NASA has found organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater on Mars. Is it just a matter of time before life is discovered on the red planet?
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Doomsday prophesies have never once come to pass, but they’ve never had science on their side like this before. Every year, the Earth completes an orbital revolution around the Sun, returning […]
You won’t notice much of a difference unless you’re north of the 55th parallel, though.
These ten ghostly astronomical sights house some deep-and-frightening scientific truths within them. With a huge suite of different observatories for viewing the Universe, innumerable details can be revealed. This ‘Godzilla’ asterism […]
There’s a big difference between evidence and wishful thinking. The story of how life arose on Earth is one of the great mysteries of modern science. We know, in many […]
In 1789, William Herschel discovered this unique moon around Saturn. 230 years later, its secrets are more promising than ever. Today marks the 230th anniversary of the discovery of Enceladus, one […]
Digging deeper into last week’s revelations about the Red Planet.
Researchers find out why some people believe utter BS.
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
“One small step for man” costs a lot of money. Who’s going to help pay the bill for the next bout of space exploration?
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LEGO folks built an actual, full-sized replica of the Bugatti Chiron—and drove it. What’s next, a Mars rover?
Not so long ago, we had better maps of Mars than of Antarctica. Now, Antarctica is the best-mapped continent in the world.
Mars will never look as big as the full Moon. But it isn’t even the biggest planet. From humanity’s perspective, the Sun and Moon always dominate Earth’s skies. The Moon and […]
NASA’s Michelle Thaller shares her prediction of what it will take to get people to Mars, including what role Elon Musk will play in that effort.
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From billions of miles away, a faint, single pixel shows us how precious and alone Earth truly is. There are people alive today who can remember a time where no human-made […]
Do not succumb to “funklessness”. Join us as we nerd out to a staggering degree on utopian afrofuturism, David Bowie, and the sci-fi-inflected music of the ‘70s. With Jason Heller, Hugo-award winning author of Strange Stars.
Gazing upon the red, blood Moon during totality is only part of the wonders awaiting you. On July 27, 2018, the longest total lunar eclipse of the century took place. Totality […]
A new medical imaging device uses technology developed by particle physicists to produce full-color, 3D images of the human body.
When asked if she’ll be ready for the 2033 mission, she replied, “Definitely.”
Can radiation in space limit human exploration? It’s a real challenge, explains NASA’s Michelle Thaller.
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Technology’s rapid advances may slow down, limiting our possibilities.
We may not find Klingons, but what we do find will blow our terrestrial minds.
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We aren’t lunarly exclusive. Earth has a few minimoons whizzing around us, including one that comes back into our orbit every 20 years or so.
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
Two massive clouds of dust in orbit around the Earth have been discussed for years and finally proven to exist.
We know that it’s ‘the red planet’ because of the iron in its soil. But why, with such a thin, carbon dioxide atmosphere, is the martian sky so red and bright? […]
Space may be enormous, but collisions are inevitable. Here’s what happens when they occur. The Universe as we know it has been around for nearly 14 billion years: plenty of time […]
If we restrict ourselves to looking for extraterrestrial life on Earth-like worlds, we might miss it entirely. When we think about life out there in the Universe, far beyond the […]
A new paper published in the journal American Psychologist shows how NASA is using personality research to learn what makes the best team of astronauts.