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NASA asteroid sample contains life-critical water and carbon

ASTRONOMY
A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, NASA revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that...

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 Perseverance captures dust-filled Martian whirlwind

ASTRONOMY
The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars' Jezero Crater by NASA's Perseverance rover on...

NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

ASTRONOMY
The climactic end of a seven-year voyage comes Sunday when a NASA capsule is due to land in the Utah desert, carrying to Earth...

NASA spots new Moon crater, likely caused by crashed Russian probe

ASTRONOMY
NASA has spotted a small new crater on the Moon that was likely caused by a Russian probe crash landing on the surface around...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter flies again after unscheduled landing

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its 54th flight on Aug. 3, the first flight since the helicopter cut its July 22 flight short....

New NASA Artemis instruments to study volcanic terrain on the moon

ASTRONOMY
part of NASA's regular cadence of robotic lunar missions through Artemis, the agency has selected a new scientific payload to establish the age and...

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

ASTRONOMY
NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it's not hiding...

NASA researchers detect tsunamis by their rumble in the atmosphere

EARTH
New hazard-monitoring technology uses GPS signals to go wave-hunting in the Pacific Ring of Fire. GUARDIAN's long-term objective is to augment early warning systems. and...

Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert

ASTRONOMY
An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported...

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...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover gets a major software upgrade

MARS
The update brings loads of improvements, the most significant being new driving capabilities. Years in the making, a major software update that has been installed...
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