China’s Zhurong rover, which landed on Mars on May 14, has sent a new batch of images to Earth — including a “family photo” featuring the rover together with its rocket-powered landing platform posing for a camera on the rock-covered surface. From an epic panorama to … Read More
A new solar telescope in Hawaii has taken its first photo and video of the Sun. The images are the highest-resolution views of our star ever taken, revealing details on the Sun’s surface as small as 18 miles across. The … Read More
On Wednesday, NASA announced two new missions to Venus that will launch at the end of the decade to learn how Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor turned into a hellscape while our own thrived. “These two sister missions both aim to … Read More
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured a dramatic image last month of Curiosity ascending Mont Mercou, a landform on the slopes of the Red Planet’s 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp. The image was taken on April 18 by MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science … Read More
The China National Space Administration (CNSA), which runs the mission, has released two Mars photographs taken by the rover: one in color and one in black and white. Both images show parts of the rover and its lander against a backdrop of Utopia Planitia, … Read More
You can’t go to Mars (yet), but a new NASA 3D video of the Ingenuity helicopter’s dramatic third flight will make you feel like you’re there. To get the full effect, you’ll need some old-fashioned red and blue 3D glasses. The … Read More