On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Ida on its way to Jupiter. Here's why it mattered.
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Astronaut Microbes Might Survive at Moon’s Pole, NASA Warns
One of the primary objectives of space exploration that often gets overlooked is the intense effort that goes into ensuring Earth microbes don’t contaminate planetary objects, also called forward contamination. This is done to prevent contaminating any potential life that might be present could get killed off my Earth microbes and scientists don’t want to make false discoveries. While space radiation and extreme temperatures often kill off any pesky microbes that hitch a ride on spacecraft, there remains a longstanding knowledge gap regarding whether microbes could survive the lunar polar regions due to its deep craters and varying topography.
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Space Math at NASA: Math Problems Related to the Moon
This problem set from Space Math at NASA includes a total of 31 mathematics problems that deal with our Moon. Designed for students K-12+, many of the problems use simple scaling rules to measure the diameters of craters on imagery of the lunar surface obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and other spacecraft. Educators can integrate […] The post Space Math at NASA: Math Problems Related to the Moon appeared first on NASA Science.
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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service
After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s last day at the agency is Thursday. He will continue serving as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. Kim launched to the space station in April 2025 aboard the Soyuz MS‑27 spacecraft to conduct […]
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Celestial ‘Fashion’- Minoan And Mycenaean Rings Revealed To Be Of Extraterrestrial Origin
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – People have used meteoritic iron to make tools, jewelry, ritual items, and even magical objects throughout history. The Inuit in northern Greenland made knives and scrapers from the Cape York meteorites. In pre-Columbian America, some meteorites were buried in rituals or turned into jewelry. In Egypt, a meteoritic iron talisman […]
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NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at the right time. Pilots from NASA’s Johnson Space Center flew the WB-57F high altitude research aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston to Iceland, their […]
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