University of Arizona
We've Seen a Helicopter on Mars. Next, Sailplanes?
The success of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter has encouraged engineers to consider and reconsider all options for remote aerial observations…
Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not be a Solid Chunk of Metal After All, but Another Rubble Pile
Asteroid 16 Psyche, often sensationally dubbed the 10,000 quadrillion dollar asteroid due to its composition of valuable metals, may not…
Space and Sustainability: How the Lessons of Biosphere 2 Inspired SAM²
Guided by the lessons of Biosphere 2 experiments, a team of experts is launching the Space Analog for the Moon…
No, a Dinosaur Skull Hasn’t Been Found on Mars: Why We See Familiar Looking Objects on the Red Planet
What is up with the fossils on Mars? Found - a dinosaur skull on Mars? Discovered - a rat, squirrel…
Bizarre Mars: Did Lava Bubbles Wrinkle This Giant Circle?
NASA is puzzled by this "enigmatic landform" caught on camera by one of its Mars orbiters, but looking around the…
It’s Complicated: Hubble Survey Finds Unexpected Diversity in Dusty Discs Around Nearby Stars
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of the debris disks…
If the Sun Were the Size of a Person, How Big Would an Asteroid Be?
I love anything that attempts to provide a sense of scale about the Solar System (see here and here for…
Martian Avalanches And Defrosting Dunes Among New Gorgeous HiRISE Images
As NASA's missions at the Red Planet age, it's so important not to take any of the pictures beamed back…
This Exoplanet Is Turning Planetary Formation Scenarios Upside Down
What the heck is that giant exoplanet doing so far away from its star? Astronomers are still trying to figure…
Skim Across Mars In Virtual Reality With These New Orbital Images
Stop what you're doing, grab the nearest 3-D glasses (red/blue type) you have available and then pretend you're hovering above…