Pierogi packaged for consumption in space. In a first for space cuisine, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski…
A Hyper Velocity Star Found with an Exoplanet Hanging on for Dear Life
Hypervelocity stars have been seen before but NASA scientists have just identified a potential record-breaking exoplanet…
Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile
Only launched two months ago and still in the process of being commissioned for service, the…
Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
Finding alien life may have just got easier! If life does exist on other worlds in…
NASA Tests Drones to Provide Micrometeorology, Aid in Fire Response
In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new…
Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of…
Curiosity’s Other Important Job: Studying Martian Clouds
MSL Curiosity is primarily a rockhound. It’s at Gale Crater, examining the rocks there and on…
Giving NASA’s CADRE a Hand
One of three small lunar rovers that are part of a NASA technology demonstration called CADRE…
A Balloon With a Tether Could Explore Venus’ Surface
Venus is very variable. Its surface constantly changes from volcanic activity, and the difference between its…
How space explorers could grow habitats from…
Mycelium’s potential may go beyond structural materials, too. The Mycotecture Off Planet team says that mycelium could…