He has helped the space agency understand Earth’s magnetic field, explore the outer solar system and search for life on Mars.
By Sofie Bates, SciTech Daily New observations from research aircraft indicate that the Southern Ocean absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases, confirming that it is a strong carbon sink and an important buffer for the effects of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.