Technology depends on rare earth minerals, but their extraction can harm our planet. Asteroids offer a plentiful source of valuable elements. In the future, mankind will go to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter to mine for the vast wealth that is within the...
Poor nations are hardest hit by extreme weather, but they can lack resources to produce forecasts that can save lives. Now something is being done. (Courtesy of the World Meteorological Organization/Sandro Puncet – Croatia) The science of meteorology focuses on...
Part of a rocket from a Chinese mission will crash onto the moon this week, adding to debris from humans that is accumulating on the lunar surface. The moon, seen from Berlin, Germany, 11 January 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) Tomorrow, a crater on the far side of...
A powerful new space telescope to be launched this month will look back more than 100 million years ago to when the first stars and galaxies formed. NASA technicians lift the James Webb Space Telescope with its 18-segmented gold mirror inside a clean room at NASA’s...
High-speed debris is piling up in space, threatening vital satellites. Nations are developing needed techniques to clean up space and prevent hazards. A tiny, floating object pierced a hole in Canadarm, the Canadian robotic arm on the International Space Station...