Nara Smith Writes Heartfelt Letter to Her Teenage Self as She Reflects on 2024: 'Building the Life That She Desires'

Aziza Smith.Photo:Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Nara Smithis reflecting on her successful 2024.The mom of three, 23, took toTikTokon Dec. 30 to share some of the highlights from the past year, including welcoming her third daughterWhimsy Louwith husbandLucky Blue Smithback in April, going massively viral on TikTok and theirmove to the East Coastfor a “slower life.““This year is dedicated to teenage me and all the countless nights she stayed up wondering what she would become,” she narrated over clips from the past year.

NASA 'Significantly' Lowers the Odds of 2024 YR4 Asteroid Hitting Earth in 2032

Photo:Getty Getty NASA has considerably lowered the risk of theasteroid 2024 YR4’s collision with Earth.In a news release on Monday, Feb. 24, the space agencyannouncedthat the asteroid — which, one week ago, was predicted to have a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth — now has an “impact probability” of “only 0.004%” on Dec. 22, 2032.“NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future, officials said.

NASA Engineers Packed 100 Tampons in Legendary Astronaut Sally Ride's Toiletry Kit for Just One Week In Space

Sally Ride in 1983.Photo:NASA/Interim Archives/Getty NASA/Interim Archives/Getty Sally Rideaccomplished multiple firsts when she entered orbit in 1983 at the age of 32, breaking barriers for female astronauts and women in science. In the film, Kathy Sullivan, a scientist and former astronaut from Ride’s NASA class, also credits Ride with becoming “the first woman to take stock of what they call crew equipment.” With Ride onboard, NASA engineers had to rethink the kind of “crew equipment,” or toiletry kit, that was routinely provided for astronauts.

NASA Probe Completes Historic Closest-Ever Approach to Sun

Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.Photo:NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun’s surface at a historic 430,000 miles per hour. The agency announced the news on Friday, Dec. 27, a day after it received a beacon tone confirming that the spacecraft had safely survived the encounter and continued operating normally. According to the agency’sblog post, the mission operations team at theJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory(APL) in Laurel, Md.

Nash Grier Marries Longtime Girlfriend Taylor Giavasis After Nearly a Decade of Dating

Nash Grier and Taylor Giavasis.Photo:Taylor Giavasis/Instagram Taylor Giavasis/Instagram Nash Grier is married!The former Vine star, 26, tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Taylor Giavasis after nearly one decade of dating. They wed in a civil ceremony, reps for Grier confirmed to PEOPLE exclusively.He announced the news on Instagram on Monday, Dec. 16, sharing photos of the occassion. “Romanticizing life,” Grier captioned the upload, featuring a carousel of images of the couple alongside their two kids, son Malakai, 5, and daughterNoa, 2.