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There are thousands of bird species living on Earth today. Approximately 10,000 To About 18,000 peopleDepending on how you define…

Expanding / This artist’s concept shows what ESA’s RAMSES spacecraft will look like, which will release two small CubeSats for…

Expanding / Ryugu’s surface.Image provided by: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology,…

A long exposure photo showing the trajectory of asteroid 2024 BX1 just before impact.Changes in brightness are caused by the…

Astronauts train aboard NASA’s famous parabolic flights before leaving Earth’s gravity for days, weeks, or even months at a time.…

On the morning of September 24, 2023, Dante Lauretta woke up early, his heartbeat is pounding. He spent his 20…

In 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) collided with the asteroid Dimorphos in a test of planetary defense technology.…

Scientists have detected water molecules on the surface of a cosmic asteroid for the first time. The discovery reveals new…

Hera will soon head to the asteroid Dimorphos with CubeSatsESA/Science Directorate The European Space Agency (ESA) is sending a mission…

Asteroid Dinkinesh and its binary contact satelliteNASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL Asteroid Dinkinesh’s newly discovered moon is actually a contact binary, with…