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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium.
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NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object ...
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A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe made its ...
Billionaire spacewalker highlights Mars trip for astronauts in his bid to become NASA’s next chief
President Donald Trump nominated Isaacman to become NASA’s 15th administrator late last year. If confirmed, the tech entrepreneur would become the youngest person to lead the space agency that is ...
NASA catches a glimpse of 'city-killer' asteroid before it disappears until 2028
Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Just Skimmed the Sun at 430,000 MPH
NASA's Parker Solar Probe just screamed past the Sun for the 23rd time, once again matching its own records for closest ...
NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again
NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what ...
NASA’s autopsy of planet swallowed by a star gives astronomers a surprise
Planets are eaten by dying stars as they turn into red giants and expand. Earth will be eaten by the sun in billions of years ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes Second Close Flyby of the Sun at Record Speed
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed its second close pass near the Sun, moving at a record speed of 692,000 km/h. The spacecraft collected valuable data from the Sun’s corona to help scientists ...
Wild Video Shows Solar Winds Spiraling Millions of Miles From the Sun
The video was taken by Metis on October 12, 2022. Metis is the only instrument capable of seeing such subtle features of the ...
Extinction of life on Earth: estimated date according to NASA and international experts
A group of scientists and NASA got together and with the help of supercomputers came up with a date for total and complete ...