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NASA’s DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space

The massive tail created by the collision of a spacecraft and an asteroid earlier this year is unlocking key information about space rocks — and how to manage any such rock that may one day threaten Earth. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) …

Soyuz capsule leak could strand 3 astronauts on space station, raising safety concern, expert says

Footage of the spectacular coolant leak from the Russian Soyuz spaceship that took place on Wednesday (Dec. 14) convinced a leading spaceflight safety expert that the craft is most likely no longer flightworthy. And that is a huge safety risk for the …

Jupiter moons take center stage in bonus science from NASA’s Juno spacecraft

One of these missions, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), has already used Juno’s images of the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede, to create a detailed map of Ganymede’s surface.

James Webb Space Telescope’s best images of all time (gallery)

The blazing scene had been hidden from telescopes by a dense, dark cloud of gas and dust known as L1527 and is only visible in infrared light. The Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) aboard JWST revealed the formation within the Taurus star-forming region in all …

Perseverance Mars rover set to start caching samples for future return to Earth

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is about to drop some precious cargo. The car-size Perseverance rover has been collecting samples of Martian rock, dirt and air since touching down inside the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater in February 2021.

SpaceX launches NASA satellite to study world’s water, sticks rocket landing

The first satellite specifically designed to conduct a global survey of Earth’s surface water has taken to the skies. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite before dawn on Wednesday (Dec.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 36th Red Planet flight

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter now has three dozen Mars flights under its belt. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity aced its 36th Red Planet sortie on Sunday (Dec. 10), staying aloft for 60.5 seconds on a flight that covered 361 feet (110 meters) of …

SpaceX fires up Starship prototype again ahead of test flight (video)

SpaceX continues to gear up for the first-ever orbital test flight of its Starship Mars rocket. SpaceX performed another “static fire” test today (Dec. 15) at its South Texas facility, lighting up Ship 24, a prototype of Starship’s 165-foot-tall (50 …

New satellite that will survey most of Earth’s water has launched

An artist’s illustration shows the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite orbiting Earth with its solar arrays fully deployed. CNES. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

Watch SpaceX launch NASA water-monitoring satellite early Friday

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday at 6:46 a.m. EST (1146 GMT; 3:46 a.m. local California time).