NASA’s Perseverance rover has given us an otherworldly skywatching treat — the minuscule Mars moon Deimos, twinkling in the dusty Red Planet skies. “Skywatching is fun no matter where you are. I took this short time-lapse movie to watch for … Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, filed a complaint against NASA in federal court on Monday. The lawsuit is a response to Blue Origin’s claims that NASA gave Elon Musk’s SpaceX an unfair contract for a lunar lander … Read More
Can you spot the Mars rover in this view from NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter? Last week, while flying over the surface of Mars for the 11th time, the little helicopter caught a glimpse of its “mothership” — NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed … Read More
It has been nine long years since NASA’s Curiosity rover has been on Mars. The car-sized rover was launched in November 2011 and it touched down on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012. It has sent back enormous volumes … Read More
According to previous NASA statements, the drill hole is just one step of a sampling process that will take about 11 days in total, which should mean that if all goes well, the entire procedure will be completed just in … Read More
In 2017, a strangely shaped object whizzed past the Sun and Earth on a trajectory from beyond our Solar System, triggering wild speculation. Most scientists believe the cigar-shaped visitor, which measured less than a kilometer in length, was a comet … Read More