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December 30, 2023
The OSIRIS-REx sampling mission, a planetary defense prototype named DART and a spacecraft's ambitious journey to a metal world are just some of the highlights
December 29, 2023
In 2023, scientists managed to discover quite a bit about asteroids. Here are 11 of the biggest updates.
October 10, 2023
This fall, NASA is all about asteroids. OSIRIS-REx's brought samples from Bennu; Psyche will visit a space rock; and the Lucy spacecraft will fly by an asteroid.
August 28, 2023
Whether itâs the high-pitched squawk of a dramatically gray, black and white Clarkâs nutcracker at Mammoth Lakes, Calif., or the fairy tale music of a Swainsonâs thrush singing from your garden bird feeder, these sounds are as varied as human voices â and thereâs a charm to studying them on your own, using your smartphone or more complicated recording equipment.
August 28, 2023
If you were old enough to buy CDs in the â90s, you might remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of natureâs noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music like Brahmsâ lullaby with the plaintive call of a loon, or smooth jazz coupled with the howls of wolves (âJazz Wolf,â anyone? It was a 1993 classic). Sometimes the composers even threw in a frog ribbit or cricket chirp.
August 10, 2023
Recording nature sounds is a way to capture memories, stay interested while hiking and help researchers â and you can do it with your phone. Tips for the best results.
March 3, 2023
Apophis is wider than three football fields and would cause a doomsday disaster if it struck. Which it won't.
February 22, 2023
The object passed close to Earth and its surface appears pitch black. NASA's Goldstone radar used to investigate objects in the solar system, captured in
February 22, 2023
Scientists closely tracked the oblong asteroid as it made its closest approach to Earth, revealing important details about its size, rotation, surface features, and shape.
February 21, 2023
It was described by scientists as the most elongated ever imaged.