The UAE is the first Arab nation to send a spacecraft to the Red Planet.
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Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
Nobody actually knows what will come of AI. But we can console ourselves with the knowledge that nobody has ever really known anything about the future.
The results could help NASA’s Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars.
The space agency describes the process of landing rovers on Mars as “seven minutes of terror.”
The recently discovered Oort cloud comet, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, has the largest known nucleus: 119 km. Here’s what it could do to Earth.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
The helicopter’s sixth mission almost went down in disaster.
On Earth, microbial growth is common in lava tubes no matter the location and climate, whether it’s ice-volcano interactions in Iceland or hot, sand-floored lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.
Thou shalt not conclude “aliens” from insufficient data. When it comes to what’s out there in this Universe, perhaps the only thing that’s greater than our cosmic ignorance is the […]
A new study analyzed Martian glaciers to discover that the planet had numerous ice ages.
Asteroid collisions aren’t always bad.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will study many dangerous cosmic phenomena, knowledge of which may help save humanity.
We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.
In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
The discovery could help astronauts find better ways to grow food in space.
Cooperation was the first technology.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
2023 will see the launch of new rockets, the return of OSIRIS-REx, and a mission to Jupiter that could help us find extraterrestrial life.
The Hyperloop is physically possible, but engineering challenges will make its construction very difficult. Also, accidents would be catastrophic.
The answer may lie in the particular way sand forms on Titan.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
Does your father say “I love you,” or express it in another way?
Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.
It may be old tech, but it’s super-reliable.