Scientific American17h
A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
The Economist18h
Can Musk put people on Mars?
This is what Mr Musk said he wanted to do last year. Then it seemed barely plausible. Today it looks next to impossible. Mr ...
Queen Mary University of London17h
Modern spacesuits have a compatibility problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it
Spacesuits were an important consideration that Nasa had to factor into its plans to bring the astronauts back home. Wilmore ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN15h
US' in-orbit mobile carrier to rapidly deploy space vehicles, tackle satellite threats
US Space Force aims to deploy maneuverable spacecraft, not as isolated units but housed within a central "mothership" capable ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
The Family Handyman on MSN20h
Does Home Insurance Cover Damage from Space Debris?
Look out below! If your property suffers damage from space debris, are you covered by your homeowner's policy? Our insurance ...
Indy100 on MSN17h
Strange spherules discovered on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover - but what do they mean?
NASA’s Perseverance rover has stunned experts after finding some strange-looking rock composed of spherules on the surface of Mars. The team studying the Perseverance rover’s discoveries were ...