Where are the Best Places to Land Humans on Mars?
Want to go to Mars? Great! Now, all you need to do is plan a mission. Figure out where to…
Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing
In case you missed any of the 25-day flight of Artemis 1, NASA has compiled a 25-minute highlight reel that…
Birds use Dynamic Soaring to Pick Up Velocity. We Could Use a Similar Trick to Go Interstellar
A new proposal for an interstellar mission shows how a solar sail could use the same technique birds do to…
Sierra Space Inflated a Habitat to Destruction, Testing its Limits Before Going to Orbit
Normally, it would be a very bad day if your space station habitat module blew up. But it was all…
Rubble Pile Asteroids Might be the Best Places to Build Space Habitats
A new study looks at the practicality of living in a common near-Earth asteroid
Could Life Survive on Frigid Exo-Earths? Maybe Under Ice Sheets
Our understanding of habitability relies entirely on the availability of liquid water. All life on Earth needs it, and there's…
Perseverance Heard a Dust Devil on Mars, and Now You Can Too
For years, we’ve seen images from various Mars rovers and landers of dust devils churning across the dusty landscape of…
The Oort Cloud Could Have More Rock Than Previously Believed
The Oort Cloud is a collection of icy objects in the furthest reaches of the Solar System. It contains the…
The Formation of the Southern Ring Nebula was Messier Than the Death of a Single Star
Astronomers have learned a planetary nebula had a much more complex origin than originally thought.
Hubble Sees a Glittering Jewel in the Small Magellanic Cloud. But the Jewel is Disappearing
As far as we know, nobody lives in our neighbour, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC.) So it's okay to point…