Continuing its campaign of Mars domination, Curiosity is blasting holes into Mars rocks with its laser -- for SCIENCE! Continue reading →
Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to orbit the Earth, is about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her historic mission -- but she now has even loftier dreams. Continue reading →
Hydrogen gas produced in a water-rock chemical reaction may be able to sustain life -- on both Earth and Mars. Continue reading →
It could have been the plucky tale of a lonely rover meeting an abandoned rodent on the Martian surface -- sadly, the 'Mars rat' was just a rock and will be ignored by Curiosity. Continue reading →
Although NASA's "Asteroid Initiative" has received early criticism, the technology developed to capture an asteroid could be applied to a future Mars sample return mission. Continue reading →
The JAXA telescope due to be launched later this year will watch with x-ray eyes to see how the solar wind eats away at the atmospheres of our neighboring planets. Continue reading →
When Curiosity was coasting through interplanetary space on its way to Mars, I doubt it considered the possibility that the landing site inside Gale Crater would be a pebbly beach -- almost. Continue reading →
Is it a rat? Or is it a rock? (It's a rock.) Continue reading →
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