Here’s what NASA wants its Mars helicopter to do next
NASA has already made history with its Mars rover Ingenuity. The chopper’s first flight proved that powered aircraft are viable on Mars, while its second …
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Your next refrigerator or AC will be a lot different because of new laws
There’s no denying that mankind has dramatically altered Earth’s climate. What was once just a theory has now been cemented with evidence from all over …
How long are days on Venus? We finally know the answer
If you’re a space news fan you’ve no doubt read many stories about exoplanet discoveries. Oftentimes, announcements of new exoplanets are coupled with information about …
NASA simulated an asteroid headed for Earth and has bad news for us
In disaster movies, games, or TV shows where there is an asteroid headed for Earth, the news always comes as a shock. Depending on the …
The first Crew Dragon mission finally returns home
The four-person crew of the first formal Crew Dragon mission finally returned home in the early hours of Sunday morning, marking an end to an …
Mantis shrimp throw deadly punches just 9 days after birth
Baby animals are often adorable, but this belies the fact that many are born with some pretty intense survival skills. This is especially true for …
China’s space station launch might cost lives on the ground
You’ve probably seen the news this week that China successfully launched the first piece of what will become a brand new space station. The module …
NASA can’t let the Crew Dragon crew come home
The first formal crewed mission to the International Space Station using a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket was a historic achievement for …
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter refused to take its fourth flight
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter already completed the milestones that its team set forth for it. The three goals were fairly straightforward. First, it had to …
Scientists are pretending Hawaii is Mars
Humans have never traveled to another planet. We’ve visited Earth’s moon but despite sending rovers, orbiters, and probes to places like Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and …
China’s new space station is officially in orbit
For better or worse, the space race of the 1960s truly defined what nations would be major players in space exploration over the following decades. …
Now it’s time to see what the Mars helicopter can really do
Sending a helicopter to Mars is something that had never been done before NASA strapped one to the belly of the might Perseverance rover and …
Stinging wasps are so much more important than you realize – here’s why
Mother Nature is pretty good about eliminating anything that isn’t working correctly. With plants and animals, it’s called natural selection, and it ensures that every …
The International Space Station is surprisingly lush
You don’t become an astronaut in the hopes of getting to eat some really good food in space. The International Space Station, for example, isn’t …
China’s ‘Heavenly Harmony’ space station module is about to take off
The International Space Station is by far the most successful of all attempted space stations in history. It’s been continually manned for many years and …
We’re ruining Earth’s oceans one piece of plastic at a time
Humans have irreversibly altered Earth in many ways, but one of our longest-lasting legacies will always be our invention of plastics. Plastics are cheap, durable, …
Someone dumped 25,000 barrels of toxic DDT off the coast of California
In a discovery that underscores just how bad of a job humans do when it comes to preserving any environment they’re a part of, scientists …
The next Starship test flight is coming very soon
SpaceX is doing great. It’s continuing its agreements with NASA, regularly launching more and more of its own Starlink satellites, and routinely sending its reusable …
This is the best video of NASA’s Mars helicopter yet
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter has already accomplished a lot during its brief time on the Red Planet. It became the first manmade aircraft to sustain …
An asteroid hit Earth in 2018, and now we know where it came from
When a chunk of space rock makes it to the surface of Earth there’s always a question as to where it originated. Scientists have gotten …
Earth is wobbling, and it’s probably our fault
When you picture the Earth spinning in space you imagine it rotating just like a globe does, with two static poles and a line running …
NASA’s Mars helicopter took a photo, and it’s a beauty
NASA’s Mars helicopter has now logged multiple flights on the Red Planet, claiming a number of “firsts” along the way. The aircraft is officially the …
The SpaceX Crew Dragon had a near-miss with space junk
Space junk is a serious problem. I’ve written about this topic at length, and it’s only getting worse with time. Every satellite that dies in …
NASA’s Mars helicopter just took an extremely long flight
NASA is moving fast with its Ingenuity helicopter trials on Mars. In its first flight, the tiny aircraft took off, hovered, and landed in place. …
This star already blew its top, but it’s still here
Stars come in many shapes and sizes. Our Sun, for example, is massive compared to Earth, but it’s far from the largest or most impressive. …
We may be accidentally putting the brakes on evolution
Evolution is extremely important to the long-term survival of any species. Conditions in any habitat are constantly shifting and it’s up to the plants and …
Don’t feed the deer, wildlife officials warn
If you live in a rural area or even on the outskirts of a city where a greater variety of wild animals may find their …
A robot just made oxygen on Mars, which is a huge deal
Robots are a lot easier to send to other planets than humans are. For one, they don’t complain nearly as much. On top of that, …
NASA’s Mars helicopter just flew for the second time
When NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter took off for the first time on Mars on April 19th it was a history-making moment. No manmade spacecraft had ever …
NASA just shared new images of what its Gateway will look like
When NASA sent astronauts to the Moon decades ago it did so using a pretty straightforward approach. After being launched into space by a rocket, …
