Huge 140-Foot, airplane-sized asteroid to pass near Earth today at high speed, NASA Confirms

A 140-foot space rock, Asteroid 2007 EG, will pass relatively close to Earth soon. Scientists say it’s harmless, yet they’re watching carefully. Why does this flyby matter for future asteroid defence?

Hydrogen atmospheres could keep exomoons habitable for billions of years

There is a category of planet that belongs to no star. It was thrown clear of its solar system early in the chaos of ...
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How Starlink V3 could enable space-based data centers

SpaceX’s expanding Starlink constellation, now cleared by regulators for thousands of additional satellites, is drawing attention from researchers and entrepreneurs who see the infrastructure as a ...

Just4Kids: What's below Earth, since space is present in every direction?

Earth’s gravity has a lot to do with what people think is up and what is down. Things fall down toward the ground, but that ...

Earth’s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years—and You Can Guess Why

The new study described this "almost unprecedented rate of increase" in the length of an average day as a quantifiable ...

Building The Power Grid For Space-Based Data Centers

How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.
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24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive in space

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

This isn't just another rocky world orbiting a red dwarf—this one's special

Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies. It's a rocky planet orbiting an M-type star, and though these planets are plentiful, this one could serve as a ...

An asteroid the size of a bus made a close flyby of Earth, NASA says

A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

NASA’s DART Impact Actually Changed an Asteroid System’s Orbit Around the Sun

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...
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Rush to put AI data centers in space poses poorly understood dangers

Plans are afoot to launch large mega-constellations of AI data centers into Earth orbit. That ambition, pursued by multiple space industry leaders, coincides with a warning from scientists of ...
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A 1,300-pound NASA satellite could come crashing back to Earth within the next 24 hours and no one knows exactly where

NASA’s 1,323-pound Van Allen Probe A will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere soon. Most of the spacecraft will burn up, but some components may survive, with low risk to humans.