NASA’s Future Plans for Mars Exploration
With all this attention on Spirit and Opportunity, it's easy to forget that robotic exploration of Mars is just getting…
Rosetta’s Asteroid Targets Decided
The European Space Agency announced its decision today for the two asteroids that Rosetta will fly past on its way…
Prints Available For Hubble Deep Field
After yesterday's wallpaper image of the new Hubble Deep Field Survey containing more than 10,000 galaxies, I had a couple…
Early Oceans Might Have Had Little Oxygen
The Earth's early oceans looked much different than today's, according to researchers from the University of Rochester; they were probably…
Terraforming Mars One Piece at a Time
One long term goal to help the expansion of humans into space would be to terraform the planet Mars to…
Huge Submillimeter Instrument in the Works
Caltech and Cornell have begun a $2 million study to build a 25-metre telescope in the Atacama desert of northern…
Bad Astronomy Debunks Mars Face
Do you think the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens? Perhaps you might want to read a recent article…
NASA Learns More About Bone Loss in Space
New NASA-funded research has revealed how bone loss from long-duration spaceflight can increase the risk of injury to astronauts. A…
What’s that Bunny on Mars?
When Opportunity sent back the first images from the surface of Mars, there was a strange object that puzzled amateurs…
Opportunity Sees Phobos and Deimos
NASA's Mars rovers stopped looking down for a bit to watch the Sun. Specifically, they were looking to see Mars'…