NASA is making progress toward deciding a revised plan for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission by the end of this year. The goal? To lower costs and speed up the timeline. Recently, NASA received 12 studies exploring different approaches to MSR. These studies come from companies like Blue Origin, L
Ever heard of black holes having crowns? Well, they do! These crowns, called coronas, are super-hot plasma regions around black holes. NASA's IXPE spacecraft recently studied 12 black holes to figure out what these coronas look like and how they're connected to the swirling disks of matter around th
Did you know NASA isn't just about rockets and space shuttles? They also fly some pretty impressive aircraft! NASA was created in 1958 to explore space and improve aeronautics. Over the years, they've sent astronauts to the moon and even built their own space station. But what about their aircraft?
Imagine a magnetic field so strong, it puts Earth's to shame by over 800, 000 times! In China, scientists just pulled off this incredible feat. At the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, they created a resistive magnet that hit a whopping 42. 02 tesla. Compare that to Earth's cozy
China has big plans for space exploration, stretching all the way to 2050. This includes a mission to grab a piece of the Venusian atmosphere. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China National Space Administration, and China Manned Space Engineering Office announced these plans together. Their goal is
You might have heard that Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has been occasionally seen in the Pacific Northwest skies this month. Unfortunately, the weather hasn't been cooperative, making it tough to catch a glimpse. But don't worry! There are still one or two opportunities left before it disappear
Astronomers are excited as a new comet, Comet C/2024 S1, is set to make its appearance near Earth this week, just in time for Halloween. Discovered at the end of September, this comet will pass close to our planet on October 24. To catch a glimpse, look towards the eastern sky before sunrise. After
You might think humans fell in love with carbs when we started farming, but scientists say that's not true. They found a gene called AMY1 that helps us digest starches, and it's been around for a really long time – even before we had agriculture. This gene started duplicating around 800, 000 years a
Ever wondered how NASA plans to send humans back to the moon? In a recent episode of "WHAT THE TRUCK? ! ? ", host Dooner chats with NASA’s Logan Kennedy about the logistics of the Artemis missions. We get to peek behind the scenes at how NASA is gearing up to land humans on the moon again. The episo
After nearly a decade of planning, NASA's Europa Clipper is finally ready for lift-off. Designed to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa, the spacecraft will travel over 1. 8 billion miles. Launched on October 14, 2024, at 12:06 EST, it will take a Falcon Heavy rocket to get there. Once in Jupiter's or
