Mars
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…
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…
Defining Life II: Metabolism and Evolution as clues to Extraterrestrial Life
In the movie "Avatar", we could tell at a glance that the alien moon Pandora was teeming with alien life.…
NASA Mars Landing Craft Idea Is More Than Just Child’s Play
Assuming we can get humans all the way to Mars, how the heck do we land them on the Red…
Defining Life I: What are Astrobiologists Looking For?
How can astrobiologists find extraterrestrial life? In everyday life, we usually don’t have any problem telling that a dog or…
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Best Space Photos Of 2014 Bring You Across The Solar System
Feel like visiting a dwarf planet today? How about a comet or the planet Mars? Luckily for us, there are…
Making the Trip to Mars Cheaper and Easier: The Case for Ballistic Capture
When sending spacecraft to Mars, the current, preferred method involves shooting spacecraft towards Mars at full-speed, then performing a braking…
Student Team Wants to Terraform Mars Using Cyanobacteria
While scientists believe that at one time, billions of years ago, Mars had an atmosphere similar to Earth's and was…
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The Top 101 Astronomical Events to Watch for in 2015
Phew! It’s here. Now in its seventh year of compilation and the second year running on Universe Today, we’re proud…