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DrPixel/Getty Images Why Scientists Think This Asteroid Is the Core of a Dead Planet (and Extremely Valuable)
Scientists think this asteroid may be the metal-rich core of a failed planet, making it one of the most valuable objects in space.
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Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images The Cold, Hard Truth About Those Viral Videos of Meteors Slamming Into the Moon
It’s fake. Of course it’s fake. And it’s not even a convincing kind of fake if you know what the real thing looks like.
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Gremlin/Getty Images How an Astronaut Almost Drowned While Floating in Space
Astronaut Luca Parmitano described to New Scientist’s Colin Barras one of the most dangerous moments of his career.
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Dima_zel/Getty Images Artemis II Astronauts Are Getting a Major Space Toilet Upgrade (Crews of the Past Pooped in Bags)
Humans are heading back to the moon for the first time in decades, and thankfully, they won’t be doing it with Apollo-era restrooms.
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Olga Pankova/Getty Images The Moon Got a New Crater in 2024, and Nobody Noticed Until Now
As scientists were combing through reams of data, they spotted something incredibly rare: fresh moon craters.
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VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Why Scientists Want to Kidnap Asteroids and Drag Them Closer to Earth
A startup wants to snag a near-Earth asteroid with a giant inflatable bag, potentially making space mining real.
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NASA, ESA, Dennis Bodewits (AU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.
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Asteroid Ryugu Asteroid Ryugu Is Carrying All 5 DNA Building Blocks of Life. Could There Be Another Earth in the Universe?
All five of the essential building blocks of DNA and RNA, known as nucleobases, exist on the asteroid Ryugu.
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DrPixel/Getty Images Is This Newly Discovered Alien Planet the Stinkiest Ever Found?
A team led by astronomers from the University of Oxford has identified a planet that, in theory, smells entirely of rotten eggs.
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3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Can Get You Drunk
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has unexpectedly high levels of methanol, a simple alcohol molecule, in the cloud of gas surrounding the comet.
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Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images A 1,300-Pound NASA Satellite Crashed Back to Earth After 14 Years in Space
The satellite was expected to re-enter the atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. EDT, though predictions carry a margin of error of about 24 hours.
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VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Why a California Startup Wants to Put Thousands of Mirrors in Earth’s Orbit
A California startup wants to build a giant mirror in space to bounce sunlight back to Earth after the sun goes down.
