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NASA delays Juno spacecraft's retirement after detecting mysterious radio waves
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has a new lease on life, thanks to NASA. This robotic explorer is now due to continue its mission, at least until September 2025. A mission extension recently granted by NASA extends the Juno program means ...
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NASA finally calls Voyager 2 spacecraft after ghosting it for months
NASA recently made contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time in months. This ultra-long distance call was made using the only telescope in the world capable of communicating with the distant interplanetary explorer. Voyager 2, launched August 20, 1977, is now racing ...
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NASA discovers the Moon is wet — now scientists want to go back
The Moon was for a long time considered to be bone dry, with analyses of returned lunar samples from the Apollo missions showing only trace amounts of water. These traces were in fact believed to be due to contamination on Earth. But over the past two decades, re-analyses of lunar ...
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Nokia and NASA's 4G lunar network will mess up radio astronomy
As you drive down the road leading to Jodrell Bank Observatory, a sign asks visitors to turn off their mobile phones, stating that the Lovell telescope is so powerful it could detect a phone signal on Mars. Radio telescopes are designed to be incredibly sensitive. To quote the ...
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NASA's robot just landed on Bennu after 2 years — but its mission has only just begun
Relief showed clearly on the faces of the team of NASA scientists and engineers as they were told: “Touchdown is complete”. Then applause a few seconds later for “back away burn complete”. The most hazardous part of the mission was over – and seemingly successful, although ...
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NASA releases images of the first craters on Mars discovered by AI
The AI tool spotted a cluster of craters that were created when a meteor shattered over Mars earlier this decade.
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NASA's impressive new AI can predict when a hurricane intensifies
NASA has developed a machine learning model that, in tests, predicted when a hurricane will intensify more accurately than ...
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This AI just found 50 new planets in a huge NASA dataset
An algorithm has confirmed the existence of 50 new planets in a world-first for machine learning in astronomy.
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The oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa may be habitable, according to NASA
A new study of the oceans of Europa suggest oceans on that giant moon may be habitable. But is there life? The oceans of Europa may be habitable, according to a new model developed by NASA. This moon — 3,100 km (1,900 miles) in diameter — is the fourth-largest moon orbiting ...
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NASA enlists AI in the hunt for ET
The ExoMars mission to find life on Mars moved closer to take-off this week after NASA unveiled the first results of an ...
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Dear NASA, please put a particle collider on the Moon
NASA's current mission, to boldly go where no PR campaign has on behalf of Elon Musk's SpaceX, is a noble one. Donald Trump wants US boots on Mars. And considering the bipartisan popularity of the idea, whoever ends up president when the smoke clears in November will probably continue ...
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SpaceX and NASA's crewed mission postponed until the weekend due to bad weather
Last night, SpaceX aimed to ink its name in history books as it was preparing to launch NASA Astronauts in space. However, both agencies decided to postpone the launch to Saturday, May 30 due to bad weather. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to fly into ...
