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NASA's Bennu Asteroid Samples Hold Clues To Ancient Water World

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission samples from asteroid Bennu offer insights into life's origins on Earth and beyond.

SpaceX and Vast want ideas for science experiments on Dragon spacecraft and Haven-1 space station

SpaceX and Vast Space are looking for research ideas to fly aboard Vast's new Haven-1 space station launching later this year.

Space · Jan 30, 2025

Asteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with Earth in 2032

Hundred-metre wide asteroid rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescope

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

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'SALLY' premieres at Sundance with Sally Ride's family, astronaut in audience

National Geographic premiered "SALLY," Cristina Costantini's new documentary about the first U.S. woman in space and her untold love, at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Tuesday (Jan. 28).

Space · Jan 30, 2025

NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Newly Discovered Asteroid Poses Tiny Risk To Earth In 2032

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, but experts are optimistic about its trajectory and impact risk.

How did life's building blocks end up on dwarf planet Ceres?

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Space · Jan 30, 2025

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This trippy sci-fi thriller starring Cameron Diaz is totally underrated — the critics got it wrong

Richard Kelly's 'The Box' deserves another look from sci-fi fans and lovers of weird, uncompromising cinema.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 30, 2025

Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.

Space · Jan 30, 2025

Astronaut Chris Hadfield reveals 7 out-of-this-world organizing tips from living on the International Space Station – they’ll transform how you tidy your home

Turbocharge how you tidy things for good

Homes & Gardens · Jan 30, 2025

Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-43 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.

LiveScience · Jan 29, 2025

NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward them in a cosmic feeding process.

Space · Jan 29, 2025

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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Space · Jan 29, 2025

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

Space · Jan 29, 2025

Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending

A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.

Space · Jan 29, 2025

Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy Whitson and Bernard Harris, at a public ceremony in Florida this spring.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth.

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The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?

The Artemis program has been Nasa’s best chance to get “boots on the Moon” again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisation, will they end up abandoning or pushing back lunar missions?

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Trump tells Musk to 'go get' NASA astronauts who were 'left stranded' by Biden

SpaceX CEO says he will return Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to Earth ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

‘Building blocks of life’ found on alien asteroid, scientists say

The building blocks of life have been found on an alien asteroid, scientists have said.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2025

Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded

A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this meteorite, discovered by beaver trappers, fell over a lake. A layer of ice saved them from the depths…

LiveScience · Jan 29, 2025

Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal

Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu.

Space · Jan 29, 2025

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab opens doors after LA fires, helps firefighter helicopters refuel

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab begins normal operations after devastating LA fires as hundreds of employees who were displaced begin rebuilding their lives.

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