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NASA unveils ‘Mars’ habitat for year-long experiments on Earth

MARS
Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand—NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for...

NASA plans 2 super pressure balloon test flights from New Zealand

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the...

New NASA DART data prove viability of asteroid deflection as planetary defense strategy

ASTRONOMY
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was Earth's first attempt at launching a spacecraft to intentionally collide with and deflect an asteroid as a...

NASA’s Perseverance rover shows off collection of Mars samples

ASTRONOMY
Even space robots know what "pics or it didn't happen" means: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover provided a panorama of its recently completed sample depot—a...

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds surprise clues to Mars’s watery past

ASTRONOMY
Among other discoveries made by the Curiosity rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to...

Are wildfires getting worse? A NASA scientist explains

ENVIRONMENT
Are wildfires getting worse? Unfortunately, yes. Changes in our climate, along with other factors, have led to wildfires increasing in intensity, severity, size and...

NASA system predicts small asteroid to pass close by Earth this week

ASTRONOMY
Asteroid 2023 BU is about the size of a box truck and is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth...

Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat

ASTRONOMY
A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky. NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is "very low."...

NASA’s Perseverance rover deposits first sample on Mars surface

ASTRONOMY
A titanium tube containing a rock sample is resting on the Red Planet's surface after being placed there on Dec. 21 by NASA's Perseverance...

NASA explores a winter wonderland on Mars

ASTRONOMY
Cube-shaped snow, icy landscapes, and frost are all part of the Red Planet's coldest season. When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into...

NASA gets unusually close glimpse of black hole snacking on star

ASTRONOMY
Recent observations of a black hole devouring a wandering star may help scientists understand more complex black hole feeding behaviors. Multiple NASA telescopes recently observed...

NASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after four years

ASTRONOMY
It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander, which has fallen silent after four years on Mars. The lander's...
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