Tag: Earth
A Distant Spacecraft Has Confirmed That Earth Is Habitable
A spacecraft en route to the frozen moons of Jupiter has taken a very close look at Earth, and found that our homeworld...
Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'
In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS).But after fears that their Boeing...
SpaceX will bring Boeing's Starliner astronauts home from the International Space Station
SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for the last two months because of troubles with...
Algae here, alien life out there — Cal State L.A.-JPL partnership connects engineers to astrobiology
When Erika Flores applied for an internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2014, she wasn’t quite sure if her undergraduate work...
Scientists obtain deepest rock sample from Earth's mantle
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle -...
NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the moments before NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test...