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Four years after NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, new research confirms humanity just changed a space rock's path around the Sun for the first time ever. The successful experiment means we now have a proven way to protect our planet from future asteroid threats.
A Silicon Valley nonprofit is working to protect our planet from dangerous asteroid impacts through research, education, and global cooperation. Since 2002, the B612 Foundation has been advancing asteroid detection and deflection strategies while teaching the world about these cosmic threats.
Leading autism researchers and advocates formed a new independent committee to guide autism research priorities and counter recent federal changes. The group aims to unite the autism community and protect evidence-based research as funding reaches $568 million annually.
Scientists peering inside rocks from asteroid Bennu discovered something unexpected: tiny crack networks that solve a puzzle about how asteroids behave in space. The discovery came from samples that traveled 4 billion miles to reach Earth.
A scientist who revolutionized protein research is now tackling science's reproducibility crisis with AI. His new approach could help researchers separate reliable studies from questionable ones, speeding up cures for diseases like Alzheimer's.
Scientists now have access to an AI tool that filters through 150 years of research data to deliver trustworthy answers in seconds. CAS Newton helps researchers move from question to verified answer without drowning in information overload.
When US funding cuts threatened to collapse decades of life-saving health research in South Africa, the country fought back with a $32 million rescue package. Now 59 critical HIV and tuberculosis research projects are moving forward.
South Korea is creating a new research movement to produce globally recognized scientists like Jane Goodall by focusing on uniquely Korean topics. The K-Science initiative aims to blend the nation's culture, history, and environment with cutting-edge research.
Researchers just solved a 300-year-old math puzzle that could make spacecraft missions 20% more efficient. The breakthrough helps space agencies plan better routes when visiting multiple moving asteroids.
Jennifer Ferris transformed a "Wild Wild West" research environment into a thriving 17-person operation, earning the first university-wide staff award ever given to UT Health Sciences' Knoxville campus. Her journey from solo clinical trial coordinator to award-winning director shows how one person's vision can reshape an entire research community.
Nigeria's medical research institute has unveiled a biobank containing over 400,000 biological samples that could revolutionize how the country understands and treats diseases. The massive collection offers locally generated data that researchers say will lead to better health outcomes for millions of Africans.
Scientists are closer to solving a 200-year mystery about a giant metal asteroid that might be the exposed heart of a destroyed planet. New crater simulations will help NASA's spacecraft unlock Psyche's secrets when it arrives in 2029.
After federal research funding collapsed and thousands of scientists lost their jobs, a new model of community-driven science is taking root across America. From state-funded research bonds to mobile MRI scanners in rural towns, researchers are discovering that science doesn't need ivory towers to thrive.
Scientists found all five DNA and RNA building blocks in samples from asteroid Ryugu, strengthening the idea that space rocks delivered the ingredients for life to early Earth. This discovery brings us closer to understanding how life began on our planet.
A team at UC Santa Barbara has designed a system to blast dangerous asteroids into harmless bits using rockets and technology we already have. Unlike asteroid deflection methods, this "Pulverize It" program could work even with short warning times.
NASA's asteroid defense mission captured the first proof that space rocks gently toss debris at each other like cosmic snowballs, reshaping surfaces over millions of years. The discovery came from images taken seconds before the spacecraft deliberately crashed into an asteroid in 2022.
Scientists discovered all five building blocks of DNA and RNA on asteroid samples brought back from 180 million miles away. The finding brings us closer to understanding how the ingredients for life first arrived on Earth billions of years ago.
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.
Two space agencies are joining forces to study asteroid Apophis when it zooms past Earth in 2029, offering scientists a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn how gravity reshapes space rocks. The mission shows international cooperation reaching new heights in planetary defense.
The world's most powerful space survey telescope just started collecting data, and it's already discovering asteroids at a mind-blowing pace. In its very first images, the Rubin Observatory found 1,500 new asteroids, including some spinning faster than scientists thought possible.
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