Get To the Moon; Bring Back a Piece of Rock; Hand...
That is as simple and straightforward as it can be stated: get to the moon, bring back a piece of rock, hand it over...
NASA finds water deposit on Mars, the size of Lake Superior
Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found an ice deposit hidden beneath the surface of Mars, a report published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Oxford researchers aim to create robots to grow human skin
This month, biomedical researchers Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy and Andrew Carr published an article about using robots for regenerative medicine. The pair explains that robotics have...
Global warming unconventionally causing geological havoc
Recent discoveries have compelled scientists to believe that shifting glaciers may well result in earthquakes. There has been quite a buzz going on in...
NASA opens Katherine Johnson building at Langley Research Center
On Friday, NASA honored Katherine Johnson’s contributions to space exploration with the inauguration of a new building in her name at the Langley Research...
Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko has components of life, detects Rosetta
An important constituent of living beings which includes ingredients of DNA like protein glycine and phosphorous has been detected in the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
This give...
ESA’s Schiaparelli EDM lands on Mars to test new key landing...
Today October 19, 2016, the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) of the ExoMars project landed on Mars. The goal of the ExoMars...
U.S. officials warn of North Atlantic right whales’ extinction
Scientists in the United States warned last week about the impending extinction of the North Atlantic right whale. The animal population is decreasing at...
Seafloor ecosystem exposed in Antarctica to be explored by scientists
The British Antarctic Survey has released the first footage ever of the Larsen C’s big break and the birth of the A-68 iceberg as...
Lockheed Martin will turn Space Shuttle capsule into Mars habitat
Last week, Lockheed Martin announced that it would start Phase II of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) contract with NASA. This...