solar system exploration
Should We Send Humans to Venus?
NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon with the Artemis missions in the next few years as…
Solar Sails Could Reach Mars in Just 26 Days
A recent study submitted to Acta Astronautica explores the potential for using aerographite solar sails for traveling to Mars and…
Interpreting Dune Patterns: Insights from Earth and Mars
A recent study published in the journal Geology attempts to interpret the patterns of dunes, which are sand mounds frequently…
Jupiter’s Moons Get the JWST Treatment
A pair of studies published in JGR: Planets and Science Advances discuss new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
Volcanic Hotspot Found on the Moon
A recent study published in Nature examines a volcanic hotspot that potentially exists beneath a feature on the Moon’s farside…
Psyche Mission Passes Independent Review Board with Flying Colors
An independently appointed review board recently announced that NASA, their Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the California Institute of Technology…
UK Professor Granted JWST Observation Time to Study Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere
A professor from Northumbria University in the North East region of England has been granted telescope time with NASA’s James…
The Clouds of Venus Could Support Life
A recent study published in Astrobiology examines the likelihood of the planet Venus being able to support life within the…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Taking “Message in a Bottle” to Jupiter
NASA believes in getting the public excited about space, and they’re carrying on this tradition by recently announcing that space…
Jupiter’s “Stripes” Change Color. Now We Might Know Why
While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most well-known spectacles in the solar system, Jupiter’s clouds and stripes…