Search results
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it's a vital step to sending humans to the red...
Phys.org· 5 days agoIn brief, the ambitious plan was to collect rock samples cached inside containers by NASA's Perseverance rover and deliver them to laboratories on Earth. Perseverance has been exploring Mars ...
Enceladus's Fault Lines are Responsible for its Plumes
Universe Today· 4 days agoFrom our Earthbound viewpoint, an ice-covered moon orbiting a gas giant far from the Sun can seem...
Near-Earth asteroid traced to huge crater on Moon
KTBS Shreveport· 6 days agoA near-Earth asteroid has been traced to a huge crater on the Moon. Space rock 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, is thought to have been blasted off...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it
San Mateo Daily Journal· 2 days agoThe Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. The Eta Aquarids...
Astronomers map 8,000 kph winds on a giant alien exoplanet
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlthough Jupiter's clouds are made of water droplets at lower levels and ammonia ice at high...
The strange case of methane on Mars: Possible new answers
EarthSky· 3 days agoOn Mars, methane has only been discovered in Gale crater, and its origins are unknown. The Curiosity...
NASA scientists gear up for solar storms at Mars
Phys.org· 6 days agoIn the months ahead, two of NASA's Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares—giant explosions on the sun's surface—could affect robots and future astronauts ...
NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success
KTLA-TV Los Angeles· 5 days agoNASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development ...
Enceladus spills its guts through strike–slip motion
Phys.org· 5 days agoAt Enceladus's south pole, a large number of jets spray icy particles out from a set of jagged, 150-kilometer-long faults—known as the tiger-stripe faults—and this ejected material coalesces ...
New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Phys.org· 4 days agoA research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that ...
