Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...
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NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...

What links Royal Blood and the White Stripes? The Saturday quiz

From a saint and a lion to ‘the original nepo baby’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz ...
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Study: Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas stay molten at lower temperatures

A magma that would freeze solid on Earth can keep flowing on Mercury, and sulfur is the reason. New laboratory experiments published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta in early 2026 show that ...