Curiosity Rover Finds 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Compounds and Strange Methane on Mars
New findings make it seem like maybe, at some point in the planet’s history, the conditions were ripe for some extraterrestrial beings.
New findings make it seem like maybe, at some point in the planet’s history, the conditions were ripe for some extraterrestrial beings.
"We may expect further surprises in future research and we are looking forward to finding them."
The Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter was supposed end its mission by crashing into the gas giant next month. Not anymore!
NASA tracks 90 per cent of near-Earth objects that are larger than 150 metres in diameter, which means it misses lots of smaller asteroids - like this one - until they’re close by.
“A native Texan, Alan died peacefully in Houston surrounded by those who loved him.”
It’s nice that scientists are looking for ways to push things through space without fuel, but the EmDrive is probably another dead end.
That’s one small hole for a probe, but one giant leap for NASA.
So many stars.
The Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) will magnify the mind-boggling effects of quantum mechanics to nearly macroscopic scales, making them easier to study.
It’s practically impossible for our puny brains to comprehend just how huge space really is, but these pretty pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope certainly help.
This Saturday, NASA will test a new method that could restore the drill’s critical jackhammering capability, and by consequence, the rover’s ability to analyse Martian rock samples.
NASA will be testing heavier-than-air flight on Mars by sending miniature robot helicopter with the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.
This was geophysics made real, through our shared experience of hearing a record-making rocket launch that none of us could see.
Jupiter is in opposition today, meaning it’s exactly opposite the sun in the sky, like the Moon when it’s full.
These findings confirm older research that suggests moon dust could be hazardous to human beings' health.
Before a robot is deemed ready to go to Mars, it needs to prove itself on the testing grounds of Earth.
