Hopping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we may never reach
I’m standing so close to JAXA’s Hayabusa2 asteroid lander that I could reach out and touch it. Instead, I jump […]
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A double meteor shower will light up the night sky this month
An extraordinary celestial event is upon us this month, presenting a sight that is far from typical. On the night
‘Bright Objects’ by Ruby Todd: Comet burns through promising debut
Despite last April’s solar eclipse, the event didn’t spark much in the way of conspiratorial thinking. The same cannot be
Rock found in WA’s Pilbara could be the oldest recorded evidence of complex life on Earth
Briefly: A microfossil found in Western Australia is estimated to be 2.4 billion years old. It was discovered in the
NASA unveils spacecraft to take four men to the moon
Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024. NASA/Radislav Sinyak This is the
The crew of NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Earth leaves after a year
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars stepped out of their spacecraft after a year-long journey that never left
The crew of NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Earth leaves after a year
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars stepped out of their spacecraft after a year-long journey that never left
The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem, but preserved it for us
Larger / Interior view of Barn Rhino. Exposed fossil skeletons left in place for research and public viewing. Rick E.
Very little is known about the Denisovan species of extinct humans
High on the Tibetan Plateau, inside the Baishiya Karst Cave, a fascinating ancient story of human survival unfolds. A recent
NASA spacecraft captures plumes of erupting volcanoes in space
When NASAThe Juno orbiter came close a moon of Jupitersaw a pair of volcanic plumes erupting material at ROOMsomething the