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AUG 29, 2017

Space & Astronomy

NASA's InSight Mission is Completing Assembly and Final Testing

NASA’s upcoming InSight mission will be the first of any to go to Mars to investigate the deep subsurface of the red planet. The goal is to learn mor

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2023

Space & Astronomy

NASA InSight Lander's Lasting Impact: New Understanding of Mars'...

While the batteries on NASA’s InSight lander officially ran out of juice in December 2022, scientists are still pouring over the droves of radio scie

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 01, 2019

Space & Astronomy

Mini Helicopter Designed for Martian Exploration Proves Itself...

When NASA’s Mars 2020 rover finally makes it to Mars, it’ll be tasked with more than just moving around on the red planet’s surface like

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2017

Space & Astronomy

Test Subjects Emerge From NASA's Hawaii-Based Mars-Like Habitat...

With only a few decades to come before NASA wants to start putting humankind on Mars to study it in person, the space agency is doing everything it can to

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2019

Space & Astronomy

Can We Prevent Phobos' Inevitable Demise?

Mars has two natural satellites: Deimos and Phobos; the latter orbits Mars closer than any other moon orbiting the other planets in the solar syste

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2018

Videos

The HI-SEAS Experiment Helped Humankind Prepare for Long-Term...

Sending astronauts to visit the Martian surface is a big deal, and we need to make sure we're prepared before moving forward with such an imm

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2016

Space & Astronomy

NASA's Curiosity Rover Found This Alien Egg-Shaped Mass on Mars'...

NASA’s Curiosity rover rolls about the red planet’s surface always looking for things out of the ordinary that might be of interest to NASA. It

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2016

Space & Astronomy

NASA Test-Fires Deep Space Rocket Engine Suitable for Mars

NASA bench-tested their new deep space travel rocket engine last week, an RS-25 engine, which would be perfect for future missions that might transport hum

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2024

Space & Astronomy

Perseverance Rover's 24th Sample Unveils Clues to Martian History

Did Mars once contain life, or even the building block for life? This is what NASA’s Perseverance (Percy) rover has been trying to determine ever sin

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 06, 2022

Space & Astronomy

Two Largest Marsquakes Recorded to Date FTW!

On November 26, 2018, NASA’s InSight Mars Lander touched down on the Red Planet with the purpose of studying the interior of Mars to learn more about

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 06, 2022

Space & Astronomy

New Evidence Suggests Ancient Northern Ocean on Red Planet

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a pair of researchers examined topographic maps via Mars orbital images to

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 23, 2019

Space & Astronomy

NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects More Methane Gas on Mars

When planetary scientists deploy space missions to explore other worlds in search of alien life, they often look for signatures that are known to exist her

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 22, 2021

Space & Astronomy

On Mars, the Perseverance Rover is Set to Acquire Its First Sample

Some of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover involve performing some scientific experiments. One of its missions is to try to find evidenc

Written by: Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2015

Videos

Up, Up, and Away...NASA test launches LDSD craft

It was a beautiful balloon that launched into the skies over Hawaii recently, carrying the LDSD, a flying saucer-like craft that NASA hopes to use as a Mar

Written by: Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 04, 2023

Space & Astronomy

There's Something in the Sky! Organic Matter in Meteorite Linked...

Space has the ultimate element of surprise: we never know what we will learn from it next. Space and the potential for life other than our own has fasc

Written by: Mandy Woods
NOV 20, 2017

Space & Astronomy

Upcoming MMX Mission Brings Us One Step Closer to Sampling Phobos

While several unanswered questions regarding Mars remain today, we could uncover many answers that we seek by studying the red planet’s moons: Deimos

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2019

Space & Astronomy

Scientists Validate the Curiosity Rover's 2013 Detection of Methane...

In 2013, NASA’s Curiosity Rover detected a spike of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere. It was particularly exciting news at the time because meth

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2016

Space & Astronomy

New Theory on the Lost Contact With the Beagle 2 Mars Probe

In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Martian surface, but the excitement came

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2020

Space & Astronomy

ExoMars Rover Launch Delayed Until 2022

2020 was expected to play host to a plethora of Martian missions, including the United States’ Mars 2020 rover, which was recently renamed to the Per

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2022

Space & Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope Looks at the Red Planet

NASA just released the first images and spectra of Mars taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The data was collected on September 5, 2022 and pro

Written by: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 15, 2016

Space & Astronomy

SpaceX is Reportedly Testing New Raptor Engine for Mars Travel

SpaceX is reportedly in the middle of testing a new type of engine rocket that could be utilized for Martian travel. As we know, SpaceX shares a common goa

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018

Videos

What You Need to Know About NASA's Upcoming InSight Mission

While we know a lot about the inside of the Earth, we can't really say the same about Mars. NASA hopes to change that with its InSight missio

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2021

Earth & The Environment

Icelandic sediment holds clues for early Martian climate

New research conducted by scientists from Rice University aims to investigate places on Mars that harbor similar geologic formations as were once on Earth.

Written by: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2022

Space & Astronomy

Perseverance's MOXIE Experiment Creates Oxygen on The Red Planet

In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discuss how MOXIE (Mars O

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 26, 2022

Space & Astronomy

Solar System Moons: Phobos and Deimos

While there are over 200 moons in our solar system, only three exist around the inner terrestrial planets, and two belong to the planet Mars. These two are

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 19, 2019

Space & Astronomy

The Science Behind the First Powered Flight on Another Planet

NASA’s upcoming Mars 2020 mission involves much more than just another land-based rover – it will also pioneer the very first powered f

Written by: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 20, 2022

Technology

Virtual reality & holograms will improve astronaut mental health...

Humans will be back on the Moon (Luna) within the next few years, and then on to Mars within the decade afterwards. We are destined to leave the confines o

Written by: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 23, 2015

Space & Astronomy

Thar She Goes!

For the first time in 2015, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted its roving buddy Curiosity on the Martian landscape, but the rover seems t

Written by: Brenda Kelley Kim