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An Apollo 12 high-oblique view of the lunar nearside looking northeast toward the crater Copernicus (in center near horizon), as photographed from lunar orbit. Credit: Johnson Space Center / NASA A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum computers and nuclear fusion reactors....

Some people stress about naming a pet, vacillating between Steve and Spot and Bark Twain. Naming a child is even more fraught because parents generally don’t want their offspring to carry a burdensome name, one that lends itself to taunt-prone nicknames, or initials that spell something heinous (use your imagination on that one).  Naming a...

The event last around 5 hours on March 14. Credit: Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is nearing the end of a two-week mission as the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the moon. Its primary objective following the March 2 touchdown inside Mare Crisium crater was to deliver 10 NASA instruments designed to...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Day of the Dead may be Mexico’s most famous festival, but it’s just one of 5,000 that take place in the country each year. These celebrations blend the culture of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica with rituals brought by their Catholic colonisers: some are devoted to God, others to...

Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA’s MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of a key physical process that is important across the universe, from black holes to the Sun to Earth’s protective magnetic field. This process, called magnetic reconnection, occurs when magnetic field lines tangle and explosively realign, flinging...

NASA has selected three university teams to help solve 21st century aviation challenges that could transform the skies above our communities.  As part of NASA’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI), both graduate and undergraduate students on faculty-led university teams will contribute directly to real-world flight research while gaining hands-on experience working with partners from other universities...

Image: At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Excellent sound quality Smart, sturdy brass earpiece Lots of ear-tips Cons No ANC Fairly expensive Our Verdict People that prefer wired headphones or earbuds for listening to hi-res music will find that the ME05 provides high-quality sound at a competitive price. Price When Reviewed This value will show...

In November, representatives of Paris Agreement signatory countries will meet at the Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Brazil. Before the meeting, each country should strengthen its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to reducing greenhouse gases by incorporating plastic emissions into its plans. Plastic production and waste contribute substantially to greenhouse gas emissions…Read whole article here

The affects of a meteorite’s impact should not be underestimated. The discovery of the world’s oldest known crater caused by a meteorite could change how we think about the origins of life on Earth as well as how the planet was shaped. A team of Curtin University researchers found the crater while investigating rock layers...

Six weeks into his tumultuous return to the White House, President Donald Trump strode to the podium in front of a sharply divided Congress – and showed how much he has changed Washington in such a short stretch of time. “It has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and...