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NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking ...
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NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Captures Image of Giant Ancient Volcano Just Before Dawn
The perspective is what astronauts would see out their window if there was an International Space Station flying around the ...
Orbitt Space's Air-Breathing Engine Raises $1M to Conquer Ultra-Low Earth Orbit
Space-tech startup Orbitt Space has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. Pi Ventures headed the investor's list ...
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Mars volcano captured with its head above the clouds in sunrise photo
NASA’s Mars Odyssey captured a stunning sunrise view of Arsia Mons, revealing water-ice clouds and offering insights into ...
New NASA Image Shows Giant Mars Volcano Surging Through Ice Cloud Belt
Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a breathtaking new view of the massive volcano Arsia Mons rising through morning ice clouds ...
The NASA science missions that would be axed in Trump’s 2026 budget
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic ...
Earth in danger? Giant ‘city-killer’ asteroids hiding near Venus could strike without warning; scientists warn
Astronomers have identified a cluster of giant asteroids sharing Venus's orbit, posing a potential long-term threat to Earth ...
NASA orbiter saw something astonishing peek through Martian clouds
On May 2, as sunlight crept over the Martian horizon, the Odyssey spacecraft captured Arsia Mons, a towering, long-extinct volcano, puncturing a glowing band of greenish haze in the planet’s upper ...
Mars volcano twice as big as Earth's tallest one seen poking through clouds in first-of-its-kind image
Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth's tallest volcanoes, and its two neighboring volcanoes are often surrounded by water ice ...
Asteroids around Venus pose possible 'invisible threat' to Earth: Should you be worried?
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth?
New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.
Giant asteroid swarm near Venus could pose ‘invisible threat’ to Earth, scientists warn
A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have ...