For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There’s the invasion by a
For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There’s the invasion by a
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a location nicknamed “Mont Musard” on Sept. 8, 2025. Made up of three images, the panorama also captures another region, “Lac de
Graphical abstract — Journal of the American Chemical Society Iron-rich minerals, such as hematite (α-Fe2O3), are prominent constituents of the Martian surface; they are considered to be potential indicators of
A notional future drone flying above the martian surface – Grok via Astrobiology.com NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) through the Mars Exploration Program (MEP) within the Planetary Science Division (PSD)
Select temporally averaged meridional mass streamfunctions taken from both tidally-locked (top row and bottom right) and exo-Earth-analogue (bottom left) atmospheric models. Panels in the left column show the (global) zonal
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Cassini spacecraft performing one of its many close flybys of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. By analyzing the Doppler shift of radio signals traveling to and
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Cassini spacecraft performing one of its many close flybys of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Representation of the molecular systems simulated by MD of PA (blue), EC (green) and AA(red) proteins at varying concentration. — Nature Communications via PubMed Protein diffusion, critical for cellular metabolism,
A looming planetary impact — Astrobiology.com Planetary impact events have profoundly influenced the origin of life and the habitability of Earth in both constructive and destructive ways. The constructive effects
A Rare Brown Dwarf: HIP 71618 B A New Giant Planet: HIP 54515 b — W. M. Keck Observatory and the Subaru Telescope. Astronomers using W. M. Keck






