Neptune Discovered a Year Ago Today*

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.
Her Campus

UW-MADISON MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FIND FLAW IN TESTING OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ROVERS ON EARTH

UW–Madison researchers have uncovered a flaw in the way that rover tests are evaluated on Earth, using computer simulation.

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

It's Official: Scientists Confirmed What Is Inside Our Moon

Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all. A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found ...
autoevolution

NASA Trying Out Unusual Way to Launch for Mars, Planet's Proximity No Longer a Factor

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the first to take a long and unusual route to planet Mars.
The News International

Blue Origin sends massive rocket twin NASA spacecraft towards Mars in landmark launch

The recent launch by Blue Origin, using its huge New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, was a complete success, carrying NASA’s twin ...

NASA goes on an ESCAPADE – twin small, low-cost orbiters will examine Mars’ atmosphere

The twin spacecraft Blue and Gold could open a new era in space exploration and planetary science, powered by commercial ...

Part of Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Backward. Scientists Just Figured Out Why.

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...
IFLScience

Blue Origin Mars Mission Scrubbed Due To "Cumulus Cloud Rule". Why Can't Rockets Fly Through Clouds?

Jeff Bezos's space firm was set to deliver two NASA spacecraft into space, ready for their onward journey to the Red Planet, ...
SETI Institute

The Hidden Ocean of Ariel: Tidal Forces and the Case for a Watery Past

What: New research suggests Uranus’s moon Ariel once hosted, or may still contain, a deep subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. Guests: Planetary scientist Dr. Ca ...