Day: November 8, 2026

Artist's concept of Moon Base structures on a sunlit lunar surface with the crescent Earth above.

Night Shift: NASA Picks a Nuclear-Powered Rover for the Lunar South Pole

November 8, 2026

NASA will send a six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover built from Mars rover spares to the lunar South Pole in late 2028, designed to keep working through the long lunar night.

Boulder-covered surface of the asteroid Dimorphos photographed by NASA's DART spacecraft before impact

Pick a Side: Why Shape Matters for Nuclear Asteroid Deflection

November 8, 2026

A Sandia simulation study published in Icarus finds that the side of an irregular asteroid struck by a nuclear X-ray blast can change the push it receives almost fivefold.

Day: November 8, 2026

Night Shift: NASA Picks a Nuclear-Powered Rover for the Lunar South Pole

Pick a Side: Why Shape Matters for Nuclear Asteroid Deflection

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