Elizabeth Howell
Mars One Readies For Robotic Red Planet Mission In 2018
While the world's attention last year was focused on Mars One's audacious plan to send people on a one-way trip…
Memory-Addled Mars Rover Climbs High Above The Red Planet’s Plain
As the Opportunity rover struggles with ongoing problems to its Flash memory, the plucky Martian machine -- almost at its…
How NASA Is Saving Fuel On Its Outer Solar System Missions
While Saturn is far away from us, scientists have just found a way to make the journey there easier. A…
NASA Exoplanet “Travel Posters” Aim To Help With Space Trip Planning
What beauty, and what awesome travel slogans! NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has created a set of "Exoplanet Travel Posters" to…
Robots Exploring Alien Volcanoes? NASA Lab Hopes To Get There One Day
We've seen volcanoes or geysers erupting on the moons of Io and Enceladus. Volcanic remnants remain on Mars and the…
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Gallery: Spacesuits Are Amazing Human-Protection Machines
Did you know it's been nearly 50 years since the first spacewalk? On March 18, 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov ventured…
Glorious Star Factories Shine In Astounding Amateur Shots
We often publish photos from professional observatories, but it's important to note that amateurs can also do a great job…
Here’s How You Can Help With Searching Out Planet Nurseries Beyond The Solar System
With a big universe around us, where the heck do you point your telescope when looking for planets? Bigger observatories…
Gallery: Some Of Kepler’s Strange New Worlds Outside The Solar System
With the latest Kepler space telescope exoplanet finding announced yesterday, the mighty planet hunter has now found 1,000 confirmed worlds…