NASA-led study shows some Earth microbes could survive on the moon

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The moon is, to put it mildly, an inhospitable place for people and other ...

Nasa's Voyager 1 approaches one light-day away from Earth

The spacecraft was launched nearly 50 years ago, and since then, has been moving away from our planet and further into space.

NASA's Swift telescope will plunge toward Earth after rescue mission called off

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this ...

World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence

This World Photography Day we look at some of the most iconic images captured by the US space agency, which have taught us ...

NASA Study Warns It’s Easier Than Expected for Astronauts to Contaminate the Moon

NASA scientists studied how five Earth microbes might fare on the Moon, including one that already survives outside the ...

Earth microbes could survive for days on the Moon, NASA finds

Shaded areas near the moon’s poles could allow some bacteria and fungi carried from Earth to survive for days, with the ...

Telescope is plunging to earth after Nasa failed to save it

Nasa fails to save Swift space telescope – and it will now plunge to Earth - Hubble Space Telescope could now face the same ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer

New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could ...

NASA's Swift Telescope To Plunge To Earth After Rescue Mission Fails

A $30 million rescue effort has come to an end, dooming NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope to a fiery atmospheric reentry later this year.

NASA Finds Some Earth Microbes Could Survive On Moon’s South Pole

NASA scientists say some Earth microbes could potentially survive for at least a day in shadowed areas near the Moon’s South ...
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NASA’s $30 million mission to save Swift telescope fails, now likely to plunge back to Earth

NASA’s $30 million mission to rescue the Swift space telescope has failed after the robotic spacecraft developed control ...