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NASA seeking participants in year-long simulated space mission
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (441+ words) FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where preparations for the Artemis II space mission are underway as NASA revealed the crew members. HOUSTON" Do you have a love for space and want to…...
Water Ice Inside A Martian Crater
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (247+ words) [ESA] Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the ESA/Roscosmos Exo Mars Trace Gas Orbiter captures the contrasting colours of bright white water-ice against the rusty red martian soil. This delightful…...
Sick of Earth? NASA recruiting volunteers for yearlong Moon and Mars simulation
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (27+ words) Tampa Bay 28 Sick of Earth? NASA recruiting volunteers for yearlong Moon and Mars simulation...
Asteroid metals worth billions: The reality behind the next space rush
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (538+ words) NASA's Psyche spacecraft is currently traveling toward a large metal rich asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Launched on October 13, 2023, the probe is scheduled to arrive at its destination in 2029. Scientists once described the asteroid, known as 16 Psyche, as a…...
The ghost in Orion's shell
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (385+ words) New radio observations reveal hidden structures around the Orion Nebula image: Fig. 1: Radio emission from neutral hydrogen atoms in the direction of the Orion Nebula, the most nearby regions of high-mass star formation. view more Credit: Juan D. Soler, University of…...
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (171+ words) Mirage News This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals - the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA's Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024. Several days…...
Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth's Magnetic Field, in Orbit
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (488+ words) Published Jul 9, 2026 12: 48 PM EDT To stop their orbit from decaying too much, satellites use small in-space thrusters, which broadly speaking, fall into two categories: chemical or electric. The former uses a combustible fuel source that gets accelerated through a nozzle,…...
Start-up unveils robotic tech to capture space debris
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (304+ words) Billed as the first such attempt in the world, a Hyderabad-based startup, Cosmoserve Space, is set to demonstrate a soft robotic capture technology to remove space debris that includes defunct satellites from the Earth's orbit. Christened as "Mission Embrace', it…...
US is "very much in a space race right now" with China: NASA - AOL
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (427+ words) (News Nation) " NASA confirmed over the weekend that China is edging closer in its race with the United States to put humans on the moon's surface for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told CBS…...
Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (426+ words) ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover will investigate possible signs of life in Martian clay. Is there life on Mars " in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red…...