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What Would It Take to Land on Mercury? It's Time to Find Out, Scientists Say
August 30, 2018 | ArticleMercury has been devoid of human-built companions since April 2015, and while the next spacecraft bound for the innermost planet launches in October, it won't arrive until 2025.
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Laser Experiment Helps Unravel Mystery of Antimatter
August 29, 2018 | ArticleAn innovative laser experiment from the CERN lab in Switzerland has brought physicists one step closer to understanding mysterious antimatter.
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US Military Aims to Launch Cheap New 'Blackjack' Spy Satellites in 2021
August 28, 2018 | ArticleThe U.S. military's spy-satellite network will get a serious makeover in the next few years, if all goes according to plan.
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How Do You Build on the Moon? Start with Lunar Dust
August 27, 2018 | ArticleTo learn how to build with moon dust, researchers are turning to volcanic powder here on Earth.
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How Canadian Technology Could Protect Space Force Troops
August 26, 2018 | ArticleU.S. Vice-President Mike Pence has announced that the United States plans to establish a "Space Force." President Donald Trump endorsed the announcement in a follow-up tweet.
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New NASA VR Apps Let You Take Space Selfies and Visit Strange New Worlds
August 24, 2018 | ArticleNew virtual reality apps from NASA let users take space selfies and visit a cool star system that has seven Earth-size exoplanets.
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Asteroid Billiards: This Wild Idea to Protect Earth Just Might Work
August 24, 2018 | ArticleResearchers are proposing to add a new arrow to our planetary-defense quiver: steering small, benign near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) into big and dangerous ones, in a dramatic and high-stakes game of cosmic billiards.
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NASA Will Launch a Laser Into Space Next Month to Track Earth’s Melting Ice
August 23, 2018 | ArticleNASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth's changing ice sheets.
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New Telescope Chases the Mysteries of Radio Flashes and Dark Energy
August 23, 2018 | ArticleIt's an interferometer array that will be made up of 1024 6-metre dishes. Interferometer arrays are really cool because they combine signals from many telescopes to provide the resolution of a larger telescope.
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To Visit Distant Planets, Spacecraft May Need Better Computer Brains
August 23, 2018 | ArticleBefore robotic probes can land on alien worlds far from human influence and perform other ambitious deep-space feats, their brains will need to level up.
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