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Here's how we could quickly raise temperatures on Mars

Multiple plans exist to explore Mars in the coming decades using robotic and crewed missions. The ultimate goal of these missions is to determine whether human beings could actually live there someday. This requires access ...

Honda to test renewable tech in space soon

Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the moon's surface, the Japanese carmaker announced Friday.

Image: A chance alignment in Lupus

The subject of today's NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. NGC 5530 is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus (The Wolf). This galaxy is classified ...

Hubble spots star cluster NGC 346

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is kicking off the celebrations with a new image of the star cluster NGC 346, featuring new data and processing techniques. ...

A mission that could reach Mercury on solar sails alone

Turns out, it's as tough to drop inward into the inner solar system, as it is to head outward. The problem stems from losing momentum from a launch starting point on Earth. It can take missions several years and planetary ...

Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration

The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study published in Device, researchers created solar cells made out of simulated moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, ...

Exploring Titan's icy hydrocarbon cycle

Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan have something important in common. Among all the objects in the solar system, they're the only two with liquids on their surfaces. There are parallels ...

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White dwarf and red dwarf duo emit radio pulses every two hours

An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio pulses. Thanks to observations with several telescopes, ...

NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come

NASA announced Tuesday the dismissal of its chief scientist and others to comply with orders from President Donald Trump, marking the latest in a series of administration actions undermining climate change research.

Video: Time lapse simulation of Hera's Mars flyby

On 12 March 2025, ESA's Hera spacecraft for planetary defense performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by months ...

NASA continues BioNutrients space-fermented food research

NASA's BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients that will be needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions.

Researchers develop glass sensors for the Einstein Telescope

From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made entirely of glass for the first ...