NASA and crowdsourcing platform HeroX have launched a $30,000 challenge to find better ways to analyze data on… MarsThe possibility of hosting life. The deadline for submitting your application is A… [+3177 chars]
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of the area in front of it using its onboard Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera A. This image was acquired on February 25, 2022 (Sol 362) at the loc… [+3921 chars]
Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana. The researchers concluded the ancient creature lived millions of years… [+2597 chars]
The race for space has been quietly escalating in parallel with the geopolitical competition unfolding here on Earth. China, for example, has made great strides in its space programs and is looking t… [+6386 chars]
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Mars, has discovered an intriguing rock formation in the shape of a flower. The tiny object, smaller than a penny, was imaged by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens… [+2055 chars]
A research team led by the University of Pennsylvania has recently described a new species of softshell turtle (Hutchemys walkerorum) that lived in North Dakota at the end of the Cretaceous Period, a… [+2040 chars]
Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch pr… [+8495 chars]
You can watch a big asteroid make a safe flyby of Earth today (March 13) from any spot with good internet access. Weather permitting, the Virtual Telescope Project will livestream telescope views of… [+2462 chars]
The Moon is a pretty peculiar space object. Not only that it gives us the creeps sometimes when it shows on the night sky in its full phase, or it can regulate the Earth’s wobble on its own axis, the… [+1532 chars]
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Mars, has discovered an intriguing rock formation in the shape of a flower. The tiny object, smaller than a penny, was imaged by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens… [+2055 chars]
Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch pr… [+8495 chars]
Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch pr… [+8495 chars]