An invisible force surrounding Earth may be creating water on the moon

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A diagram shows areas where lunar water has been detected. The diagram shows clearly that there is more water near the poles of the moon.
A diagram shows areas where lunar water has been detected. Scientists think they've spotted a new way water could be made on the moon.

Li, et al., 2023

NASA refused to name its new UFO chief, then quietly added his identity to a press release hours later

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An apparently unidentified object detected on a Navy plane’s infrared camera.

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NASA Assigning a Director for UFO Research Is a Waste of Time

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NASA wrapped up a year-long investigation into hundreds of sightings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), and its independent study team released a 36-page report that was largely inconclusive. The space agency is not letting up, however, assigning a director of research into the unidentified phenomena and…

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NASA says UFOs are probably balloons, planes, or solar glints — but not aliens

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Aliens probably aren't the cause of UAP, but NASA is determined to find out what is.

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What the James Webb Space Telescope's discoveries on another planet mean — and don't mean — for the search for alien life

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Exoplanet K2-18 b is not a planet astronomers would typically think to search for alien life.

NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI)

Mysterious tremors on the moon have been traced back to an unexpected source

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An annotated picture shows an astronaut waving next to an american flag on the surface of the moon. Behind him is the Apollo 17 lunar lander. An arrow points at the bottom part of the lander.
An annotated image shows an astronaut waving next to the Apollo 16 lander. Scientist have found a similar lander, from the Apollo 17 missions, caused unexplained mini-quakes on the surface of the moon.

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Adjusts Course Ahead of Historic Asteroid Sample Return

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A mighty spacecraft is headed towards Earth, carrying rock and dust from a distant asteroid to hand off to eager scientists waiting to analyze the precious sample. The OSIRIS-REx mission recently fired its thrusters to set itself on a course towards the sample drop-off site, with its rendezvous on Earth scheduled for…

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Asteroid Displays Unexpected Behavior in Wake of NASA’s DART Strike

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After the successful impact of NASA’s DART mission on the Dimorphos asteroid, scientists have encountered a series of unexpected outcomes, the latest being the unanticipated lengthening of the asteroid’s orbital period around its larger partner, Didymos.

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New Decadal Survey Spotlights Funding Gap in Promoting Human Life in Space

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A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine just dropped, and establishing a sustained human presence off-Earth is on the docket.

This stay-at-home mom took a cybersecurity boot camp and landed an over $75,000 a year job at a NASA contractor

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