
$20 million NASA mission to visit ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision
An illustration of asteroid Apophis flying previous Earth. A NASA objective to study the asteroid in 2029 has actually been conserved from the scrap load in a last-minute choice. (Image…
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New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet’s hidden ocean โ if the ‘queen of the underworld’ gets to fly
A close up of Pluto’s surface area. ( Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ) When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it…
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NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiterโs moon Europa
“We’re interested in whether Europa could support simple life—single-celled organisms.” NASA’s Europa Clipper objective started with an intense launch on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Credit: SpaceX NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft…
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NASA Artemis: What will it take to colonize the moon and Mars?
The Trouble With Sophia So, we now have a smartbed, much like a smartphone, a bit of artificial intelligence one can sleep on, that will read you mind and…
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