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NASA on the brink of history: Rocket on its way to the moon – final preparations underway

NASA approaches the next phase of its deep space return program. Artemis 2 will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and will serve as a critical test for new technologies.

Spacecraft transfer with rocket to the Moon to the launch pad.
ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT Alexey Zubritskiy conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), October 16, 2025.

NASA returns ISS crew early for first time in history, due to 'serious medical condition'

A VIEW of Jupiter's moon Europa created from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990's, according to NASA, obtained by Reuters May 14, 2018.

Jupiter's moon Europa less likely to hold life than previously thought, scientists discover

An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade


Ho ho ho: Asteroid the size of nine reindeer to pass by Earth on Christmas - NASA

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass by the Earth on Christmas.

 An illustrative image of an asteroid passing Earth.

Study suggests rogue interstellar visitor may have shaped our solar system

The research team's simulations indicate a 1 in 100 chance that an interstellar visitor could produce the orbits we see today.

 Oumuamua. An illustration.

Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA

Isaacman, a high school dropout and billionaire, is Jewish but has not made that piece of his identity a major part of his public persona.

Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. Launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for August 26

Asteroid the size of 2.5 chinchillas impacts over Russia, no damages reported - NASA, ESA

The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did not cause any damage.

 An asteroid is seen heading towards the planet in this artistic rendition.

Scientists create largest-ever simulation of the universe

Previously, simulating the universe at this scale was not possible due to the immense timescales involved and limitations in computational power.

 What do you see in this image? Bright Star Nebula.

Dragonfly will use a nuclear-powered rotorcraft to explore Titan's potential to host life

NASA has announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission.

 Dragon 2 hover test.

NASA's startling discovery: an abandoned city buried deep beneath the ice

The discovery occurred while the NASA team was testing the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) system aboard a Gulfstream III aircraft.

 Climb at Katla Ice Cave.

How the 'Black Beauty' of Sahara helped scientists determine hot water existed on the Red Planet

The presence of hot liquid water during early magmatic activity on Mars supports the idea that suitable conditions for the emergence of life existed on the Red Planet.

 Mars landscape.

DESI confirms Einstein's relativity on cosmic scales with unprecedented precision.

“We also needed to test that our assumption works on much larger scales," said cosmologist Pauline Zarrouk.

 Sparring antennae galaxies.

NASA to integrate Israeli Odysight.ai cameras into aerospace vehicles

Odysight's AI-driven Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) systems will be integrated into several aeronautical flight trials in the coming months.

 NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Illustrative).