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December 19, 2022

NASA's Mars lander InSight transmits potential final image of the Red Planet as its power dwindles

After more than four years on the Red Planet, NASA’s InSight Mars lander transmitted what may be its last image on Monday as the spacecraft's power dwindles.

December 18, 2022

Senior Space Force official to keep job after investigation finds he kept sex toys at work

An Inspector General's investigation found that senior civilian Space Force employee Andrew Cox fostered an inappropriate and sexually charged workplace environment.

December 17, 2022

Image from NASA's Webb telescope reveals early stellar formation in 'rare' find

NASA said that the James Webb Space Telescope team had discovered dozens of previously hidden energetic jets and outflows from young stars in the Cosmic Cliffs.

December 17, 2022

Pentagon has received 'several hundreds' of UFO reports, none of extraterrestrial origin so far

Officials with the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office told reporters on Friday that the office had received "several hundreds" of new reports of UFOs.

December 16, 2022

Striking NASA image reveals Io's volcano-laced surface

NASA scientists said this week that they would continue to focus on Io, Jupiter's volcano-laced moon, with multiple close flybys of their Juno spacecraft.

December 16, 2022

This doesn't stink: McLaren teaming with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to design supercars

McLaren is teaming up with the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to develop future supercar design using the aeronautical company's advanced software.

December 15, 2022

Russian space capsule leak likely due to micrometeorite strike, official says

An official said a coolant leak, likely due to a micrometeorite strike, was detected from the Russian space capsule docked to the International Space Station.

December 14, 2022

Gene Cernan felt 'indebted' to share his experience on the moon: Tracy Cernan

Tracy Cernan, daughter of astronaut Gene Cernan, joins 'Your World' to discuss the 50th year since astronauts last walked on the moon and shares how her father would feel about NASA's plans to return.

December 14, 2022

Geminid meteor shower fast facts

The Geminids Meteor Shower is peaking Wednesday morning, with most of the more than 100 bright fragments visible over the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA.

December 13, 2022

US scientists produce first successful nuclear fusion reaction resulting in net energy gain

Energy officials announced Tuesday that scientists at a California laboratory had produced the first successful nuclear fusion reaction resulting in net energy gain.