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NASA's latest photos from the Artemis II mission show Earth in stunning details as the astronauts near a milestone distance of 100,000 miles away.
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Scientists use AI to track space junk in the Earth-Moon region
Researchers and government agencies are turning to artificial intelligence to solve one of spaceflight’s fastest-growing problems: tracking debris in the vast stretch between Earth and the Moon. With more than 100 lunar missions planned for the coming decade,
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Never-Seen-Before Plasma Current Around the Earth Creates a Dynamo in the Space Around the Planet
The magnetic field of our planet produces a tailed bubble that mostly protects us from cosmic and solar radiation. This is the magnetosphere. As the solar wind – the flow of charged particles from the Sun – approaches our planet,
Rock-a-bye, baby. With scientists warning that Earth could be susceptible to thousands of undetected asteroids, Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is developing a planetary defense program that could help protect us against a rock-alypse.
Each year, Space Science Week brings together leaders across the space science disciplines to explore the latest developments and discuss the future of the field from a variety of perspectives, from planetary protection to astrophysics to Earth science and ...
Today the globe is circled by thousands of active satellites—each prone to photobombing astronomers’ telescopes as an artificial star zipping across the night sky. Scientists working with ground-based observatories such as the cutting-edge Vera C.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next? The systems flying today are the result of years (or ...
In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds, water on the ...
NASA's Artemis II astronauts are among the first government spacefarers to bring personal smartphones to space. Here's how they'll be used.