Tag: NASA
NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history
NASA’s DART was the first time we tried planetary defence – attempting to redirect an asteroid. The data from this landmark mission is still yielding new insights today.
Are running shoes getting too good? Why ‘technological doping’ is a growing concern for professional sports
When tech makes an athlete perform beyond their natural ability, you might call that “technological doping”. How can we make it fair for everyone?
What happens when matter is squashed to the brink of collapse? We weighed a neutron star to help NASA find out
Neutron stars contain some of the universe’s most exotic states of matter – but there’s no easy way to peek inside.
The US just returned to the Moon after more than 50 years. How big a deal is it, really?
A private company has successfully delivered cargo to the Moon’s surface for the first time. Here’s what that means for future space exploration.
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission: a 3.6 billion kilometre 'journey to the centre of the Earth'
A distant lump of space rock may have a surprising amount in common with the core of our own planet.
Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?
Space missions are still difficult, dangerous and risky – but it’s still early days in the human journey beyond our planet.
Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it 'phone home'
The Voyager 2 spacecraft is 20 billion kilometres away and has lost track of Earth. A radio dish near Canberra is the only channel for re-establishing communication.
