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Meet the NASA Engineer Who Protects Satellites From Cyberthreats
Kenneth Harris II, who has worked on everything from space security to next-generation observatories, was inspired to pursue a career in spaceflight by his father.
NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.
"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system’s entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery,” said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
How Do Astronauts Poop and Pee in Space? This NASA Astronaut Explains.
The 7-minute demo finally answers a question astronauts are asked far too often: how do they go to the bathroom in space?
The U.S. Is Trying to Be the 'Gatekeeper' of Space, Researchers Warn
A new article urges nations need to "speak up, now" with their objections to U.S. policy on space mining.
Scientists Are Finding a Ton of New and Mysterious Craters on Mars
Martian craters appear "concentrated in certain areas and we know that physically there is no reason for that,” said a JPL researcher. An AI tool may help figure out why.
NASA Needs Your Help Hunting Exoplanets in the Search for Alien Life
At a time when many people are stuck at home, Planet Patrol provides a “community pursuing the common goal of understanding the universe and our place in it,” according to the project leader.
NASA Lays Out $28 Billion Plan to Land First Woman on the Moon
With the Artemis mission, NASA will get astronauts again on the Moon by 2024.
NASA Astronauts Will Shoot Images of an Estée Lauder Product in Space
The agency is hoping to build an outer space commercial economy, possibly including cosmetics commercials from orbit.
The Moon is Rusting, and Earth Might Have Something to Do With It
Scientists were surprised to find an oxidised form of iron on our nearest celestial body that has neither air nor liquid water.
Mars's Weird Glowing Atmosphere Pulses Exactly 3 Times a Night, NASA Discovers
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed Mars' ultraviolet glow pulsing exactly three times each night, and only in the Spring and Fall.
NASA Just Successfully Launched Its Perseverance Rover to Mars
NASA's newest Mars rover, Perseverance, will gather valuable data and deploy a drone helicopter called Ingenuity on the red planet.
Two Schoolgirls From India Just Discovered an Asteroid
Currently near Mars, it will fly past Earth in the distant future.