Could Microbes Live in Martian Dust? Mission Designers Are Thinking Ahead for Red Planet Crews By Elizabeth Howell Could Mars have little microbes living in its dust?
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day By Hanneke Weitering The world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma treats astronomers to a starlit performance at the Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
Huge Amount of Water Ice Is Spotted on Mars (It Could Be Long-Lost Polar Ice Caps) By Meghan Bartels Scientists think they've stumbled on a new cache of water ice on Mars — and not just any ice but a layered mix of ice and sand representing the last traces of long-lost polar ice caps.
India Readies Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission for July Launch By Leonard David India is now gearing up for the July launch of Chandrayaan-2, a robotic lunar orbiter/lander/rover combo that is slated to touch down at a predetermined site close to the lunar south pole.
This NASA Experiment Shows Promise for Farm-Fresh Foods in Space By Elizabeth Howell On long space voyages, food variety will be key.
You Can Send Your Name to the Red Planet on NASA's Mars 2020 Rover By Mike Wall NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names for inclusion on microchips that will fly aboard the life-hunting Mars 2020 rover, which is scheduled to launch next summer.
Science As a Full Body Experience: Brian Greene On 2019 World Science Festival By Doris Elin Salazar The 2019 World Science Festival kicks off this week in New York City! Hear from its founder, Brian Greene.
Sen Launched 4K Video Cameras Into Space. Here's What They Saw. By Elizabeth Howell New video views of Earth show our planet in stunning high-definition, courtesy of a newly-launched 4K video-streaming platform.
This Weird Meteorite Crashed Through a Doghouse in Costa Rica. (The Dog's Fine) By Meghan Bartels Rocky was napping in a doghouse in Costa Rica on April 23 when a small meteorite punctured the roof. The dog was fine, but couldn't hope to match scientists' interest in fetching the stray meteorite.
NASA Puts Mars 2020 Rover's Space Ride to the Test (Photo) By Mike Wall Earlier this month, engineers put the Mars 2020 rover's fully assembled spacecraft through some tests at the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
In 2020, NASA Will Send Living Things to Deep Space for First Time Since Apollo By Mike Wall NASA is getting ready to launch living creatures to deep space for the first time in nearly five decades.
'Finding Our Place in the Universe' Details Quest for Earth's Supercluster: Author Q&A By Marcus Banks The newly translated book "Finding Our Place in the Universe" details how scientists discovered the vast supercluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way.
First-Ever Image of a Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Burst Shows Light Exploding Out of a Thundercloud in Asia By Brandon Specktor Researchers just created the world's first image of a terrestrial gamma-ray burst.
Scientists Reveal New Details of Dwarf Planet Haumea's Elusive Ring By Hanneke Weitering Haumea's ring is too faint to be seen from planet Earth, so astronomers have turned to context clues to find out more about these particles.
A Giant Hole in the Martian Atmosphere Is Venting All Its Water into Space By Rafi Letzter Why is Mars so dry? A new paper might have the explanation.
The Moon Has Two Faces. This Cosmic Crash May Be Why By Meghan Bartels Ours is a moon with two faces: The nearside boasts a thinner and smoother crust, the farside is dotted by impact craters left nearly undisturbed by lava flows.
Pluto Has a Buried Ocean — And So Might Many Other Worlds By Mike Wall Buried oceans like the one sloshing beneath the icy surface of the Jupiter moon Europa may be far more common across the cosmos than scientists had imagined.
How to Make Moon Water: Add Solar Wind, Tiny Meteorites, and Then Heat By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists may be one step closer to solving the mystery of water on the moon; the secret may lie in a synergistic interaction between the solar wind, micrometeorites and moon dust.
Next-Gen Megascope for Astronomy Taking Shape on Chilean Mountaintop By Mike Wall The Giant Magellan Telescope has notched some important milestones on its path to 'first light' in the mid-2020s.
Top Space Stories of the Week! By Doris Elin Salazar These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
