Why a Bus-Size Asteroid Near Earth Is Still a Planetary Defense Lesson
Why is a 29-foot asteroid being tracked when it is far too small to pose any danger to the planet?…
Hubble Found a Tiny Comet Spinning Toward Self-Destruction
Sometimes the solar system hides its strangest behavior in old data. A fresh analysis of images taken by the Hubble…
NASA’s Moon Base Shift Puts Artemis on a Higher-Stakes Path
NASA’s latest redesign of its plans for going back to the moon makes one thing clear: NASA is no longer…
NASA’s 2028 Mars Nuclear Craft Could Change Deep-Space Travel
NASA has outlined a mission called Space Reactor-1 Freedom, targeted for launch before the end of 2028, as a demonstration…
Why Vertical-Landing Jets Create 140-Decibel Shock Traps
“Only a tiny fraction of the jet’s energy is transformed into sound, but this small fraction has a major impact,”…
Jupiter’s Lightning May Dwarf Earth’s by a Millionfold
How powerful does a storm have to be before Earth’s lightning starts to look ordinary? New analysis of Jupiter’s atmosphere…
Why NASA Named Its Moon Program After Artemis
“NASA doesn’t often choose a name by chance, especially not for a return to the Moon after five decades.” This…
NASA Put Roman Through Launch-Level Shock to Protect a $4 Billion Mission
“If you’ve ever been at a concert with an extremely loud bass, that load you felt was acoustic energy,” said…
Hera’s Asteroid Chase Is Testing How Earth Might Deflect a Threat
The largest manoeuvre of the Hera mission, in terms of fuel expenditure, was done using this manoeuvre, and was used…