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Scientists have found that we may have been wrong about how the Moon’s largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature, the more than 1,200-mile crater appears to have been the result of a glancing, southward blow — and not a head-on asteroid impact, …

Scientists have found that we may have been wrong about how the Moon’s largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature, the more than 1,200-mile crater appears to have been the result of a glancing, southward blow — and not a head-on asteroid impact, …

NASA employees are bracing for layoffs and budget cuts as the congressional dispute over government funding drags on, threatening several crucial space missions—including some that are already in space. Earlier this week, hundreds of space advocates met with Congress to try and salvage NASA’s funding, according to The Planetary Society. The White House’s proposed budget for 2026, released in May, …

NASA’s Voyager project could be facing a 26 percent budget cut while the plug is pulled on other programs, according to insiders familiar with the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The mission currently costs approximately $5 million per year, although an exact figure is difficult to ascertain, not least because the US space agency has been affected by the federal shutdown. …

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When NASA launches its next stage in lunar exploration next year, its crew will be literally beside themselves as they swing around the Moon. On board the Artemis II mission will be several experiments on human health, one featuring tissue samples collected from the astronauts and placed on small chips destined to be exposed to the same hazards of space …

Winston Elliott Scott knows a thing or two about being in space. As a NASA astronaut, Winston took trips into orbit in 1996 and 1997 on board two different shuttles, logging just over 24 days in space by taking part in two missions that included three spacewalks. Winston no longer goes into space, having retired from NASA and the US …

A new study looking at data from 24 years of NASA satellite surveys has found that the Earth is getting darker, and there are significant differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The team looked at data collected by the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) project, which launched its first stage in 1997. “Climate is controlled by …

The human desire to explore the moon continues to shape our history, and soon, it will take a giant leap forward with NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is scheduled to launch in April 2026. Looking back, in 1957, the robotic probe Sputnik I showed us that we could potentially reach the moon. In short order, humanity set its first foot …

Dima Zel/Shutterstock The human desire to explore the moon continues to shape our history, and soon, it will take a giant leap forward with NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is scheduled to launch in April 2026. Looking back, in 1957, the robotic probe Sputnik I showed us that we could potentially reach …