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Conquer Mars
Pinpointing Where Living Creatures Might Be Hiding on Mars
NASA believes that areas with terrain that is
Space science
NASA updates Voyager software from 12 billion miles away
Some 46 years after NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 began their epic journey of space exploration, the probes' aging software continues to be updated remotely.
Space science
'Super volcano' explodes in the sky, tearing space apart
The Hubble Telescope captured an image that NASA describes as
Space science
What if humans explored Saturn?
In 2017, NASA's Cassini probe sent back the closest images of Saturn as it plunged into the planet's stormy atmosphere and yielded some amazing information.
Space science
NASA captures for the first time 4 objects that travel through space 13.4 billion years, the oldest in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has set a new record by reaching into the universe when it was just 2% of its current age and capturing images of the oldest galaxies ever…
Space science
5 asteroids flew past Earth on the same day
On Thursday (October 24), several asteroids made their closest approach to Earth, each passing within 24 hours.
Space science
ISS astronaut hospitalized after returning to Earth
SpaceX's Dragon Endeavour spacecraft carrying Crew-8 landed in the Gulf of Mexico on October 25, after which one astronaut had to stay in the hospital for health monitor…
Science Events
NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into asteroid
NASA's DART spacecraft crashes into harmless Dimorphos asteroid in world's first planetary defense test.
Science story
Mae Jemison - America's first African-American female astronaut
On September 12, 1992, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched into space on an eight-day orbital mission.
Science invention
'Super Limbs' invention helps astronauts stand firmly on the Moon
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented 'SuperLimbs' that can help astronauts stand up when they fall.
Space science
NASA spacecraft lost in strange space at the edge of the Solar System
What NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountered may hint at a hidden structure in the coldest, darkest reaches of the Solar System.
Space science
NASA spacecraft encounters mysterious ring surrounding the Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a myriad of mysterious objects in the outer Kuiper Belt region at the edge of the Solar System.
Science invention
NASA's most interesting inventions, seemingly far-fetched but often used by everyone
You don't have to be an astronaut to enjoy the cool things NASA has invented.