NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration…
It’s a relatively well-known fact that we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about our own ocean floor.
Humans have produced startlingly accurate maps of the Moon and captured amazing images of the lunar surface – including of…
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In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France.
Over the next several years, the team, led by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the…
Entering a planet’s atmosphere is a dangerous maneuver for any spacecraft, as it must withstand the intense frictional heat generated by high-speed contact with atoms and molecules.
That’s why landers and rovers have heat shields. And new…
March 24, 2026
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Astronomers witness the birth of a new solar system
The decades since scientists confirmed the first planet around another star have been rich in discovery, but it’s rare to see a new solar…
At first glance, it looked like just another dinosaur fossil, but a closer inspection revealed something unexpected, something that shouldn’t have been there. The specimen, an Edmontosaurus skull found in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation,…
Have large language models (LLMs) matched or…
Head outside tonight and drink in the sight of the Pleiades open star cluster glistening close to the red star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus, before the mesmerizing naked-eye jewel slips out of view with the changing of the seasons.
The…
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While Elon Musk has his fans and detractors, it’s safe to say that both camps would have to agree that, if nothing else, Musk is definitely someone who thinks outside-the-box. His announcement in February…
