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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
The sun just released a burst of a rare form of helium known as helium-3 ( 3 He). What's peculiar is this lightweight, ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How to see a partial solar eclipse turn the sun into a crescent
A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.
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.
Japan space agency joining NASA telescope project to explore exoplanets far, far away
The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...
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 ...
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 ...