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NASA Plans First Lunar Fire Experiment to Guide Artemis Safety

The mission aims to fill a key safety gap with real burn data in lunar gravity.

USC Team’s Memristor Works Reliably at 700°C in Peer-Reviewed Breakthrough

Earth Formed Entirely from Inner Solar System Material, Study Finds

Study Finds Magnetic “Cavity” Between Earth and Moon That Shields Low‑Energy Cosmic Rays

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Contain All Five DNA/RNA Bases

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

Scientists Forecast Elevated Geomagnetic Conditions This Week, No Strong Storms Expected

Perseverance Records First Direct Evidence of Martian Electrical Activity

Russian Lab Forecasts Calm Geomagnetic Field Today, Slight Rise in Solar Flares

Study Recasts Deep-Mantle Anomalies as Remnants of a Core-Contaminated Magma Ocean

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

MIT-Led Team Finds Proto-Earth Signature Preserved in Deep Mantle After Moon-Forming Impact

Mars Dust Devils Clock 160 km/h in New Orbital Study

Four-Day Geomagnetic Storm Ends as Forecasts Turn Quiet

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

Mars’s Winter Polar Vortex Triggers Seasonal Ozone Buildup, Scientists Report

Ionic Liquids Could Extend Habitable Zones to Waterless Worlds, MIT Study Finds

Lab Simulations Show Trapped Vapor Cracks Ice to Propel Cryovolcanism on Europa and Enceladus

Ancient Sahara Meteorites Exhibit Mercury-Like Chemistry with Origins Unresolved