The early warning system to detect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, operated by NASA and its collaborators around the world, got to flex its muscles. It successfully detected a small asteroid 6 ...

The space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game "Asteroids" released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. now has a real life NASA analog - a mission to prevent asteroids from striking earth. Andy ...

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The Earth is embraced by its oceans and seas. And so are we. We depend on them for more than half of the oxygen we breathe. Ocean currents shape the slow march of climate and the daily changes of our ...

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

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