Pentagon Releases New Batch Of UFO Files, China's Tianwen-2 Reaches Its Asteroid Target, And More Science Stories

Catch up on the most interesting science news from the last week.

A lot has happened in the last week, so here's a quick catch-up. First, trailblazing aviator Wally Funk — who was one of the aspiring astronauts in the Mercury 13, the first female inspector for the FAA and who briefly held the record for being the oldest person to go to space, among other accomplishments — died at 87. You can read more about her incredible life here. This week also brought a new batch of declassified UFO files, and China's Tianwen-2 sent back its first image of the asteroid it'll attempt to collect a sample from.

The latest unsealed UFO files are here

Since the beginning of May, the US Department of Defense has been uploading files relating to unidentified anomalous (or aerial) phenomena (UAPs) — aka UFOs — on a public databasethat...

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