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Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts.Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar...

Jessica Watkins makes history as first Black woman launched to ISS for extended space mission

Jessica Watkins made history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black woman launched into space for an extended mission on the International Space Station. Watkins and three other astronauts rocketed into space from the Kennedy Space Centre on Merritt Island, Florida at 3:52 a.m. EDT. NASA announced...

New data collection puts star and planet formation in astronomers’ reach

Scientists from around the world have published data that will help astronomers better understand what they see in space. The James Webb Space Telescope will send back its first images from space in June 2022. It will provide astronomers with new riddles to solve. The data provide astronomers with...

Weather satellite rockets to orbit to monitor US West

America's newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday. It will improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. It's the replacement for a satellite launched exactly four years ago. It ended up with a cooling line blockage. It hindered its main camera. The National Oceanic...

The exact point of the moon’s south pole

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface, since 2009. This data with the information from a laser altimeter mapping instrument has allowed scientists to create an incredibly detailed map of the moon. NASA said that they can now...

Crescent shaped crater in Northeast China breaks record as largest impact crater that formed in last 100,000 years

Scientists have confirmed that a circular mountain ridge in China's Heilongjiang Province is a crater made by an asteroid strike. The study published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Scientists described their study of the crater and what they learned about it. Scientists noticed what...