Mars making closest approach to Earth in 15 years
Now's the time to catch Mars in the night sky.
Space Exploration news
Jul 24, 2018
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Lockheed Martin gives first look into where astronauts may live on missions to deep space
A massive cylindrical habitat may one day house up to four astronauts as they make the trek to deep space.
The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century is coming on Friday: Here's what you need to know
The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century is coming up, and you don't want to miss it.
Sorry, Elon Musk, but it's now clear that colonising Mars is unlikely – and a bad idea
Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has a vision for colonising Mars, based on a big rocket, nuclear explosions and an infrastructure to transport millions of people there. This was seen as highly ambitious but technically ...
Mars terraforming not possible using present-day technology
Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another planet, in their stories. Scientists themselves have proposed terraforming to enable the long-term ...
Red planet and 'blood moon' pair up to dazzle skygazers
The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach in 15 years on Friday to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill.
Space probe to plunge into fiery corona of the sun
On August 11, NASA plans to launch Earth's first spacecraft to venture inside the orbits of Venus and Mercury to touch the very edge of the sun's fiery corona.
NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet
A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.
Radiation maps of Jupiter's moon Europa—key to future missions
New comprehensive mapping of the radiation pummeling Jupiter's icy moon Europa reveals where scientists should look—and how deep they'll have to go—when searching for signs of habitability and biosignatures.
Million-fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter's moon Ganymede
Listening to electromagnetic waves around the Earth, converted to sound, is almost like listening to singing and chirping birds at dawn with a crackling campfire nearby. Such waves are therefore called chorus waves. They ...
