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60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (462+ words) Similar sensors have been used on spacecraft to learn more about distant worlds. NASA has a new high-tech sensor to help the search for critical minerals in the American West. The sensor is called AVIRIS-5 (Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer…...
Was Elon in the room where it happened? This senator still wants to know
2+ week, 6+ day ago (619+ words) "I wanted to give you one more chance to set the record straight." Ed Markey is persistent. In April, during Jared Isaacman's first nomination hearing for the post of NASA administrator, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts asked repeatedly if SpaceX…...
ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) "Solar Orbiter can now provide this missing piece of the puzzle." In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up glimpse of the sun's magnetic field near its south pole…...
Scientists find twisting magnetic waves on the sun. Could this help solve a huge solar mystery?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) "This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s." Scientists using the world's most powerful solar telescope say they've finally observed small-scale magnetic twists on the sun " a discovery that may help solve the…...
Powerful solar storms may help life get going on alien planets. Here's how
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (301+ words) "What inspired us most was the long-standing mystery of how the young sun's violent activity influenced the nascent Earth." A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these…...
'If it's possible, it must be done': Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has his eyes on missions to Mars and Venus
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1035+ words) 'If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA's Perseverance rover samples back from Mars. As interest in Mars Sample…...
World's most powerful solar telescope sees incredible coronal loops on the sun (image)
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (475+ words) "It's a landmark moment in solar science." The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona " imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope " could be the bottom floor of the machinery that…...
SpaceX signs deal to fly Italian experiments to Mars on Starship's 1st commercial Red Planet flights
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (316+ words) "Get on board! We are going to Mars! SpaceX is now offering Starship services to the Red Planet." SpaceX now has a customer for some of its first Mars missions. Teodoro Valente, president of the Italian Space Agency (known by…...
NASA just took the closest-ever images of the sun, and they are incredible (video)
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) "Parker Solar Probe has once again transported us into the dynamic atmosphere of our closest star." NASA's Parker Solar Probe is no stranger to breaking records. Now, NASA has released remarkable video captured during the historic flyby, offering the closest…...
Elon Musks says SpaceX could begin 'decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft' after Trump threat to cancel contracts
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) How this will play out is anyone's guess. Elon Musk is no longer seeing eye-to-eye with his former bestie in the White House. The SpaceX founder and CEO recently wrapped up his 130-day appointment as a "special government employee," during…...