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A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines’ Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar south pole and tipped over on its side. Given a low sun angle and the orientation of the lander’s solar cells, the spacecraft’s battery quickly drained, bringing the mission to an early end, company officials
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Butterflies, known for their beauty and vital role in pollination, are vanishing from U.S. landscapes at an alarming rate. A comprehensive study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between 2000 and 2020. The new research offers a stark warning about the potential future of these
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A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon’s south pole Thursday, but telemetry indicated it ended up on its side. The lander is “alive,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said, but it’s not yet known what mission objectives can still be met. “We don’t believe we’re in
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How “asteroid detectives” protect Earth from potential impacts – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA was recently tracking a large asteroid, known as the “city killer,” after finding a small chance of it hitting Earth in 2032. NASA says it “no longer poses a significant threat” in an analysis, but it’s not the only space
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Just on the edge of the western Hudson Bay lies the small town of Churchill, Manitoba. Here, the sea meets the boreal forest under the rippling northern lights. Farther to the north, the trees stop growing. Snow coats a harsh landscape of Canadian shield, and the ceaseless wind cuts through the willows. No roads lead
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Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — genetically engineering living animals with qualities to resemble extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went
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A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of the aircraft’s historic test flights over the Mojave Desert. The image released Monday shows the XB-1 aircraft, which Boom Supersonic said is the “first civil supersonic jet made in America,” during its second
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What to know about a Texas company’s successful commercial landing on the moon – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made history with the first successful landing on the moon by a private firm. It’s the second private mission to the moon but the first lander toppled over after
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Another lunar lander is heading to the moon. Here’s what to know about its complex mission. – CBS News Watch CBS News SpaceX has launched another lunar lander, named Athena, with the mission to deliver groundbreaking technology to the south pole of the moon. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann has more. View CBS News In Be
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on 2032 asteroid collision Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses 2032 asteroid collision 05:14 A so-called “city killer” asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 “no longer poses a significant threat,” NASA said in its latest analysis. The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is
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