Ingenuity Mars Helicopter spots Perseverance from above
Can you see NASA's newest rover in this picture from Jezero Crater?.....»»
Hubble spots an Earth-sized exoplanet just 22 light-years away
The Hubble Space Telescope has recently confirmed that a nearby planet, which is diminutive by exoplanet standards, is 1.07 times the size of Earth......»»
SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket
SpaceX is poised Saturday for the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the moon......»»
James Webb spots exoplanet with sand clouds and sulfur-filled skies
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed something intriguing about a gas giant exoplanet known as WASP-107b. The Neptune-like gas giant currently orbits a star … The post James Webb spots exoplanet with sand clouds and sulfur-filled skies a.....»»
A novel system for slip prevention in unmanned rovers
Given the hostile conditions of extraterrestrial environments, unmanned rovers play a critical role in the exploration of planets and moons. NASA's Mars and lunar exploration rovers have significantly contributed to our understanding of these extrate.....»»
NASA pauses Mars Sample Return mission due to ongoing budget issues
NASA’s iconic mission to bring back samples of Martian soil and rocks has gone awry. The space agency shared that the Mars Sample Return mission … The post NASA pauses Mars Sample Return mission due to ongoing budget issues appeared first on.....»»
Rainbow PUSH scorecard ranks automakers on diversity efforts
Stellantis and Nissan each moved up two spots in the rankings of automakers' efforts to improve diversity in employment, advertising, marketing, procurement, dealerships and philanthropy......»»
Organizations should prepare for the inevitability of cyberattacks on their infrastructure
Organizations reliance on technology has contributed to the fact that their attack surface has grown in size and complexity, according to Armis. Global organizations are facing an unprecedented level of cyber risk due to blind spots in their environm.....»»
ESA is testing a modular multipurpose rover that could be a science lab or a tiny bulldozer
Most rovers have been built for Mars, and each one of them is a complex machine designed with specific goals and terrains in mind. But the moon is different than Mars. We're not searching for life there; we're trying to establish a presence......»»
Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the moon still recognizable inside our planet?
Scientists have dated the birth of the solar system to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a "giant impact" collision between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia created the moon......»»
NASA stops speaking to its Mars robots, but they haven’t fallen out
A celestial event happening right now could corrupt commands sent from Earth to NASA's Mars rovers so the team is taking a break until the situation normalizes......»»
Heybike Mars 2.0 e-bike review: a foldable with a pegboard rack that lacks some features
At first, we had trouble distinguishing the Heybike Mars 2.0 from the Ranger S, but this comparable option has plenty of give and take in its foldable frame.Heybike Mars 2.0Heybike asked us to review the refreshed Mars 2.0 shortly after reviewing the.....»»
NASA"s Mars fleet will still conduct science while lying low
NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red Planet are on opposite sides of the sun. Called Mars solar conjunction, this phenomenon happens every two years. The missions pause becau.....»»
Open-source vulnerability disclosure: Exploitable weak spots
Flaws in the vulnerability disclosure process of open-source projects could be exploited by attackers to harvest the information needed to launch attacks before patches are made available, Aqua Security researchers worry. The risk arises from “.....»»
The Curiosity rover reaches a milestone on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover, which is currently exploring Mars' Gale Crater, recently marked an impressive milestone: 4,000 days on Mars......»»
How animals get their stripes and spots
Nature has no shortage of patterns, from spots on leopards to stripes on zebras and hexagons on boxfish. But a full explanation for how these patterns form has remained elusive......»»
How a Scientist and Cartoonist Envision Living on the Moon and Mars
In A City on Mars, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith imagine what it would really be like to live in space: thrilling and absolutely grueling......»»
NASA’s Mars helicopter just did something it’s never done before
NASA's Mars helicopter keeps breaking its own records, flying higher, further, and faster then ever before. But it recently set a brand new one......»»
NASA"s Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample, then dropped the pulverized rock into its belly for detai.....»»
Map of Mars shows the location of ice beneath the planet’s surface
A NASA project called Subsurface Water Ice Mapping or SWIM has released a new set of Mars maps, showing the locations of subsurface ice on the planet......»»
Saturday Citations: Mars limnology, phage immunology, quantum technology. Plus: The mushrooms are coming
This week, we reported on LIGO upgrades, parasitic fungi and a new analysis of Curiosity rover data. Also, did you know that viruses also attack bacteria? But at that scale, it's a lot less like catching a cold and a lot more like Harry Dean Stanton.....»»