India plans lunar sample mission for 2028
India is eying a return to the moon in 2028, aiming to collect 6.6 pounds of lunar samples from an area thought to be rich…
Election season means a relapse of poll derangement syndrome
Ah, autumn: the season of pumpkin-spice everything, falling leaves and poll derangement syndrome.These days, I wake up, log in and immediately look at the “Latest…
China probe lands on moon’s far side in first-ever sample retrieval mission | Space News
This is China’s second descent on the far side of the moon, where no other country has reached. China has landed an uncrewed spacecraft on…
Feds collected DNA from 1.5 million migrants, report finds
WASHINGTON — Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a…
NASA unveils sample scooped from surface of near-Earth asteroid Bennu | Space News
US space agency and scientists say sample taken from Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, as well as iron minerals. A sample of material collected…
Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first | Space News
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth…
NASA set to deliver biggest asteroid sample yet: What you need to know | Space News
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A United States space agency (NASA) spacecraft will…
Diddy said he pays Sting ‘5k a day’ to sample his music
Thanks to “Every Breath You Take,” Diddy is paying Sting every day he wakes — generously. Rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed that…