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Radar images capture snowman-shaped object tumbling past Earth

Radar images have captured snowman-shaped 2024 ON asteroid tumbling through space.

Space

Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment

A powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new experiment suggests.

LiveScience

Weird striped rock 'unlike any seen on Mars' found by Perseverance rover. Here's why NASA's excited

While climbing a crater rim, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a curious striped rock that may have rolled from farther uphill, hinting at treasures the robotic explorer has yet to find.

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A Weirdly Large Object In Our Asteroid Belt Could Actually Be Habitable

The dwarf planet’s active geology was mixing up organic molecules pretty recently in its past.

Inverse

Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)

Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight.

Space

Where did Mars' atmosphere go? Scientists say it may be 'hiding in plain sight'

New research suggests that the atmosphere of Mars could have literally "gone to ground" as carbon dioxide was greedily slurped out of the atmosphere and locked away by Red Planet clays.

Space

Hurricane Helene could yield major flooding, tornadoes and 'devastating' winds, experts warn

Tropical Storm Helene reached hurricane status on Wednesday (Sept. 25), and scientists warn that its damage could be life-threatening.

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NASA Releases Stunning Photos Of Sahara Desert Turning Green Under Historic Rains

The Sahara Desert was hit by an extratropical cyclone earlier this month, leading some areas to receive more than 200 millimeters of rainfall.

International Business Times

ESA Opens Lunar Simulation Facility For Astronaut Training

ESA unveils LUNA lunar simulation facility in Germany to train astronauts for future moon missions, replicating lunar conditions with volcanic rock and low...

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Though it's not the moon yet, it's the next best thing for European astronauts

It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface

The Independent UK

NASA Releases Stunning Photos of the Sahara Desert Turning Green Under Historic Rains

The Sahara Desert was hit by an extratropical cyclone earlier this month, leading some areas to receive more than 200 millimeters of rainfall.

Latin Times

NASA Scientists Puzzled By Zebra-striped Boulder On Mars

The rock has a texture unlike any seen on Mars before.

Zenger

James Webb Space Telescope finds 'puffball' exoplanet is uniquely lopsided

Using the James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have found that a strange inflated exoplanet is even weirder than they realized finding a strange asymmetry in its atmosphere.

Space

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink internet satellites from California (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Wednesday morning (Sept. 25).

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Tropical Storm Helene delays SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch to Sept. 28

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-9 astronaut launch from Thursday (Sept. 26) to no earlier than Saturday (Sept. 28) due to a strengthening tropical storm.

The Independent UK

Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test

Scientists used the most powerful laboratory source of radiation in the world to mimic the threat

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1 Small-Cap Space Stock to Buy and Hold

LUNR stock has spiked this month, but the space exploration stock is just getting started, with several NASA missions lined up that promise to drive even more success and growth in future.

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Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows

Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight.

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Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams takes ISS command as 8-day mission turns into 8 months (video)

NASA astronaut Suni Williams did not expect to be taking command of the International Space Station when her eight-day Starliner Crew Flight Test launched in June. Now, the key to the station is hers.

LiveScience

Weird 'zebra rock' on Mars is unlike anything seen before on Red Planet, NASA says

NASA's Perseverance rover has sent home pictures of a mysterious black-and-white striped rock, the likes of which scientists have never seen before on Mars.

Inverse

Powerful X-Rays Could Save Earth From An Asteroid Collision, A Bizarre New Simulation Suggests

A recent lab experiment suggests we could deflect an incoming asteroid by heating its surface and letting the jets of escaping gas propel it on a new course.

LiveScience

Earth from space: Iconic 'Star Trek' symbol shines brightly in sea of muddy Arctic sea ice

A 2012 satellite photo captured a patch of snow-covered sea ice with an uncannily similar shape to badges pinned on the uniforms of Starfleet officers in the "Star Trek" franchise.

Space

X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid

Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.

Space

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is enroute to conduct 1st crater rim study at 'Dox Castle'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon arrive at its first stop during its arduous trek to the western edge of Jezero Crater.

LiveScience

NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth

New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely past our planet on Sept. 17.

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