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NASA October 29, 2021

NASA scientists call for new framework in search for alien life

The scale presented contains seven levels that NASA said are "reflective of the winding, complicated staircase of steps that would lead to scientists declaring they’ve found life beyond Earth."

SCIENCE October 16, 2021

NASA's Lucy launches to Trojan Asteroids

NASA's Lucy mission launched early Saturday from the agency's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

SCIENCE October 9, 2021

China's lunar rock samples show lava flowed on moon 2B years ago: researchers

China's lunar rock samples – the first moon rocks returned to Earth in more than 40 years – show lava flowed there 2 billion years ago, according to scientists.

SCIENCE October 8, 2021

Existence of Mars lake, floods confirmed by NASA's Perseverance team

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover team has confirmed that the red planet's Jezero Crater was once the site of a delta-lake system. 

SCIENCE October 2, 2021

Why NASA's Mars missions will be silent for weeks

NASA is standing down from commanding its Mars missions for the next few weeks. 

NASA September 25, 2021

Mars images show Perseverance rover at work

New images from NASA show the Perseverance Mars rover hard at work as it searches the Red Planet for signs of ancient microbial life. 

SCIENCE September 18, 2021

NASA confirms Mars region had thousands of ancient volcanic eruptions

NASA scientists have found evidence that thousands of massive ancient volcanoes erupted on Mars. 

Astronomy September 9, 2021

Astronomer responsible for demoting Pluto narrows search for hypothetical 'Planet Nine'

In the continued search for the speculated ninth planet in our Solar System, Michael Brown, the CalTech astronomer who led the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet in 2006, has co-written a new study that claims to have narrowed the region the planet could be located.

SCIENCE August 14, 2021

Week of NASA woes: Why first Mars sample failed, Boeing Starliner launch delayed indefinitely

NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) said that its target of landing humans on the moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program is "not feasible."

SCIENCE July 31, 2021

Apollo 15’s 50th anniversary: Moon landing seen in stunning detail

New images released to 91±¬ÁÏ depict the Apollo 15 moon landing in remarkable detail 50 years later.

SCIENCE July 23, 2021

Astronomers make first detection of this 'moon-forming' phenomenon

Astronomers have discovered the presence of a disk around a planet beyond our solar system for the first time.