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Microbes are Evolving that Thrive in Spacecraft Cleanrooms
Spacecraft are expensive and intricately engineered machines designed to perform complex missions in harsh space environments.…
Martian Resource Potential and Challenges for Future Human Activities
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc May 13, 2025 What steps can be taken to enhance in-situ resource…
Why Don’t Titan’s Seas Have Deltas?
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, looks more Earth-like on its surface than any other place…
Using Shape Memory Alloys To Navigate Underground Spaces
Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) is becoming increasingly common in space exploration applications. It has primarily been…
Methane is the Key to Understanding Titan
Saturn’s moon Titan is the only other body in the Solar System with weather similar to…
There’s No Simple Origin Story for Long Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful phenomena in the Universe. First detected during the Cold…
The Small Magellanic Cloud is Being Pulled in Different Directions
The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of our closest galactic neighbours. It’s a dwarf irregular galaxy…
There are Planets Forming in the Center of the Milky Way
Protoplanetary disks are cosmic nurseries where new planets are born out of swirling rings of gas…
First visible-light aurora on Mars detected from the surface
NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a visible aurora from the surface of Mars for the first…