Meanwhile, Curiosity Has Found Something Shiny On Mars
My precious… It’s always fun to browse through the raw image archive for any Mars mission. You see rocks, dust, more rocks and more dust, but then you see something strange, sitting atop the dirt that...
View ArticleVoyager 2 Has Left the (Interplanetary) Building
The NASA probe was launched in 1977 and has now joined its twin, Voyager 1, to begin a new chapter of interstellar discovery Carolyn Porco, planetary scientist and lead of the NASA Cassini mission...
View ArticleInSight Mars Lander Gets Used to Its New Digs, Snaps a Selfie
The NASA mission looks like it’s getting comfortable in Elysium Planitia. Like any self-respecting social media influencer, Mars’s latest resident is hard at work snapping photos of its new digs. The...
View ArticleHumanity Gains Another Foothold in Space
The private spaceflight company SpaceX has done it again, and this latest achievement is an important one. We space writers are very familiar with Elon Musk’s human spaceflight dreams that can be...
View ArticleTen Years Later: The Cosmos Remembers Brian the Bat
Gather ’round the campfire kids, it’s time to tell the sad story of a brave bat named Brian. On March 15, 2009, Twitter was days away from its third birthday, Ashton Kutcher was one month away from...
View ArticleHow Gaia Is Already Shaping Our Interstellar Adventures
The space telescope has refined the stellar flybys of the Voyager and Pioneer probes—how might it help us chart our way to the stars in the future? When looking up on a starry night, it can be...
View ArticleThere’s Something Massive Buried Under the Moon’s Far Side
And it’s likely the massive metallic corpse of an ancient asteroid It may be Earth’s only natural satellite and our closest alien world, but the Moon still hides a multitude of mysteries under its...
View ArticleTo Explore Space, Earth’s Environment Will Take One for the Team
The space exploration industry is booming, which is an encouraging sign for our future. But some pundits are arguing that rocket launches will exacerbate global warming. When so many people, especially...
View Article“Rolling Stones Rock” Is the Coolest Mars Rock That Ever Rolled
The legendary British rock band has been honored by NASA with a rock that the InSight lander rocket-blasted across the Red Planet’s surface last year. Those of you who frequently read my articles will...
View Article“Solitude” by Enceladus
Today’s digital palette cleanser is bought to you courtesy of Cassini and a small icy moon filled with intrigue. As we constantly check the news sites for updates on the minutia of our daily lives,...
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