The early warning system to detect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, operated by NASA and its collaborators around the world, got to flex its muscles. It successfully detected a small asteroid 6 ...

Its crinkled gold thermal insulation, metallic structures, and the cup-shaped reflective thruster are not just aesthetic ...

The space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game "Asteroids" released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. now has a real life NASA analog - a mission to prevent asteroids from striking earth. Andy ...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test was the first time that humanity sent a spacecraft to measurably change the orbit of a celestial body. The mission was also the world’s first full-scale ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

The Earth is embraced by its oceans and seas. And so are we. We depend on them for more than half of the oxygen we breathe. Ocean currents shape the slow march of climate and the daily changes of our ...

What would happen if aliens contacted us? It’s a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer, after a transmission designed to mimic correspondence from an extraterrestrial ...

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