NASA's mini rover team is packed for lunar journey
Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
San Francisco is sinking, scientists say
Multiple regions along Northern California’s coastline are sinking and sliding, adding to the state’s growing list of ...
This New LiDAR Technology Can Recognize Your Face from a Full Kilometer Away
A team of scientists have integrated an ultrasensative sensor called a “superconducting nanowire single-photon detector,” or ...
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JPL laid off its K-12 education team. Now teachers lament how to fill the gap
During the latest round of layoffs, the tiny team was among the hundreds let go. And though some parts of the educational ...
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Don't Panic, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Almost Doubled
Scientists at NASA have closely been following a near-Earth asteroid, roughly 200 feet in length, that they say could impact ...
Parts of California, including San Diego County, are sinking: study
Land all along the state of California appears to be shifting up and down due to several natural and human-caused factors, ...
It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
The above image shows a 20-meter-long chunk of frozen carbon dioxide falling off a cliff. Rising temperatures during the ...
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Heriot-Watt nanowire detector boosts lidar performance
A SNSPD developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was employed in the new study ...
Asteroid with small chance to hit Earth in 2032 upgraded to level three on Torino Impact Hazard Scale
YR4 has just over a 2% chance of hitting Earth, according to NASA, but experts say there's no need to panic yet.
Scientists to use NASA's James Webb telescope to track asteroid as odds of hitting Earth rise
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2 per cent risk of striking Earth in 2032, up from 1 per cent since its discovery.