Is There Martian Salty Water At The Red Planet’s Equator? These Lines May Be The Smoking Gun
Get ready, because here are some more findings about possible water on Mars. This picture above from the Mars Reconnaissance…
Melting Glaciers May Push The West Antarctic’s Ice Loss Ever Higher
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing the equivalent of a Lake Tahoe in ice every single year, according to…
Mars One Proposes First Privately Funded Robotic Mars Missions – 2018 Lander & Orbiter
The Mars One non-profit foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the mid-2020’s…
Space Shuttle-Sized Asteroid 2013 XY8 to Fly Past Earth on Dec. 11
A newly-discovered asteroid about the size of a space shuttle will fly past Earth on December 11, 2013 at a…
Stunning Movie Shows What Earth Looks Like to an Incoming Spacecraft
When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth in October of this year, it focused some of its cameras on the…
Young Boy’s Discovery Confirmed as a Peculiar Supernova Explosion
New observations confirm that young Nathan Gray's discovery is indeed a supernova explosion, albeit a rather peculiar one. Nathan Gray,…
New Project Aims To Improve Galaxy Simulation — And Help Us Understand More About The Universe
Galaxy modelling is complicated, and even more so when different computer models don't agree on how the factors come together.…
How People from Earth said “Hi” to a Passing Spacecraft
Um, something in my eye. This wonderful video details a what took place when the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past…
Level Up! NASA’s Space Station Robot Getting ‘Climbing’ Legs
There was much excitement two years ago when the astronauts on space station unpackaged Robonaut 2 (or R2), which is…
How Much Radiation Would You Get During A Mars Mission?
While asking questions about habitability on Mars, one thing that scientists also need to consider is whether it's safe enough…