Alexandra Witze
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UFO sightings: how NASA can bring science to the debate
An astrophysicist who advised the agency talks to Nature about ways to bring rigour to reports of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’. → Read More
Moon mission failure: why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?
The ispace lander's failed touchdown highlights the challenges Moon landings pose, especially for private companies. → Read More
Private companies are flocking to the Moon — what does that mean for science?
A raft of commercial lunar missions are taking off in 2023. The first lander is set to touch down this month, signalling a new era for Moon science and exploration. → Read More
Will an AI Be the First to Discover Alien Life?
SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, is deploying machine-learning algorithms that filter out Earthly interference and spot signals humans might miss → Read More
It's possible to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Here's how
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to curb climate change and reach net zero is possible but not easy. → Read More
Why the Hubble telescope is still in the game — even as JWST wows
NASA’s nearly 33-year-old observatory still has plenty of top science to do, and astronomers want to extend its lifetime. → Read More
2022 was a record year for space launches
180 rockets lifted off successfully, with SpaceX driving the pace. → Read More
NASA really, really won’t rename Webb telescope despite community pushback
Investigation by agency historian finds no evidence explicitly linking former director James Webb with anti-LGBT+ actions. → Read More
Dying NASA Spacecraft Records Epic ‘Marsquakes’
As the InSight lander reports the largest-ever meteorite strikes on Mars, scientists wish it a fond farewell → Read More
‘Bit of panic’: Astronomers forced to rethink early Webb telescope findings
Revised instrument calibrations are bedevilling work on the distant Universe. → Read More
Fresh images reveal fireworks when NASA spacecraft plowed into asteroid
Astronomers are ‘stoked’ as data pour in from the celestial crash. → Read More
This spacecraft just smashed into an asteroid in an attempt to change its path
NASA’s DART mission is testing whether humanity could deflect a space rock if it were going to hit Earth. → Read More
NASA’s Mars rover makes ‘fantastic’ find in search for past life
Perseverance has collected four rock samples from an ancient river delta where organisms might have thrived. → Read More
This naval oceanographer couldn’t go to sea but was key to planning wartime landings
Mary Sears led a mostly female research team that was crucial to US operations in the Pacific theatre in the 1940s. → Read More
How Mars rovers have evolved in 25 years of exploring the Red Planet
Over 25 years, remotely controlled rovers have uncovered Mars’ watery history and continue to search for evidence that life once existed there. → Read More
Surprising dust strike on Webb telescope has scientists on alert
Weeks after being hit by a micrometeoroid, the landmark observatory prepares to release its first scientific images. → Read More
NASA’s Perseverance rover begins key search for life on Mars
Rolling up an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, the rover starts crucial rock sampling. → Read More
NASA’s Perseverance rover begins key search for life on Mars
Rolling up an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, the rover starts crucial rock sampling. → Read More
‘Unsustainable’: How Satellite Swarms Pose a Rising Threat to Astronomy
SpaceX and other companies are still struggling to make their satellites darker in the night sky → Read More
The $93-billion plan to put astronauts back on the Moon
The world’s most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 — a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme. → Read More