Mars and Moon Dust can be Turned Into Geopolymer Cement. Good Enough for Landing Pads and Other Structures
Materials science has long taken the lead in space exploration research, and it seems to have been getting even more…
Mars InSight Doesn’t Find any Water ice Within 300 Meters Under its Feet
Space science doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes when scientists think they've made a remarkable discovery that will make human…
The First Crops on Mars Should be Alfalfa and Cyanobacteria. Then Comes Tastier Plants
Mark Watney can keep his potatoes. Real astronauts should grow alfalfa. (more…)
A new way to Make Oxygen on Mars: Using Plasma
There's more than one way to produce oxygen on Mars. Or at least there is now. After the success of…
New Pics of Phobos From China’s Tianwen-1 Orbiter
Two fundamental factors affect all astrophotography - timing and location. If a camera happens to be at the right place…
Not Just a Planet Hunter. TESS Found Over 25,000 Flaring Stars
One of the beauties of modern-day space telescopes is that the data they produce, which is eventually wholly released to…
Artemis Astronauts Could Rely on Solar Cells Made out of Moon Dust
Researchers from TalTech have devised a cost-effective method for producing lightweight, flexible solar cells on the Moon!
Largest JWST Image, First Private Interplanetary Mission, Space Bubbles VS Climate Change
Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to…
Astronomers Have Revealed a Black Hole's Photon Ring for the First Time
Using data from the Event Horizon Telescope, a team of astronomers have calculated the photon ring of M87*.
Has JWST Found Proto-Globular Clusters?
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver surprise after surprise. Next up, a team of astronomers have identified likely…