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What China's new moon rocks could reveal that Apollo samples didn't
The Chang'e-6 spacecraft just returned to Earth with lunar treasures.
![China retrieving its Chang'e-6 capsule](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05jqrxLulJJrS9rvFhGINSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1719338933.jpg)
![China retrieving its Chang'e-6 capsule](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05jqrxLulJJrS9rvFhGINSH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1719338933.jpg)
This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now.
How to spot a "new star" in the sky.
![A white dwarf going nova](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713284191.jpg)
![A white dwarf going nova](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0778Uu1SmZygJc58OfyhCJa/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713284191.jpg)
NASA drills freaky scenario where elusive asteroid heads towards Earth
"A critical loss of time."
By Mark Kaufman
![The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01sTzXnT7Qh6Fs5lAI12mkm/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718917932.png)
![The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01sTzXnT7Qh6Fs5lAI12mkm/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718917932.png)
Scientists discover how old Jupiter's Great Red Spot really is
An ancient, swirling storm.
By Mark Kaufman
![Jupiter's Great Red Spot as imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft in 2019.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02qi1lqOJPOpwpPA62wciCD/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718723997.png)
![Jupiter's Great Red Spot as imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft in 2019.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02qi1lqOJPOpwpPA62wciCD/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718723997.png)
Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time
Scientists think they know what's causing this unprecedented brightening.
![A supermassive black hole awakening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02djQ8IfdxKjPSsj8FSOzrm/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718640268.jpg)
![A supermassive black hole awakening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02djQ8IfdxKjPSsj8FSOzrm/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718640268.jpg)
NASA rover drives through ancient Mars river, snaps stunning view
A Martian river roared here.
By Mark Kaufman
![The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/075v9Dg4FS20dc4NXcFwCy2/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718297309.png)
![The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/075v9Dg4FS20dc4NXcFwCy2/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718297309.png)
The strange new worlds scientists have discovered this year
These aren't like planet Earth.
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718124676.jpg)
![A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06l70WDyrufFL7yrkt5W7rs/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718124676.jpg)
NASA rover discovers mysterious Mars boulder unlike any others
Could this be a sample of Mars' original crust?
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718301086.jpg)
![Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06sTxfbk97RDwHz0cy6aA4a/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718301086.jpg)
NASA rover gets blasted by solar storm on Mars, captures footage
Mars isn't protected.
By Mark Kaufman
![The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01RUh2b9Jh17dKCEZWnyN35/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718052731.jpg)
![The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01RUh2b9Jh17dKCEZWnyN35/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718052731.jpg)
Watch SpaceX's Starship booster ace its splashdown for the first time
Is that a buoy camera?
![SpaceX's Starship lifting off on fourth test flight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02dn8NxCeSAUJd1cNdSdd9l/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718035894.jpg)
![SpaceX's Starship lifting off on fourth test flight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02dn8NxCeSAUJd1cNdSdd9l/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718035894.jpg)
NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb
It's both "exciting" and "extraordinarily difficult."
By Mark Kaufman
![An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00Lf9rPoPN98P5eA37LPKU4/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717625287.jpg)
![An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00Lf9rPoPN98P5eA37LPKU4/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717625287.jpg)
SpaceX's Starship shows resilience through brutally hot reentry
The spacecraft survived intense max heating.
![SpaceX Starship](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ytJOVXTbVZo6rFkfH6uoH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717680031.png)
![SpaceX Starship](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ytJOVXTbVZo6rFkfH6uoH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717680031.png)
NASA astronauts blast off in tense launch on Boeing spacecraft
Starliner successfully reached space.
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717599672.png)
![Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06hZVs3qEVjQFPaslEWH3Fu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717599672.png)
China just landed on the moon. And it released footage.
It's a 21st-century space race.
By Mark Kaufman
![A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07IOUbGkPCKQTLoyU1CHHHF/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717436523.png)
![A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07IOUbGkPCKQTLoyU1CHHHF/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717436523.png)
Japanese billionaire cancels private SpaceX moon mission, crew devastated
The Starship was originally scheduled to take civilians to the moon in 2023.
By Amanda Yeo
![Yusaku Maezawa.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03keDyY5xO7A6zMR1ftr5OW/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717401800.jpg)
![Yusaku Maezawa.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03keDyY5xO7A6zMR1ftr5OW/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717401800.jpg)
Launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship gets scuttled. Yes, again.
NASA astronauts deboarded this spaceship for the second time this month.
![Starliner launching on a ULA Atlas V Centaur rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yvZT2wvW7bsFjWRrTVhCg/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717249698.webp)
![Starliner launching on a ULA Atlas V Centaur rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05yvZT2wvW7bsFjWRrTVhCg/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717249698.webp)
The long, thorny history of Boeing's Starliner spaceship
Will the upcoming test flight be a redemption story?
![Starliner approaching the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01WTtMIWR9vQVIVaZorv8tP/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714760693.webp)
![Starliner approaching the International Space Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01WTtMIWR9vQVIVaZorv8tP/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714760693.webp)
How scientists revealed a new Martian rock type without the rock
Extremely rare meteorites have provided new clues about the Red Planet's geology.
![a Martian meteorite](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06e1cI5PVaefY51pnVoKJTJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717096268.jpg)
![a Martian meteorite](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06e1cI5PVaefY51pnVoKJTJ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717096268.jpg)
New Webb image isn't just stunning. It shattered a record.
A view near the beginning of time.
By Mark Kaufman
![This deep field view from the James Webb Space Telescope shows (in the box) the oldest-known galaxy ever discovered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06h37PhI7EalFRwXJY9Zq01/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1717089370.png)
![This deep field view from the James Webb Space Telescope shows (in the box) the oldest-known galaxy ever discovered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06h37PhI7EalFRwXJY9Zq01/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1717089370.png)
What does a meteorite taste like? Someone found out and bottled it.
Makers say their potable space rock is best served on the rocks.
![Meteors showering over Nebraska](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03AFyVtnozSdDMuSeW2WGFp/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1716492671.jpg)
![Meteors showering over Nebraska](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03AFyVtnozSdDMuSeW2WGFp/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1716492671.jpg)
NASA reveals footage of astronauts training in desert for moon mission
Preparing for lunar exploration.
By Mark Kaufman
![NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on a simulated moonwalk in May 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05eiyaP1lLqQ77JxHxmKO6z/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1716905356.jpg)
![NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on a simulated moonwalk in May 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05eiyaP1lLqQ77JxHxmKO6z/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1716905356.jpg)