NASA’s highly ambitious Mars Sample Return mission remains at a crossroads as the agency struggles to simplify the project plagued by escalating costs and delays. […]
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Extensive Dinosaur Footprints Unearthed in Oxfordshire’s “Dinosaur Highway
At Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, a fascinating find has made light of about 200 dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic period, around 166 million […]
Skywatching Events to Look Forward to in 2025
While 2025 will not carry a total solar eclipse, the year does look promising and replete with astrophysical wondrous activities such as eclipses, supermoons, and […]
Exciting Space Missions Set for 2025: From the Moon to the Stars
2025 will be a remarkable year of space travel, as numerous important missions will be dealt with by NASA and various private and international space […]
New Yorkers Can Start 2025 with a Meteor Shower and Great Views of Mars
New Yorkers will get a fantastic opportunity to begin the year 2025 with a celestial show, as the highly expected Quadrantid meteor shower and the […]
NASA’s Parker Probe Surpasses Record in Historic ‘Touching Sun’ Flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe continues its record-setting, ultra-close approaches to the Sun: on December 24, 2024, it came within 6 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) […]
Astronauts aboard the ISS Celebrate the Holiday Season in Space
In this year’s holiday season, the hectic schedule of scientific work also includes time for celebrations on the International Space Station. As if whizzing at […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Historic Close Encounter with the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve, setting the record for the closest solar approach ever. […]
Scientists Hope NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Experience Solar Flare During Historic Christmas Eve Flyby
Come, Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be breaking a lot of the first to swoop within a close 3.8 million miles-6.1 million kilometers […]
Study Reveals the Moon Could Be Over 100 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
A groundbreaking study published in Nature has changed our perceptions of the moon’s origins: it may be older than 100 million years, according to a […]