2025 • Dec 18
NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars
Engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers. ...
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2025 • Dec 11
NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one
If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it's past time to send new missions. ...
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2025 • Nov 25
Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil
A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet
A rundown of what we know of the third extrasolar object we've identified. ...
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2025 • Nov 14
Tracking the winds that have turned Mars into a planet of dust
Tracking winds across Mars' surface and their association with dust storms. ...
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2025 • Nov 09
Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is counting down to launch of its second New Glenn rocket Sunday. ...
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2025 • Oct 09
One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo
"Damage is being done already. Even if funding is reinstated, we have already lost people." ...
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2025 • Sep 13
Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
"When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there's no way to turn them back on." ...
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