You don’t have to travel far for this one — we’re diving into the incredible planet you’re standing on right now. Earth is the only known world teeming with life,
You don’t have to travel far for this one — we’re diving into the incredible planet you’re standing on right now. Earth is the only known world teeming with life,
View larger. | Corals on Mars? NASA’s Curiosity rover used its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to photograph this small rock nicknamed Paposo on July 24, 2025 (Martian sol 4609).
Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most advanced technology pales in comparison to the power of nature’s own “cosmic magnifying glasses”—strong
Drill (a) and scoop (b) UAS sampling systems. — The Planetary Science Journal Unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) technology on Earth has become increasingly prevalent and accessible, and for extraterrestrial applications,
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Samuel Lellouch is an Assistant Professor in Digital Twinning at
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these enhanced-color renderings that use images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and
Ceres’s temperature evolution drives major interior events. – Depending on the extent of internal heating, a mid-sized (~500- to 1000-km radius) icy body such as Ceres may undergo differentiation and
(LEFT) Combined 130 s F350LP image of 3I/ATLAS showing diffuse asymmetric emission to the north west. (RIGHT) Same image contoured, with scale bar and direction arrows shown. The yellow and