Specialized materials could passively control the internal temperature of space habitats
Areas of space have wildly different temperatures depending on whether they are directly in sunlight or not.
For example, temperatures on the Moon can range...
New study reveals Mars rocks that hold clues to ancient water and life
Rocks collected on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover could hold vital clues about the planet’s watery past and even the possibility of ancient life.
However,...
Scientists discover vast underground water on Mars
In an exciting discovery, scientists have found evidence of a massive underground reservoir of water on Mars.
This reservoir is so large that it could...
Mars rover finds element that’s essential to life
NASA’s one-ton rover, which for the past 12 years has been searching for the building blocks of life on Mars, has discovered something never...
Is our universe expanding as we thought? New study reveals the answer
For years, astronomers have debated how fast our universe is expanding—a key question that helps us understand the history and future of the cosmos.
This...
NASA tracks a black hole’s snack time
Scientists have made a major discovery about how and when a supermassive black hole consumes material, thanks to data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory,...
Mars could be terraformed using resources that are already there, shows study
The idea of terraforming Mars, making its atmosphere and environment more Earth-like for human settlement, goes back decades.
During that time, many proposed methods have...
Scientists discover signs of water on asteroid psyche, offering clues to solar system’s history
A team of scientists has found evidence of water on the surface of the asteroid Psyche, thanks to data from NASA's James Webb Space...
A hopper could explore over 150km of Triton’s surface in two years
Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, is one of the most biologically interesting places in the solar system.
Despite being hard to reach, it appears to have...
Mars has lots of water, but it’s out of reach
Mars was once wet, but now its surface is desiccated.
Its meagre atmosphere contains only a tiny trace amount of water vapour.
But new research says...