Even in our cosmic backyard, the Solar System, many questions remain open. On Venus there are formations similar to volcanoes, but it is not known if they are active. The surface of Mars suggests tha… [+4927 chars]
NASA recently conducted a presentation to announce the second round of Human Landing System choices, which will construct a second lunar lander to augment the SpaceX Lunar Starship, which would trans… [+4331 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance rover is moving across the surface of Mars faster than any rover before. In February the rover broke a 17-year-old record for the longest drive by a rover in a single Martian day,… [+2476 chars]
Europe’s dark matter investigation spacecraft, Euclid, is getting ready for its launch next year. Now it has reached a milestone with the joining of two of its major components: The payload and servi… [+2437 chars]
Sequencing the last 8% of the human genome has taken 20 years and the invention of new techniques for reading long sequences of the genetic code, which consists of the nucleotides C, T, G and A. The … [+14333 chars]
This week sees a close conjunction of Mars and Saturn before sunrise. getty Each Monday I pick out the northern hemispheres celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be… [+3211 chars]
NASA recently conducted a presentation to announce the second round of Human Landing System choices, which will construct a second lunar lander to augment the SpaceX Lunar Starship, which would trans… [+4331 chars]
Space scientists say they have identified the most distant star ever recorded. Astronomers made the discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope, operated by the American space agency NASA. Researcher… [+3509 chars]
Our solar system is a living, breathing universe. A sophisticated camera on NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a spacecraft orbiting the red planet discovered a recent impact site on the Martian surf… [+1619 chars]
By Rhythm Sachdeva Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Interplanetary spacecraft have returned hundreds of stunning photographs of Mars’ surface over the last 50 years,… [+2864 chars]
