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Over budget, behind schedule: NASA's SLS megarocket faces congressional review

NASA's forthcoming moon-rocket program is so costly that the agency will need to let Congress know of budgetary overruns while reviewing the program, NASA's inspector general said in a March 10 report. The inspector general examined the Space Launch ...

Free space projects for kids (and adults) stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak

If the coronavirus pandemic has you stuck at home and yearning for some space exploration, NASA's got you covered. Shares. Comments (0). Click here for more Space.com videos... With most of us stuck at home for longer than usual as much of the world is ...

The 2020 vernal equinox will bring the earliest spring to the US in 124 years

Come Thursday (March 19), we will have a change of the seasons: the occurrence of the vernal equinox, marking the official start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, it will be a rather auspicious occurrence: ...

Rocky asteroid Ryugu got its rubble from a porous parent, study finds

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The rocky object that spawned the asteroid Ryugu may have been extraordinarily porous, a new study finds. The new discovery could shed light on how planets formed in the solar system. The most common kind of asteroids found in the outer main asteroid ...

This Tang Dynasty noblewoman loved playing polo so much, she was buried with her donkeys

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This Tang Dynasty noblewoman loved playing polo so much, she was buried with her donkeys. By Ashley Strickland, CNN. Updated 10:52 AM ET, Tue March 17, 2020. The towering and battle-scarred "Scotty" is the world'. Photos: Ancient ...

Machine learning to scale up the quantum computer

A map of electron wave function patterns, where the symmetry, brightness and size of features is directly related to the position of a phosphorus atom in silicon lattice. Credit: M.Usman/ University of Melbourne. Quantum computers are expected to offer ...

Astronauts celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2020 with photos of Ireland from space

Happy St. Patrick's Day from space! To celebrate the annual holiday, NASA's International Space Station twitter account shared this astronaut's-eye view of Ireland as seen from the orbiting lab, which flies at an average altitude of about 250 miles (400 ...

Researchers set benchmark to determine achievement of quantum computing

The race toward the first practical quantum computer is in full stride. Companies, countries, collaborators, and competitors worldwide are vying for quantum supremacy. Google says it's already there. But what does that mean? How will the world know when it's ...

Waves in thin air with broad effects

This image of a dust storm on Mars was taken in 2007 by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, of NASA. Water ice clouds are visible near the polar region, with grooves produced by pressure or temperature oscillations that are features of gravity waves.

Soyuz rocket launches Glonass-M navigation satellite for Russian military

A Soyuz rocket launched a new navigation satellite into orbit for Russia's military forces on Monday (March 16) in a dazzling nighttime liftoff from a snowy launchpad. The Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched the Glonass-M navigation satellite from the Plesetsk ...