The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob…
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NASA’s latest satellite imagery reveals Australia’s giant spider; the striking landscape created by an ancient impact is a huge crater
Spider Crater in Western Australia may be 600–900 million years old, preserving evidence of an ancient…
Nasa’s Perseverance rover breaks 15-year Mars record, travels farther than any other space vehicle
Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover is seen in a “selfie” that it took over a rock nicknamed…
Antarctic sea ice reached its third-lowest winter maximum in satellite records; the latest measurement adds another data point to scientists’ assessment of long-term changes in polar ice
According to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), Antarctic sea ice likely…
In 1959, US Army built a secret base under Greenland’s ice sheet, which was abandoned in 1964 due to melting ice; in April 2024, NASA finally rediscovered the remains of Camp Century
In 1959, US Army built a secret base under Greenland’s ice sheet, which was abandoned in…
A washing-machine-sized NASA supported spacecraft will approach four defunct satellites and rocket bodies, testing technology that could one day help repair spacecraft or remove orbital debris
Otter will travel to within hundreds of yards of each object and examine it without making…
Jeff Bezos calls Mars a destination for humans, but wants to take Americans to Moon first, and in less than three years, as … |
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has outlined an ambitious vision for the future of space exploration, arguing…
NASA sent 10 million cinnamon basil seeds into orbit aboard Endeavour in 2007; the project brought space-flown seeds into classrooms and helped nearly 1 million students test plant-growing designs
The seeds were being carried by teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who was finally making her long-awaited journey…
In 1984, NASA sent 12.5 million tomato seeds to space; in 1990 they had to be brought back to Earth and were planted across 40,000 schools in 40 countries
The seeds that NASA sent to space in 1984, returned to Earth six years later in…
Scientists found a new amoeba in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park that can reproduce at 145°F, stay active at 147°F and recover after five minutes at 158°F, setting a new heat record for complex life
The discovery also has implications far beyond Lassen Volcanic National Park. Astrobiologists study extremophiles to understand…