Tiny variations in the weather, the tides and even the liquid inside the earth’s core can…
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How the Trump administration’s budget cuts could affect NASA : Short Wave : NPR
An illustration of the Mars Curiosity rover. President Trump says he wants astronauts on Mars. What…
NASA tests scientific instruments in Arizona crater ahead of moon landing attempt
NASA wants to land Artemis astronauts on the moon next year, but the scientific instruments they’ll…
Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission ends after a short trip to ISS : NPR
This image provided by NASA shows Axiom Space crew members from the Ax-4 mission from second…
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York : NPR
A Martian meteorite said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2…
A rogue interstellar comet is roving the solar system : Short Wave : NPR
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was first observed July 1 with a NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in…
NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system : NPR
This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system.…
What if the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide? : Short Wave : NPR
A NASA visualization showing the Milky Way and Andromeda at four billion years from now, if…
Interstellar navigation and New Horizons
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far from Earth that the relative position of the…
A compelling new documentary reveals the full life of the iconic astronaut Sally Ride
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, “Sally,” about the life…