Beijing’s space program has achieved “enormous success” over the past decade, agency chief Bill Nelson acknowledges China may try to gain control of the most resource-rich locations on the Moon if it wins the competition against the US for Earth’s only planetary-mass, NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said. “It is a fact: we’re in a … Read more
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Iceland is like Mars — “if Mars had hot tubs,” according to a new ad campaign from Visit Iceland. Hordur Sveinsson/Visit Iceland hide caption toggle caption Hordur Sveinsson/Visit Iceland Iceland is like Mars — “if Mars had hot tubs,” according to a new ad campaign from Visit Iceland. Hordur Sveinsson/Visit Iceland Iceland is like Mars … Read more
A US rocket capable of powering astronauts to the moon — the first such mission in half a century — blasted off on its maiden voyage on Wednesday morning, opening a new chapter in American space exploration and intensifying a race with China. The launch, at 1.48am from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, came … Read more
A piece of the spaceship that exploded after launch in 1986 was found off the coast of Florida A section of the space shuttle Challenger has been found off the coast of Florida, NASA confirmed on Thursday. It is the first new piece of the ill-fated spacecraft to be found since 1996, and is believed … Read more
Divers for a History Channel documentary on World War II-era ocean wreckages have instead found a large, long-missing piece of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded and fell into the Atlantic Ocean 73 seconds after liftoff at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. NASA confirmed the authenticity of the find today … Read more
NASA’s orbital dust analyzer has detected and mapped 50 ‘super-emitters’ of methane, a strong greenhouse gas, in the US, Middle East, and Central Asia. The survey is valuable for understanding climate change, the space agency said on Tuesday. The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission, which was set up on the International Space … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The International Space Station fired its thrusters to maneuver out of the way of a piece of oncoming Russian space junk, NASA said late Monday. The space agency said in a news release … Read more
A panel of researchers will analyze unclassified data to help the space agency examine future sightings A UFO study by a team of NASA scientists began on Monday, with researchers from varied disciplines poring over unclassified data to better understand the aerial phenomena. After decades of secrecy, multiple government departments are now turning their attention … Read more
America’s space agency has successfully altered the trajectory of an asteroid hurtling through space, deliberately smashing a spacecraft into the object as part of a historic “planetary defense” test. NASA unveiled the results of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on Tuesday, showing that the DART craft was able to significantly change the orbit of … Read more