C&EN

What causes space weather and how does it affect Earth?

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...

Do rockets still launch during a government shutdown? How NASA could feel the effects

NASA is not immune to the effects of a government shutdown if congressional leaders fail to reach an agreement before midnight Oct. 1 to prevent one.
Scientific American

NASA’s First-Ever Alien-Hunting Space Telescope Could Enlighten Our New Dark Age

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Far side of the moon may be colder than the near side, lunar rocks suggest

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...
Space.com on MSN

Our moon's 2 sides are more different than we thought, lunar samples reveal

China's Chang'e 6 mission returned the first-ever far-side lunar samples, revealing new insights into the moon's interior.

New Discovery Reveals Just How Different the Moon’s Two Sides Really Are

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

New Research Identifies Moonquake Dangers That Could Threaten Future Lunar Missions

A new study reveals that seismic activity on the Moon may threaten the stability of future long-term infrastructure. A recent study found that ground shaking caused by moonquakes, not meteorite ...