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Tooth size in South American sea lions reflects historical shifts in population abundance

PALEONTOLOGY
A new study published in PeerJ reveals that the teeth of South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) hold valuable clues about past population dynamics. Researchers from the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, the Centro para...

Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses

ASTRONOMY
Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses. The latest casualty came this week after Intuitive Machines put another lander sideways on the moon through a NASA-sponsored program. Within 24...

NASA helicopter’s mission ends after three years on Mars

MARS
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has officially ended its nearly three-year mission after...

The longstanding mystery of Mars’ moons—and the mission that could solve it

ASTRONOMY
The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with...

6 things to know about NASA’s asteroid-exploring Psyche mission

ASTRONOMY
The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky bodies in our solar...

NASA’s Lucy mission snaps its first views of Trojan asteroid targets

ASTRONOMY
Some of the asteroids NASA's Lucy mission will visit are still more than 330 million miles (530 million kilometers) away from the spacecraft, which...

Why NASA’s new mission will study Earth’s water from space

ASTRONOMY
Before the sun rises on Thursday, a rocket carrying the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite will blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base...

NASA launches Lunar Flashlight; follow the mission in real time

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec....

Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids

ASTRONOMY
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected...

NASA explains the mission to bring samples of Mars soil, rock and atmosphere back to Earth

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission aims to bring 30 samples of rock, soil and atmosphere now being collected by the Perseverance rover back to...

China plans to complete space station with latest mission

Uncategorized
China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station, the China Manned Space Agency said...

NASA moon mission set to break record in navigation signal test

ASTRONOMY
As the Artemis missions journey to the moon and NASA plans for the long voyage to Mars, new navigation capabilities will be key to...

Our Mars rover mission was suspended because of the Ukraine war. What we’re hoping for next

MARS
Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars...

China is building an asteroid deflection mission of its own, due for launch in 2025

ASTRONOMY
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike...
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