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Space dust fossils are providing a new window onto Earth’s past
by Caleb Davies To be a meteorite hunter means to search for the unutterably rare. On any given patch of land the size of Wales, an average of two olive-sized space...
Schoolgirls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said on Monday.
Meet Perseverance, JPL's newest Mars rover
Perseverance, NASA's newest Mars rover, is living up to its name. It has already survived a hurdle no previous rover has had to face: a global pandemic.
Explore how space supports daily life around the world
Did you know that ESA works with businesses, non-profit organisations and policy-makers to improve life on Earth? We have launched a new interactive tool that you can use to explore...
Flight over the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing site
Video: 00:01:47 This video shows Jezero crater, the landing site of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the Red Planet, based on images from ESA’s Mars Express mission. The planned landing...
Studying radioactive aluminum in stellar systems unlocks formation secrets
An international team of astronomers including Stella Offner of the University of Texas at Austin has proposed a new method for the formation of aluminum-26 in star systems that are...
New evidence for fragmentation of energy release in solar flares
Type III radio bursts from the sun are signatures of energetic (∼1–100 keV) electrons, accelerated at the reconnection sites, propagating upward through the corona into the interplanetary medium along open...
New method determines planetary regolith thermal conductivity
A new analytic model for calculating the effective thermal conductivity of planetary regolith allows scientists to better understand the connections between the physical and thermal properties of planetary surfaces and...
Op-Ed: Going to Mars in a time of pandemic
To travel to another planet and put a rover on its surface now feels like a rebuke to the powerlessness we feel here at home.
Return of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars
Image: Return of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars
To rehearse Perseverance’s mission, scientists pretended to be a Mars rover
Megan Barrington watched the sun rise over the rocky outcrop. When light struck at exactly the right angle, she mounted a gizmo that looked like eye exam equipment on a tripod and...
Astronauts in training
Image: ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Thomas Pesquet train for their upcoming missions to the International Space Station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA.A refresher for Thomas and a first for...
Airbus to build 'first interplanetary cargo ship'
The European aerospace company will make a huge satellite to bring Mars rocks back to Earth.
Life on Mars? Canada lends hand to snag pieces of Mars on new mission set to launch Thursday
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is set to blast off on Thursday, and Canada is playing a vital role in its mission.
Famous birthdays for July 29: Wil Wheaton, Dak Prescott
Actor Wil Wheaton turns 48 and NFL quarterback Dak Prescott turns 27, among the famous birthdays for July 29.
Make a socially distanced day trip to this dreamy sculpture exhibit in Corona del Mar
Viewed in the midst of a pandemic, this art-filled garden in Corona del Mar provides a sense of calm. It's the perfect afternoon getaway you could use right now.
Mars rover to pave way for rock sample return, human travel
Ahead of Thursday's planned Mars rover launch from Florida, NASA officials and scientists spent Tuesday highlighting major science objectives that have an eye on future space travel.
Bringing Mars back to Earth
An audacious mission to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is about to begin - find our more with our illustrated guide
A plunge in incoming sunlight may have triggered 'Snowball Earths'
At least twice in Earth's history, nearly the entire planet was encased in a sheet of snow and ice. These dramatic "Snowball Earth" events occurred in quick succession, somewhere around...
AMC Theaters, Universal Pictures deal could shorten theatrical window to 3 weeks
AMC Theaters and Universal Pictures reached a deal allowing the studio's films to become available on demand 17 days after they premiere in theaters, the companies announced Tuesday.
Sony’s long-awaited A7S III is built for shooting high-res video in the dark
Sony's A7S III got some slight design tweaks from its previous version. (Sony /)Since its debut back in 2014, Sony has built its A7S line of cameras specifically for absurd low-light performance. This...
12 stunning images from past Mars missions
An artist’s rendering of Perseverance on Mars (NASA/)Nestled in the nose cone of the Atlas V rocket, NASA’s Perseverance will take to space this week. The newest Mars rover has...
Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior
Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able to see themselves floating weightless against the backdrop of the Earth below while 16 cameras document the adventures,...
Mars 2020 rover paves way for rock sample return
The new Mars rover set for launch on Thursday in Florida kicks off an effort that will take at least 10 years to bring rock samples back to Earth.
Astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars
Although no life has been detected on the Martian surface, a new study from astrophysicist and research scientist finds that conditions below the surface could potentially support it.
Look: Blackpink to release first full-length album Oct. 2
K-pop stars Blackpink shared a teaser poster and release date for "The Album," their debut studio album.
Quest advances to recreate sun's energy on earth
Fourteen years after receiving the official go-ahead, scientists on Tuesday began assembling a giant machine in southern France designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the process which powers the sun,...
Astronomers spot dense cloud feeding pair of young stars
Astronomers have for the first time observed a conveyor belt-like streamer from a dense molecular cloud fueling the growth of a young binary star system.