Exploration
Why Lava Tubes Should be Our Top Exploration Priority on Other Worlds
When magma comes out of the Earth onto the surface, it flows as lava. Those lava flows are fascinating to…
The First Images Are In from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day Comet Flyby
On Saturday, Feb. 14, the Rosetta spacecraft swooped low over the surface of comet 67P/C-G in the first dedicated close pass…
ESA Marks 50 Years of Cooperative Space Innovation
In 1964 the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) were founded, on February 29 and March…
Flying, Rolling Robot Might Make a Great Titan Explorer
The HyTAQ (Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor) robot developed at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Ever since the Huygens probe…
Curiosity’s Sundial Carries a Message of Hope
A recent high-definition image from Curiosity's Mastcam shows the rover's sundial (NASA/JPL-Caltech) While Curiosity is definitely loaded up with some…
Europe’s Plans to Visit the Moon in 2018
The European Space Agency is aiming for the Moon with their Lunar Lander mission, anticipated to arrive on the lunar…
The Audacity to Dream
Making its debut at the TEDxISU (International Space University) event on July 6, the video above is an inspirational call-to-arms…
The Moon Is Toxic
As our closest neighbor in space, a time-capsule of planetary evolution and the only world outside of Earth that humans…
Humans on Mars by 2023?
Reality TV goes to Mars! Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp is leading a group visionaries and businesspeople who want to send…
Space Exploration By Robot Swarm
[/caption] With all there's yet to learn about our solar system from the many smaller worlds that reside within it…