Incredible Sneak Peek of Mars Landing Sent Back by NASA’s Perseverance Rover
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground….
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground….
Study shows super-Earths are not leftovers of mini-Neptunes, challenging our understanding of planetary formation. Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our…
A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth….
NASA’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s time to begin testing the health of…
The Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel The Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which was originally designed for the Dark Energy Survey, has captured one of the…
New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects. Published today…
A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond….
When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know whether they’ve found it? NASA’s Mars…
Updated models predict that NASA’s Perseverance rover will encounter more ancient surfaces. A Southwest Research Institute scientist has updated Mars chronology models to find that…
NASA astronaut Anne McClain is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts…
A unique “heart-shape,” with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant, the…
Analysis by University of Chicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings. A new analysis of ceramic chips embedded in meteorites suggests the formation…
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million…
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample. On Thursday, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch…
Astronomers have tested a method for reconstructing the state of the early Universe by applying it to 4000 simulated universes using the ATERUI II supercomputer…
New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object. It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub…
An international team of scientists has discovered planet formation in a star system younger than 500,000 years old. The find, published in Nature, is a…
New method for growing cyanobacteria under Mars-like conditions. NASA, in collaboration with other leading space agencies, aims to send its first human missions to Mars…