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What's the point of a space station around the moon?

NASA’s Lunar Gateway Could Redefine How Humans Explore Deep Space

Sumi

Serving as a Strategic Launchpad for Surface Operations (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) NASA’s ambitious Lunar Gateway project positions a compact space station in lunar orbit as a cornerstone of the Artemis program, fueling discussions on its role in future exploration. Serving as a Strategic Launchpad for Surface Operations The Gateway emerged as a key enabler for ...

cave with calm body of water during daytime

Hidden Ocean Beneath the Amazon

Suhail Ahmed

  The Amazon looks like a world of rivers and rain, but the real surprise is what hums below: a slow, sprawling mass of freshwater quietly moving through sandstones, floodplain sands, and ancient valleys. For years, scientists suspected that groundwater kept trees green long after the last storm, but new basin-scale analyses and field studies ...

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a new problem. 'This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window.'

Artemis II Moon Rocket Stumbles on Helium Issue, Eyes April Launch Instead of March

Sumi

Sudden Glitch Follows Rehearsal Triumph (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Kennedy Space Center, Florida — NASA engineers confronted a fresh technical hurdle with the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket, as an interrupted helium flow in its upper stage threatened the mission’s tight schedule.[1][2] Sudden Glitch Follows Rehearsal Triumph Teams celebrated the successful conclusion of the second ...

brown mushroom on focus photography

The Forest That Glows at Night

Suhail Ahmed

Step into a tropical forest after sunset and the world rewrites itself in green. Trails flash faintly, roots hum with a soft halo, and mushrooms sketch ghostly rings along fallen logs like secret signage. For decades, researchers described this glow as a curiosity; now it’s a living signal, revealing how forests breathe, feed, and communicate ...

A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan

Scientists Plan Future Interstellar Comet Pursuit as 3I ATLAS Leaves The Solar System

Sumi

The Fury of the Fastest Comet (Image Credits: Unsplash) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS races outbound through the solar system after its perihelion passage late last year, prompting scientists to devise innovative strategies for a future chase.[1][2] The Fury of the Fastest Comet Discovered on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS survey in Chile, 3I/ATLAS stands as ...

NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

NASA Rover Now Finds Its Own Way Across the Martian Surface

Sumi

A Leap Forward in Rover Independence (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Mars – NASA’s Perseverance rover has gained the power to locate itself accurately without signals from Earth, marking a significant advance in planetary robotics.[1][2] A Leap Forward in Rover Independence Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory introduced Mars Global Localization, a system that lets the rover ...

Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not

The Theory That Could Redefine The Nature of Time

Sumi

Time’s Puzzling Place in Fundamental Theories (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Physicists have long grappled with time’s elusive nature, a concept that underpins daily experience yet defies precise definition in the laws of nature.[1][2] Time’s Puzzling Place in Fundamental Theories General relativity portrayed time as malleable, intertwined with space and altered by gravity and velocity. Observers in ...

African living fossil.

Animals That Haven’t Evolved for Millions of Years: Living Fossils

Trizzy Orozco

Nature has a way of evolving its inhabitants, constantly molding them to suit their changing environments. However, some species seem to have defied the passage of time, remaining largely unchanged for millions of years. These are the “living fossils” — remarkable creatures that offer a glimpse into prehistoric life. Let’s delve into the fascinating world ...

A full moon illuminates the night sky, shrouded by eerie clouds creating a spooky atmosphere.

The Moon Controls the Tides — But So Does the Sun

Maria Faith Saligumba

Have you ever stood on a beach at midnight during a full moon, watching waves crash higher than they do at any other time? That mesmerizing sight is actually the result of one of nature’s most complex dance routines, where our Moon takes the lead role but the Sun is far from a silent partner. ...