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![Odysseus's final 'farewell' image of its landing site on the moon's south pole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vPQEmXC8LqZLyuUF2RDLgP-320-80.jpg)
'Goodnight, Odie': Odysseus, the 1st US moon lander since Apollo, shares farewell image after lunar face-plant
By Ben Turner published
The Odysseus lander powered down yesterday as it braces for two weeks of lunar night. This farewell image may be its last.
![nusantara Indonesia's new capital city as seen in an aerial image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XxDaGfdNB3PLfyMreeG7CR-320-80.jpg)
Striking new satellite images show Indonesia's new jungle capital taking shape
By Patrick Pester published
Nusantara will be the new capital of Indonesia as Jakarta continues to subside below sea level.
![A satellite image of hole in the cloud above the ocean of Florida's west coast](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZLzMocdFWbKZ7eqK7reKMS-320-80.jpg)
Satellite snaps eerily circular holes in the clouds above Florida. What caused them?
By Harry Baker published
A NASA satellite recently spotted a series of bizarre "fallstreak holes" in clouds above Florida. The circular cloud gaps have been previously (and incorrectly) linked to paranormal phenomena.
![An illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, as it approaches its target moonlet around the asteroid Didymos.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EDfq5sHD9mdS92QgBQ9DD9-320-80.jpg)
NASA's asteroid-slamming DART mission completely changed the shape of its target
By Robert Lea published
NASA's DART spacecraft seems to have completely reshaped asteroid Dimorphos after violently crashing into it in Sept. 2022
![An artist's impression of the TIMED spacecraft scanning Earth in orbit.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/espFgLNy5vycorzdZxs8h5-320-80.jpg)
Russian satellite narrowly avoids collision with US spacecraft, and NASA could do nothing to stop it
By Ben Turner published
NASA's TIMED satellite narrowly avoided hitting a defunct Russian satellite in the early hours of the morning.
![A close-up of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample trays, containing dust and rubble plundered from asteroid Bennu.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4S8iwbUjM3hArwj2fBw9nh-320-80.jpg)
NASA grabbed a whopping 120 grams of rubble from asteroid Bennu, and it may contain the seeds of life
By Ben Turner published
NASA's final tally shows that OSIRIS-REx collected roughly 4 ounces (120 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu. The sample collected from the "potentially hazardous" asteroid is thought to contain some of the earliest precursors for life.
![This artist concept of NASA Voyager spacecraft with its antenna pointing to Earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FnRv6oisPq85GW7tUvvUvi-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save it
By Joanna Thompson published
A communications glitch is preventing NASA's Voyager 1 probe — the farthest spacecraft from Earth in history — from sending home data, and mission scientists are growing concerned.
![A photograph of the moon's surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QogXFDc2pYrQqjKNWEh6L4-320-80.jpg)
Pinpoint landing: NASA orbiter spies Japan's revived SLIM moon lander on lunar surface
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's images show SLIM's landing site both before and after the probe's touchdown.
![This map shows the location where the small asteroid 2024 BX1 harmlessly impacted Earth’s atmosphere over Germany, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) west of Berlin, on Jan. 21, 2024 local time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iThrSqfBeXr6xCh98MGc7L-320-80.jpg)
How NASA correctly predicted that a tiny asteroid would burn up over Germany, hours before it happened
By Mike Wall published
Astronomers detected a small asteroid zooming toward Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 21, correctly predicting it would explode over Germany within hours. Here's how they did it.
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