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MMX Phobos probe: 10 grams of moon dirt, a 2031 return, $578M
Japan's MMX spacecraft is headed to Mars to scoop up part of its largest moon and fly it back to Earth by 2031. Here's the plan.
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Orionid meteor shower: a bright Moon means you should look at dawn
The Orionids peak on the night of Oct. 21 to 22, but a bright Moon will spoil the early evening. Here's the darker window worth waking up for.
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Thwaites Glacier could add twice the sea level rise, study finds
A new model using satellite radar shows warm seawater pushing miles under Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier, doubling its expected sea level impact by 2100.
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Spider Crater Landsat image reveals 13 by 11 km oval with legs
A new Landsat 9 view shows why Western Australia's Spider Crater looks like a giant arachnid, and how geologists proved a meteorite made it.
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Antarctic sea ice peaked at 17.59 million sq km in 2026
NASA and NSIDC say the ice peaked on September 14, about a million square kilometers short of average, making the past four winters the four lowest on record.
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NASA asks US firms to design and run commercial space stations
The ISS is due to retire in 2030. NASA now wants private companies to build its replacement, with bids due Dec. 8 and up to $34 billion on the table.
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800 GB of Artemis II images and notes land online for researchers
NASA opened its Artemis II archive to everyone: 11,000 images and videos, hours of crew audio and three reports, including five meteoroid flashes on the moon.