Earth’s minimoon may be a chip off the old block: New research suggests that 2024 PT5 — a small, rocky body dubbed a “minimoon” during its discovery last year — may have been blown off the moon during a giant impact long ago, making it…
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Dinosaur Purse? Scientists Aren’t Buying This T. Rex Leather Claim
Three companies have joined forces to develop a new luxury alternative to traditional leather. That sounds ordinary—except the material they’re trying to create is anything but.
On Friday, April…
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The White House’s proposed budget would cancel NASA’s Gateway space station project
The Trump administration’s preliminary 2026 budget proposes the biggest single-year cut to NASA funding in the agency’s 67-year history. The cuts are part of the White House’s broader government “skinny budget,” which aligns with Elon Musk’s DOGE…
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NASA proposes converting lunar dust into energy to reduce the cost of space missions.
The NASA‘s groundbreaking initiative to transform lunar dust into energy represents a revolutionary shift in space exploration economics. Researchers have developed innovative solar cells using simulated lunar regolith, potentially…
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Scientists Discover a New Mechanism That Could Precipitate the Extinction of Many Species
Researchers at Rice University have identified a hidden mechanism linking rising temperatures to population declines in natural ecosystems. Published in Ecology, the study reveals that global warming may destabilize species through internal…
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Soviet-era spacecraft expected to crash back to Earth next week – Euronews.com
- Soviet-era spacecraft expected to crash back to Earth next week Euronews.com
- Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus AP News
- A 1,000 Lb. Space Object Orbiting Earth Since 1972 Is Expected to…
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What creates gold? Astronomers uncover a new clue
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NASA Has Released Its Clearest Images Yet of Mars 140 Million Miles Away — and Everyone Is Noticing the Same Strange Thing
NASA has released a striking 360-degree panorama taken by the Curiosity rover from the base of Namib Dune in the Bagnold Dune Field on Mars. Although the images were originally captured in 2015, they have recently gained significant attention…
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Scientists spark fears as ‘zombie’ volcano dormant for 250,000 years shows signs of eruption
Anyone planning a trip through South America may want to keep one eye on the news, as one a ‘zombie’ volcano in the region is currently showing signs of increased activity.
Located in the south west of Bolivia is the sleeping giant Uturuncu, a
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NASA Spacecraft Runs Into Thruster Trouble En Route to Zillion-Dollar Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid — worth, according to some estimates, more than the Earth’s entire world economy — has hit a snag.
On Tuesday, the space agency announced that engineers were investigating a sudden drop in…
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