Help NASA predict the future of the Solar System.<\/strong> Anyone with a laptop or cell phone can join the agency\u2019s new\u00a0Exoasteroids project and search white dwarf stars for signs that they are swallowing up asteroids. Since the Sun will eventually become a white dwarf, these systems act like windows into the future of our own Solar System, its planets, and its asteroids.\u00a0Image credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)<\/i><\/p>\n India is going to the Moon. And Venus. And LEO.\u00a0<\/strong>The Indian government approved several\u00a0major space projects, including a Venus orbiter slated for 2028 and the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back a sample from the Moon. India also gave the go-ahead for the first module of its planned space station, Bharatiya Antariksh Station, which also aims to launch in 2028.<\/p>\n X-rays from nuclear explosions could help deflect asteroids.\u00a0<\/strong>In lab experiments on Earth, scientists simulated the\u00a0X-ray burst produced by a nuclear explosion and found that it might successfully deflect asteroids up to a few kilometers wide. The demonstration could influence how we defend our planet from catastrophic impacts in the future.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s \u201cHidden Figures\u201d aren\u2019t so hidden anymore.\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. officials\u00a0honored the women of color who made key contributions to NASA during the space race \u2014 but whose impact remained out of sight for years \u2014 with Congressional Gold Medals.\u00a0Katherine Johnson,\u00a0Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary W. Jackson were awarded in recognition for their service as mathematicians, engineers, and computers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Moon\"](\"https:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/sites\/planetary\/images\/image_library_moon.png\")
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