Artist’s rendition of future astronauts and human settlements on Mars. Credit: NASA Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed exploration of Mars. These include the…
Category: Planetary Science
Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world
Psyche’s solar arrays convert light into electricity, providing the power for its four solar electric or “Hall-effect” thrusters. For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey…
‘A new lens’ into the universe’s most energetic particles
An example of a cosmic-ray extensive air shower recorded by the Subaru Telescope. The highlighted tracks, which are mostly aligned in similar directions, show the shower particles induced from a…
Quenched galaxies in the early universe
Color composite JWST NIRCam image of distant galaxy JADES-GS-z13-0 Recently, much attention has been given to massive, active galaxies discovered by the JWST in the early universe. But in contrast…
5 things to know about NASA’s deep space optical communications
NASA’s DSOC is composed of a flight laser transceiver attached to Psyche and a ground system that will send and receive laser signals. Clockwise from top left: the Psyche spacecraft…
A ‘ring of fire’ eclipse is coming. Here’s how to watch
Students gather to watch a solar eclipse from the CU Boulder campus in 2017. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder At about 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, Oct. 14, the moon…
Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Los Angeles was once the best place in the world to see the universe. The most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in…
Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off
A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket. A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club…
Virgin Galactic carries first Pakistani into space
Namira Salim during a press conference in Islamabad in 2006. Adventurer Namira Salim became the first Pakistani to travel into space on Friday, riding aboard Virgin Galactic’s fifth successful flight…
