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Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: ‘The timing was extremely lucky’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's rendering of a solar storm stripping charged particles from the Red Planet's upper atmosphere. | Credit: NASA/GSFCTwo European Space Agency Mars-orbiting...
Heat waves that spark damaging droughts are happening more frequently, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat waves that lead to sudden and damaging drought are spreading across the globe at an accelerating rate, highlighting how climate change-fueled extremes can build dangerously off each other, a new study found.Researchers from South Korea and...
Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming killer space rock, scientists reported Friday.It’s the first time...
Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on March 6, 2026. | Credit: NASA+Japan's new...
2 ‘Lazarus’ animals thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years found alive in New Guinea
Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.The discovery of the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed...
Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Billions of years ago, Mars hosted lakes, streams and perhaps even a huge ocean. | Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechA remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar...
Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whether global warming is speeding up. A new study says it has the answer
Is the world getting hotter, faster? It’s a big question which has been puzzling and dividing scientists for years. A new paper says it has the answer, and it’s not good news.Global warming has accelerated “significantly” over the past 10 years, meaning the world may...
Watch Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leave the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA[embedded content]Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay, and you can...
Among Young Climate Scientists, a Growing Interest In Geoengineering
Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some students are researching dimming the sun despite the pushback from other scientists.Yashas Raj and Jake Chapman are hunkered down in a basement laboratory at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering —...
Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for ‘confidential commercial customer’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches from New Zealand on the "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed" mission on March 5, 2026. | Credit: Rocket LabRocket Lab launched...
Astronomers capture the most detailed image yet of our galaxy’s center
Scientists have captured the most complete, high-resolution map of the cold gas at the center of the Milky Way, which contains the raw material from which stars and planets are made. Information from the image could help astronomers understand the origin of our solar...
Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t smash into it in 2032
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. ProctorThe James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3% chance of...