Why most scientists don’t want us to believe in life on Mars
‘Is there life on Mars?,’ asked David Bowie, and would not stay for an answer. The astrobiologist Steven…
Meet the Moon Trees: Apollo 14 astronaut carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon in 1971 and now they are flourishing across America |
More than five decades ago, Apollo 14 carried an unusual payload into deep space when hundreds of tree…
This Is SpaceX’s Biggest Market, and It Might Surprise You (Spoiler Alert: It Has Nothing to Do With Space)
SpaceX is expected to go public in June in what will be the biggest initial public offering (IPO)…
Project Hail Mary: when apocalypse films get too optimistic
The recent blockbuster Project Hail Mary offers an unusual take on the end-of-the-world genre (spoilers forthcoming if you…
Will the future of work for Gen Z include space?
In some regards, young people are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the…
Researchers Mapped 30 Million Trips to the Moon. This One’s the Cheapest
As humanity seeks to expand its presence at and around the Moon, researchers have been hard at work…
NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters
For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper,…
Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space
A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between…
NASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concerns
A fungus pulled from NASA cleanrooms kept surviving tests that were meant to mimic nearly every stage of…
Laser-powered, ‘metajets’ could be the future of interstellar flight
Alpha Centauri sits more than four light-years away, close enough to fascinate generations of dreamers and far enough…
World-first metajet propulsion could enable Alpha Centauri missions
Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions of dollars and hundreds…
The moments from the Artemis II mission that are pulling at our heartstrings
Space travel has an unsurprisingly profound impact on the rare group of people who are lucky enough to…