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A Martian Meteorite Contains Organic Compounds. The Raw Ingredients for Life?
In a recent study published in Sciences Advances, an international team of scientists led by the Technical University of Munich…
NASA and DARPA Will be Testing a Nuclear Rocket in Space
NASA and DARPA have teamed up to create a nuclear thermal rocket that could perform an orbital flight test by…
Study Shows How Cells Could Help Artemis Astronauts Exercise
New research aims to ensure astronauts' health by mimicking the human body's response to exercise.
Physicist encourages continuing the search for life in Venus’ atmosphere
In a recent paper accepted to Contemporary Physics, a physicist from Imperial College London uses past missions and recent findings…
A Novel Propulsion System Would Hurl Hypervelocity Pellets at a Spacecraft to Speed it up
A new proposal for a pellet-beam spacecraft could enable interstellar missions and a Solar Gravitational Lens in a matter of…
Instead of Building Structures on Mars, we Could Grow Them With the Help of Bacteria
A new process that combines bacteria and lichen could "grow" bricks from Martian soil. The proposal selected for development by…
New Nuclear Rocket Design to Send Missions to Mars in Just 45 Days
NASA's Advanced Innovation Concepts (NAIC) program selected a new type of bimodal nuclear propulsion that could allow for missions to…
NASA’s Psyche Mission is Back on. It’ll Launch Towards its Metal Asteroid Target Later This Year
NASA’s Psyche mission is back on track for launch and is now scheduled for a potential October 2023 launch date,…
A Hybrid Fission/Fusion Reactor Could be the Best way to get Through the ice on Europa
A new proposal for a hybrid nuclear reactor could power missions to Europa, and was selected by NASA for Phase…
NASA’s Exoplanet Watch Wants Your Help Studying Planets Around Other Stars
NASA has launched Exoplanet Watch, a citizen science project that allows the public to help discover and study extrasolar planets!