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NASA probe set to uncover secrets of mysterious asteroid: ‘We don’t know what to expect’
NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...
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NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...
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NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science
Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...
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States bid to host a revamped NASA headquarters
More states are lining up in a bid to host NASA’s headquarters, but the prize they seek may turn out to be smaller than they ...
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NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far
The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...
The Prototype: NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Scientific Discovery
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at potential first signs of life on another world, an FDA greenlight for ...
Mysterious Skull-Shaped Rock Found On Mars, NASA Uncertain About Its Origin
Though most of the region surrounding the rock is light-colored and dusty, Skull Hill is dark, angular, and covered in tiny ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...