Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it’s Hiding its Water

3 years ago

The search for water on Mars has consumed a lot of data collection and research time.  Underground lakes have been…

Dozens of Robots Competed to Race Through Underground Caves

3 years ago

America’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is well known for its challenges.  It held a series of autonomous driving…

Lunar Landers Could Spray Instant Landing Pads as They Arrive at the Moon

3 years ago

Space exploration requires all kinds of interesting solutions to complex problems.  There is a branch of NASA designed to support…

Aging White Dwarfs Become Even More Magnetic

3 years ago

A survey of white dwarfs shows they get more magnetic as they age, and we don't know why.

NASA’s Human Space Exploration Division is Being Split in Two

3 years ago

Large government organizations require lots of people to run them.  NASA is no exception.  America’s space agency has long been…

How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?

3 years ago

New research hows how changes in the size of the Martian polar ice caps are associated with annual changes in…

Vera Rubin Observatory Should Find 5 Interstellar Objects a Year, Many of Which we Could Chase Down With Spacecraft

3 years ago

According to new research, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will detect 5 `Oumuamua-like objects a year, creating many opportunities for…

China’s First Space Station Crew is Back From Orbit

3 years ago

The crew of China's Tiangong space station returned to Earth, having set a new record for the longest Chinese crewed…

The Early Solar System was Messier and More Violent Than Previously Believed

3 years ago

Our conventional models of planet formation may have to be updated, according to a pair of new papers. Accretion is…

No News Here, Just a Beautiful Globular Cluster Captured by Hubble. That is all.

3 years ago

Here’s some beauty for your timeline: a stunning and ancient globular cluster captured by the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. The…