Category: Science

There's a good reason NASA continues tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4. An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032. The good news? It’s not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one last glimpse of it with the …

Could a star birth planets more than once in its lifetime? The Ring Nebula is a well-known space icon shaped like a doughnut about 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. But astronomers think it’s been holding a secret that only the penetrating gaze of the James Webb Space Telescope, a …

Japanese company ispace says the mission is over. A private space firm from Japan did not stick its moon landing on Thursday, which makes this the second failed attempt to get to the lunar surface for the company in the past two years. The mission, dubbed Hakuto-R by the company <a href="https://me.mashable.com/space/27466/a-daring-company-is-about-to-try-landing-on-the-moon-you-can-watch-it" …

Tokyo space firm ispace gets a second chance to redeem itself from a 2023 crash. A private Japanese space company will try to land an uncrewed robotic spacecraft on the moon and deliver a rover to its surface today, after a failed attempt in April 2023. Landing on the moon remains onerous — demonstrated by numerous …

Whether the two galaxies will merge just became a real “will they, won't they?” for astronomers. Astronomers have believed for decades that the Milky Way is on a collision course with our nearest big neighbor, Andromeda. They seemed all but certain the two galaxies were destined to smash in about 4 to 5 billion years, combining into one colossal galaxy in <a …

The beautiful natural light show is ushering in summer. The Northern Lights are back once more, heralding summer with a beautiful light show along the U.S.-Canadian border. Here’s how to watch the aurora borealis this week. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the Northern Lights are …

SpaceX sets an ambitious timeline for getting to the Red Planet. SpaceX‘s billionaire founder Elon Musk says that despite Starship setbacks, the space company hasn’t taken its eyes off the ball — and that ball is big, red, and roughly 140 million miles away. In a 42-minute video posted to X on Thursday …

Perseverance has two microphones (but no turntable). A NASA rover ambling over the red desert planet for the past four years has been recording audio of Mars. In this alien world 156 million miles away in space, even the everyday whispers of wind and mechanical parts are exotic …

A bioacoustics algorithm is helping conservationists locate the tooth-billed pigeon. The Colossal Foundation has developed an AI algorithm that can detect the critically endangered tooth-billed pigeon’s calls, helping conservationists locate the lost species. Partnering with the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS), Colossal Biosciences‘ nonprofit arm hopes that this technology will lead to more …

The ninth Starship flight wasn't a complete failure. Many reports following SpaceX’s ninth flight test for Starship on Tuesday emphasized disaster: The company’s massive rocket and uncrewed spacecraft exploded — again. But each demonstration has had specific objectives, and though Starship didn’t come close to acing them all this time, one in …