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As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, with different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus … Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged its lowest mass extrasolar planet outside the solar system yet. The planet is also the closest to its star to be directly … Read More
NASA’s first mission to Jupiter in more than a decade is scheduled to launch on Monday. This time, the object of investigation is not the giant planet itself, but one … Read More
A European spacecraft has been launched to explore an asteroid struck in an earlier planetary defense mission by the American space agency NASA. The European Space Agency (ESA’s) Hera spacecraft … Read More
So far, food for astronauts hasn’t exactly been haute cuisine. Freeze-dried cereal cubes, squeezable tubes filled with what amounts to baby food, and meals reconstituted with water from a fuel … Read More
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A rare comet that was discovered in 2023 will be visible Sunday evening. The A3Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet made a pass just 44 million miles from earth yesterday, … Read More
2024-10-14T03:32:07.823Z Europa Clipper “GO” for launch A triple booster SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on the launch pad. (Image credit: SpaceX/NASA/JPL) NASA and SpaceX are both … Read More
In a major step to safeguard Earth from potential catastrophe, Nasa has released its strategy to counter “planet killer” asteroids, drawing inspiration from the extinction event that wiped out the … Read More
Watch live! SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch NASA’s Europa Clipper – YouTube Watch On NASA’s first mission to another ocean world in our solar system will launch toward Jupiter on … Read More
Look into the sky this month and you will be able to see a comet that hasn’t visited Earth in 80,000 years. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) this week becomes visible … Read More
