Why Silicon-based Aliens Would Rather Eat our Cities than Us: Thoughts on Non-carbon Astrobiology
[/caption] Editor's note: Bruce Dorminey, science journalist and author of "Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System,"…
Did a Neutron Star Create the “Christmas Burst”?
[/caption] On December 25, 2010, at 1:38 p.m. EST, NASA's Swift Burst Alert Telescope detected a particularly long-lived gamma-ray burst…
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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
Microscopic Worms May Help to Colonize Mars
[/caption] Once the realm of science fiction, the prospect of colonizing other planets is getting closer to reality. The most…
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Empowering Curiosity, Numerous Systems Required to Land Martian Rover
Launch video provided courtesy of United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It is a mission years in the making.…
New Planet Kepler-21b Confirmed From Both Space And Ground
[/caption] Are you ready to add another planet to the growing list of discoveries? Thanks to work done by Steve…
Good and Bad News Comes With NASA’s 2012 Budget
[/caption] On November 14, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Launch Gallery – Photos and Videos
[/caption] NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover is speeding away from Earth on a 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) journey to Mars…
Canary Islands Antenna Being Modified to Boost Signal to Struggling Russian Mars Probe
[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…
Could Curiosity Determine if Viking Found Life on Mars?
[/caption] One of the most controversial and long-debated aspects of Mars exploration has been the results of the Viking landers'…