NASA
Martian Atmosphere Loss Explained by NASA
Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian atmosphere into space, a process that may have turned Mars from a blue world early in its history into the red planet that we see today. In 2014, NASA's MAVEN orbiter...
Financial Times
The billionaire space race
John Thornhill investigates whether big government or big business will fund the future of space exploration.
Next Animation Studio
Emirates spacecraft to study Venus, grab sample from asteroid
The United Arab Emirates plans to send a probe to study one hot planet and seven asteroids before landing on an asteroid.
AllTime 10s
10 Greatest Space Conspiracies
Was the moon landing faked? Is the earth flat? Someone out there certainly thinks so. True, false, or somewhere in betwee, here are the 10 Greatest Space Conspiracies.
NASA
Searching for Signs of Life on Mars
ESA's (The European Space Agency) ExoMars rover is headed to the red planet in 2020, on a mission to search for signs of past or present life. One of its primary tools in this endeavor is MOMA, the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer. MOMA is...
NASA
NASA | Alien Atmospheres
Since the early 1990's, astronomers have known that extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," orbit stars light-years beyond our own solar system. Although most exoplanets are too distant to be directly imaged, detailed studies have been made...
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Lockheed Martin unveils concept designs for Mars Base Camp
Space engineering giant Lockheed Martin has released the concept design for a base camp that will orbit Mars. The company unveiled its Mars Base Camp design at the Humans to Mars conference on May 18 in Washington, D.C., with hopes that...
AllTime 10s
10 Things NASA Doesn't Want You To Know
When it comes to NASA, things are bound to get a little out of this world. Alltime10s brings you some weird claims and historical abnormalities about the world's most famous space program.
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NASA | Muppet Lola and NASA Engineers Promote Science Education in Latin America
Lola, a Muppet from Plaza Sésamo, partnered with NASA engineers Sandra Cauffman (Goddard Space Flight Center) and Diana Trujillo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) at an event with the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss early...
Next Animation Studio
Elon Musk shares images of Mars-bound rocket, Starship
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared new images of a Starship prototype.
Next Animation Studio
NASA unveils plans for post-Shuttle spacecraft
NASA has announced plans for its next-generation spacecraft, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The MPCV is based on designs for the Orion, a capsule originally planned for the Constellation program that would have sent astronauts to the...
NASA
NASA | Observing Comet Siding Spring at Mars
Follow Comet Siding Spring at #MarsComet On October 19, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 88,000 miles of Mars – just one third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon! Traveling at 33 miles per second and weighing as much as a...
Vlogbrothers
They Say it Gets Colder
The thing to remember here is that finding life on another planet tells us one of very two things...and we will be able to figure out which thing pretty quickly. Either: 1. The life will contain clear signals that it is related to life...
Next Animation Studio
Fusion rocket engines speed trip to Mars
Fusion rocket engines could take a manned crew to Mars in 30 to 90 days, NASA-funded scientists at the University of Washington say. The scientists are building a fusion-driven rocket system that pulses at a rate of one blast per minute,...
Next Animation Studio
UAE to build Mars training city on Earth
The United Arab Emirates is planning to build a Mars training city here on Earth.
Next Animation Studio
China set to be the first nation to land Mars rover on first attempt
The Chinese National Space Administration, or CNSA, says its Tianwen-1 orbiter will release its Zhurong Mars rover on 17 May. The orbiter arrived in Mars orbit on 24 February, carrying with it the rover and its landing cradle. The lander...
NASA
NASA | Mars' Ancient Ocean
Mars bears ample evidence of a wet past, but scientists debate just how much water the planet has lost over time. Now, isotopic measurements by researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reveal that an ocean covered approximately...
NASA
NASA | Mars Atmosphere Loss: Plasma Processes
Mars's thick early atmosphere was likely lost to space, and the Sun is a potential culprit. When high-energy solar photons strike the upper Martian atmosphere they can ionize gas molecules, causing the atmosphere to erode over time.
NASA
Explore Mars' Jezero Crater with NASA’s Perseverance Rover
This guided tour of Mars' Jezero Crater from NASA’s Perseverance rover provides a glimpse of the Martian landscape from the rover's highest vantage point yet in the “Séítah” region. Perseverance Project Scientist Ken Farley points out...
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NASA | Need To Know: Sample Analysis at Mars Findings
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM) on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the first time, organic matter has definitively been detected on Mars. In addition to finding organic compounds in rocks,...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Formation Time of Mega Basins on Mars: Podcast
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on April 26, 2017.
Curated Video
Pareidolia: The Phenomenon of Seeing Faces Everywhere
This video explores the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia, where our brains perceive patterns and faces in random stimuli. It explains how pareidolia is responsible for seeing faces in objects, such as car grilles, and even...
Curated Video
Use the Morph Animation Effect in PowerPoint
The Morph animation or transition effect is an incredibly powerful and useful feature now available in Microsoft PowerPoint if you are an Office 365 subscriber. In this tutorial I show you a quick and simple presentation that was put...