Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say
"The Chinese may well beat the U.S. with a grab sample."...
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"The Chinese may well beat the U.S. with a grab sample."...
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Article URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002800180001-2.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417110 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
An airport camera in western Greenland captured the northern lights illuminating the early morning sky....
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14012 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437391 Points: 9 # Comments: 3...
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-einstein-probe-ray-flare-nearby.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471784 Points: 4 # Comments: 1...
NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past....
An HHS official says the agency has "frozen all child care payments" to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there....
Russia's Defence Ministry released the first images of an intermediate-range weapon entering service. Analysts identified a former airfield near the Russian border as a likely site....
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24617 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542982 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...