Testing a robot that could drill into Europa and Enceladus
Europa and Enceladus are two ocean moons that scientists have concluded have liquid water oceans…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no…
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
The orbiters that carried the radar hardware, along with one or two others, have been…
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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024.…
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
A shoreline transformed? The huge area covered by these mounds gives a sense of just…
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
"The samples that we have taken by Perseverance actually predate—they are older than any of…