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TOI-5489

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TOI-5716

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What It Takes to Drill Into an Antarctic Glacier

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong meets with Paul Anker, a drilling engineer aboard the icebreaker Araon, to discuss the stakes, preparations and pressure of the mission to drill a hole in the Thwaites Glacier to measure the water beneath.

NASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11’s Return to Earth

NASA NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions.  On Jan. 8, NASA announced its decision to return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth from the space station earlier than originally planned…

NASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11’s Return to Earth

Dec. 8, 2025: International Space Station Configuration. Seven spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, the SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft, JAXA’s HTV-X1 cargo craft, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft, the Soyuz MS-28 crew ship,…

Twin infant mountain gorillas born in DRC

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes.   “For me, it is a huge sign of hope and a great…

Shaken, Not Stirred: NASA’s StarBurst Aces Extreme Temperature Tests

NASA’s StarBurst instrument outside a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA/Daniel Kocevski Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite…