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Asteroid-redirecting DART probe made a splash slamming into Dimorphos
February 27, 2024When NASA's DART deep space probe smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it didn't leave a crater. Instead, there was a splash, where the asteroid was distorted like a jelly as its entire structure shifted. -
Japan's SLIM lunar lander comes back to life after killer Moon night
February 27, 2024Beating incredible odds, Japan's SLIM lunar lander came back to life after surviving the intense dark and cold of the Moon's night. On February 25, JAXA confirmed that it had temporarily reestablished communications with the robotic spacecraft. -
The Odysseus lunar mission ends following human error on Earth
February 26, 2024The IM-1 Moon landing mission will come to a premature end on Tuesday morning. Intuitive Machines has announced that Odysseus will no longer be able to charge its batteries by February 27, as sunlight stops falling on its solar panels. RIP Odie. -
Metal scar found on world-destroying star after its reign of terror
February 26, 2024In a few billion years, the Sun will destroy the solar system’s inner planets – and if it’s lucky, it might get a big cool scar to brag about. That’s what happened to a newly found white dwarf, which appears to have a bizarre metal scar on its surface. -
Youngest neutron star detected turned 37 years old last Friday
February 26, 2024The youngest neutron star detected so far turned 37 years old last week. To celebrate, James Webb Space Telescope has finally found the most direct evidence of it, hiding among the remains of the supernova cloud it was born in. -
Oops: Odysseus lunar lander fell over on touchdown
February 25, 2024Intuitive Machines says that its Odysseus Moon lander tripped and fell over on touchdown and is now lying on its side. One of the legs of the robotic spacecraft dug into the lunar surface during landing maneuvers, making it fall over on a rock. -
US returns to the Moon after half a century with nail-biter landing
February 22, 2024The United States has returned to the Moon after over 50 years. At 6:24 pm EST, the robotic Odysseus touched down autonomously on the lunar surface, followed by a tense 13-minute gap as radio communications were established with mission control. -
How to watch the US Moon landing live
February 21, 2024The Odysseus lunar lander, or 'Odie', is slated to touch down near the Moon's south pole on Thursday, aiming to be the first US-made spacecraft on the lunar surface in five decades. Here's how you can watch every tense second of the historic event. -
Brightest object in the universe is swallowing a Sun every day
February 20, 2024The brightest object in the known universe has just been found. It's a supermassive black hole with the mass of 17 billion Suns, and it swallows another Suns’ worth of material every day, making it also the fastest-growing black hole ever found. -
Is Kennedy Space Center ready to withstand the power of Starship?
February 18, 2024SpaceX's flagship new rocket is an absolute monster of a space vehicle. It blasted its launchpad to pieces on its maiden test flight – and Kennedy is now scrambling to prepare for a launch schedule that's unprecedented in mass and sheer frequency. -
Earthbound doctors successfully operate surgical robot in space
February 15, 2024Six doctors in Nebraska have successfully operated a surgical robot aboard the ISS. This time, the operation was on only rubber bands, but the milestone could have meaning for future missions to Mars or for rural operating rooms here on Earth. -
US makes second attempt at commercial Moon landing
February 14, 2024The US is taking another stab at landing a privately owned and operated spacecraft on the Moon. At 1:05 am EST today, the Odysseus lander lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 29A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. -
Ultraviolet eyes will explore the universe under new NASA mission
February 13, 2024NASA has officially selected a new mission – the Ultraviolet Explorer, or UVEX. By scanning the skies in UV light, it will be able to study the hottest objects and fleeting events like supernovae, and create a detailed new map of the cosmos. -
Our galaxy's black hole spins so fast it warps spacetime into a football
February 11, 2024A supermassive monster lurks at the center of our galaxy, and astronomers have now discovered that it’s spinning so fast it’s warping the very fabric of spacetime into a football shape. -
NASA tests hybrid antenna for laser and radio space communications
February 11, 2024In a move to make high-speed communications with deep space missions a practical reality, NASA is testing a giant hybrid dish antenna that is capable of handling both radio and laser signals across hundreds of millions of miles of space.
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