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NASA Shares First Human-View Images of Moon’s Orientale Basin From Artemis II Flyby

The crew’s photos give a new vantage that could guide Artemis mission planning.

Perseverance Finds Record Nickel in Mars Bedrock That Bolsters Case for Ancient Habitability

Hubble Spots First Known Comet Spin Reversal

NASA Sets 2028 Launch for SR-1 Freedom, a Nuclear-Powered Mars Demo

Study Finds Magnetic “Cavity” Between Earth and Moon That Shields Low‑Energy Cosmic Rays

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

ESA Unveils JUICE Video of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Oldest Direct Evidence Shows Earth's Plates Were Moving 3.5 Billion Years Ago

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Cracks in Bennu’s Boulders Solve OSIRIS‑REx Thermal Mystery

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Ryugu Samples Contain All Five DNA and RNA Bases, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun

ALMA Finds Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Strikingly Methanol‑Rich With Unusual Outgassing

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Webb Data Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Safely Fly Past the Moon in 2032

DART Impact Measurably Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun, Study Confirms

NASA Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact From Asteroid 2024 YR4 After JWST Data

Study Confirms Record Martian Electron Surge From 2024 Solar Superstorm

Lab Tests Show Tough Microbe Survives Asteroid Ejection Pressures