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A California company just finished building a spacecraft that could make asteroid mining affordable. After learning from a 2024 failure, AstroForge is ready to prove interplanetary travel doesn't have to cost billions.
Scientists in Egypt discovered nearly 500 fossilized fish that reveal how ocean life bounced back just 4 million years after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The "petrified aquarium" fills a 10-million-year gap in our understanding of marine evolution. #
Scientists discovered fossils of six modern fish groups in Egypt, filling a mysterious 10-million-year gap in the fossil record after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The find shows how today's ocean fish rapidly evolved after one of Earth's biggest disasters.
Scientists discovered hundreds of fish fossils in Egypt's desert that prove modern ocean fish evolved 4 million years earlier than we thought, just after the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The 62-million-year-old site reveals how quickly marine life bounced back from one of Earth's worst disasters.
Despite fuel leaks, engine failures, and a broken sampling system, Japan's Hayabusa probe completed a seven-year journey in 2010 to deliver the first asteroid dust ever returned to Earth. The mission failed in almost every way it was supposed to work, yet succeeded in answering a fundamental question about where meteorites come from.
Scientists discovered that a single massive asteroid impact could have delivered and spread Mercury's polar water ice in just 176 Earth days. New simulations show how the closest planet to the sun ended up with vast frozen water deposits despite scorching 800-degree temperatures.
A NASA scientist leading a billion-dollar asteroid mission discovered that the secret to team success isn't fancy planning or rigid rules. It's creating a culture where bad news is celebrated and everyone leads.
A spacecraft headed for a metal asteroid captured breathtaking new images of Mars while using the red planet's gravity to speed up its journey. The Psyche probe passed just 2,864 miles above Mars and gathered data that will help scientists understand our own planet better.
A woman who hunts for space dust on rooftops and streets just got her own asteroid. The 1.5-kilometer rock orbiting between Mars and Jupiter now bears her name.
A spacecraft headed to study a metal asteroid just captured breathtaking new images of Mars during a gravity boost flyby. The bonus pictures are helping scientists prepare for the probe's 2029 destination while giving us fresh views of the red planet.
In 1908, a cosmic airburst flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest with hundreds times the energy of Hiroshima, yet left no crater. Scientists now understand why, and it's helping protect Earth today.
A NASA spacecraft heading to a metal asteroid just sent back breathtaking photos of Mars after using the red planet as a cosmic slingshot. The images reveal colorful craters, ice fields, and a glowing Martian crescent.
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A spacecraft heading to explore a metal-rich asteroid just flew within 2,864 miles of Mars, capturing breathtaking images while getting a gravity-powered speed boost. The clever maneuver saved fuel and put the mission on track for a 2029 arrival that could reveal secrets about how Earth's core formed.
Researchers discovered fossilized fish in North Dakota with tiny glass beads from the dinosaur-killing asteroid lodged in their gills, proving they were alive when the impact debris rained down. It's the most direct evidence yet of what happened in the first hour after Earth's most famous catastrophe.
A spacecraft heading to explore a mysterious metal asteroid captured stunning new views of Mars during a strategic flyby that boosted its speed by 1,000 miles per hour. The images offer perspectives of the red planet rarely seen by human eyes.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just pulled off a flawless Mars flyby, using the Red Planet's gravity to slingshot itself 1,000 mph faster toward a mysterious metal asteroid. The bonus? It captured stunning crescent Mars photos that surprised even the mission scientists.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a cosmic speed boost, slingshotting past the red planet at 2,864 miles up and gaining 1,000 mph on its journey to explore a Massachusetts-sized metal asteroid. Along the way, it captured stunning crescent views of Mars that Earth-based observers could never see.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just captured breathtaking images of Mars during a flyby that boosted it toward a metal-rich asteroid worth more than Earth's entire economy. The close encounter gave scientists thousands of photos while testing equipment that will explore the mysterious 16 Psyche asteroid in 2029.
Scientists just solved a 25-year mystery about why some plants have extra sets of chromosomes. These genetic "hopeful monsters" survived Earth's worst disasters, including the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
A spacecraft bound for an asteroid just snapped the clearest photo ever of Mars' icy south pole during a quick flyby. The image shows a frozen cap stretching more than 430 miles across the red planet.
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