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Don’t Miss: Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, Red Giant Star Antares, and May Planets
SciTechDaily· 23 hours agoMars and Saturn tussle with the Moon, Mercury makes a brief a.m. appearance, East Coasters can see ...
Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes
SPACE.com· 14 hours agoThe Curiosity Mars rover has detected intriguing chemical evidence, in the form of anomalous amounts...
Peak solar activity sparks unprecedented ‘global auroras’ on Mars
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn Earth, it is rare to see auroras with equal ease from the equator and the poles as the planet’s...
NASA crew announced for simulated Mars mission next month
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe simulated mission to the Red Planet will take place at a habitat created at NASA's Johnson Space...
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it's a vital step to sending humans to the red ...
Phys.org· 4 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 ...
NASA Taps 9 Companies to Develop Commercial Mars Services
ExtremeTech· 20 hours agoIn the 50 years since the first robotic explorers landed on Mars, exploration of the red planet has been undertaken exclusively by government space programs ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for...
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoIts budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade to 2040. The mission would be the first to try to return rock ...
The Sky This Week from May 3 to 10: The Eta Aquariids’ time to shine
Astronomy Magazine· 1 day agoThe Moon moves down an early-morning line of planets while Eta Aquariid meteors streak through the...
Sun's chaotic peak triggers record-breaking 'global auroras' on Mars
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMars has had frequent planet-wide auroras in recent months, including an unprecedented trio of...
NASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
NASA· 5 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...