Mars
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…
Meteoric Evidence Suggests Mars May Have a Subsurface Reservoir
It is a scientific fact that water exists on Mars. Though most of it today consists of water ice in…
Curiosity Mars Rover Stars In Discovery Television Documentary Tonight
For those following all the habitability results from the Curiosity rover lately, here's a special treat -- the Discovery Channel…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover detects Methane, Organics on Mars
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, NASA scientists attending the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco announced the detection…
Martian Teardrop: Here’s How The Sun Moves Over A Red Planet Year
Stand in the same spot every day. Take a picture of the Sun. What happens? Slowly, you see our closest…