Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA’s Mars sample return project, saying it could potentially find evidence of Red Planet life.
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“We are in constant contact with NASA.”
Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves.
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Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident…but perhaps not for much longer.
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The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new “superfast rotator” asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever found.
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“The Chinese may well beat the U.S. with a grab sample.”
The reservoir seen in this image is sometimes referred to as the “eye of Quebec.”
Bad news for those hoping interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft as technosignature search turns up empty.
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China’s ice-hunting Chang’e 7 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year, helping set the stage for a lunar base that the country aims to build in the 2030s.
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Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up for moon landing attempts in 2026 as the commercial exploration of deep space expands.
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