Mars
Order Of the Planets From The Sun
First the quick facts: Our Solar System has eight “official” planets which orbit the Sun. Here are the planets listed…
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NASA Awards Contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne to Restart RS-25 Engine Production for SLS Mars Rocket
NASA took another big step on the path to propel our astronauts back to deep space and ultimately on to…
Curiosity Mars Rover Nears First Study Site of Active Sand Dunes Beyond Earth
NASA’s Curiosity rover is on the Martian road to soon start the first ever study of currently active sand dunes…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 13, 2015: Daniel Stern, Project Scientist on NuSTAR
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Daniel Stern, Project Scientist on NuSTAR. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra…
Who was Gerard Kuiper?
In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, lies a region permeated by celestial objects…
Mars’ Moon Phobos Undergoing ‘Structural Failure’
We’ve said it before: Mars’ moon Phobos is doomed. But a new study indicates it might be worse than we…
Opportunity Rover Driving Between ‘Lily Pads’ in Search of Martian Sun and Science
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living ‘Martian’ -…
Will We Contaminate Europa?
Europa is probably the best place in the Solar System to go searching for life. But before they're launched, any…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 6, 2015: Astronaut Mike Massimino
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Mike Massimino, Former Astronaut; Senior Advisor for Space Programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air…
NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Discovers Solar Wind Stripped Away Mars Atmosphere Causing Radical Transformation
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter mission has determined that ancient Mars suffered drastic climate change and lost…