Chinas Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency h… [+2993 chars]
This will likely come as a surprise to no one who has closely watched the development of NASAs next giant rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), but its going to be expensive to use. Like, really e… [+4285 chars]
The world’s most complete and well-preserved Triceratops skeleton is being assembled for display at the Melbourne Museum in Australia, according to a fascinating time-lapse video. Horridus, the spec… [+2361 chars]
Nearly 15 years after the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), the origin of the millisecond-long, deep-space cosmic explosions remains a mystery.That may soon change, thanks to the work of an inte… [+4291 chars]
THE Northern Lights are renowned as one of the most spectacular natural phenomenons on Earth. But how is the sky magically lit up by the spectrum of colours? Here is what we know. The Northern Ligh… [+4077 chars]
Chinas Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency h… [+2993 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be… [+6681 chars]
Most life on Earth can be broadly split into oxygen consumers and oxygen producers. This delicate balance of givers and takers keeps the concentration of oxygen in our planet's atmosphere around 21 … [+3820 chars]
If you were born after 1972, you’ve never seen something that was for a brief time in the late 1960s and early 1970s a relatively frequent event: a crewed lunar landing. Apollo 17 was the last such m… [+1195 chars]
At one time, Venus was considered a likely candidate for hosting life. But its late- discovered carbon dioxide atmosphere turned out to be very discouraging so researchers focused on Mars. However,… [+5200 chars]
At one time, Venus was considered a likely candidate for hosting life. But its late- discovered carbon dioxide atmosphere turned out to be very discouraging so researchers focused on Mars. However,… [+5200 chars]
3D view of the point in Earth’s mantle below Africa, shown in red, yellow, and orange. Cyan represents the main mantle boundary, blue indicates the surface, and transparent gray indicates the contine… [+4008 chars]
