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After Months of Glitches and Gradual Fixes, Voyager 1 Is Fully Operational Once Again
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 hours agoAfter a technical malfunction late last year rendered all of its subsequent readings as useless, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft—which has spent nearly a half-century in space—has ...
'Once-in-a-lifetime' nova explosion will bring new star to night sky, NASA says
ABC7 News· 5 days agoAstronomers are expecting a "new star" to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September...
Ed Stone, JPL director and top scientist on Voyager mission, dies at 88
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoEd Stone, the scientist who guided NASA’s breakthrough Voyager mission to the outer planets for 50...
Radiation could pose challenge to putting people on Mars
The Hill· 2 days agoA record-setting solar storm made the aurora borealis visible as far south as North Carolina,...
A Giant Interstellar Cloud May Have Once Enveloped Earth, Potentially Causing Ice Ages
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoFor a long period ending only about 12,000 years ago, our planet withstood a series of harsh ice...
Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGJ 3470b, on the other hand, follows a path inclined by 89 degrees to the rotational axis of its...
Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet
SPACE.com· 4 days agoThe meteorites indicate Mars has an atmospherically altered upper crust as well as a complex deeper crust; they also suggest it has a mantle from which plumes emerge through the crust to produce ...
A Mysterious Hole on Mars May Be a Gateway to Ancient Life—and the Future of Humanity
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 4 days agoBut there are some areas that might be a little bit friendlier than others. Take...Mons, one of the...
Remember the northern lights last month? See how that solar storm impacted Mars’ surface
USA Today· 5 days agoEarth has been treated to a handful of dazzling light shows in the skies recently, including last...
Water frost found on Mars' volcanoes in 'significant first,' scientists say
FOX 7 Austin· 5 days agoA team of scientists has detected patches of water frost on Mars’ tallest volcanoes, challenging...