NASA celebrated the new year on Mars, which happens on Dec. 26 — days before the Gregorian calendar changes over to 2023 on Earth.
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Can we save Mars robots from death by dust?
NASA's Mars Insight lander died a slow death by dust. Could anything have been done to save it?
Scientists are finally peering inside the sun's middle corona
Scientists are one step closer to solving a key mystery about the sun.
Astronomy 2023: Top Sky Watching Highlights for the Coming Year
Astronomy 2023 highlights include two fine solar eclipses, the Sun heading towards solar maximum, a series of spectacular lunar occultations and much more.
Light pollution damaging views of space for majority of large observatories, survey finds
Artificial light pollution from Earth is contaminating the skies over most major astronomical observatories, requiring immediate action to remedy, a team of international scientists has determined.
10 things we learned about aliens (or the lack thereof) in 2022
From investigating UFOs over Earth to using the most powerful telescope ever devised to peer into the atmosphere of alien worlds, 2022 has been a banner year in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Manfrotto Element MII tripod review
The Manfrotto Element MII has everything you could want in a sturdy yet lightweight tripod, all at an affordable price.
This Asteroid Launcher simulator lets you destroy your hometown — or anywhere else
Asteroid Launcher, a new web app that gives asteroid impact fanatics a shot at answering some of their questions on what an asteroid crash would be like.
See Saturn near the moon in a late Christmas gift in the night sky tonight (Dec. 26)
The moon will visit Saturn for the last time of 2022 on Monday (Dec. 26) in a parting Christmas gift in a twilight conjunction that will disappear from view before night sets in.
Despite the low air Pressure, Wind Turbines Might Actually Work on Mars
Mars might not be the first place you would think of when thinking about where wind power might be useful. It has dust storms similar in scale to anything that the Earth can muster, and they’ve been responsible for the death of lots of the technology we’ve sent to the Red planet over the years. However, the strength of those storms is only enough to lift some dust particles into the air, which eventually shrouds that technology’s solar panels. Scientists have thought that it doesn’t really have enough oomph to be useful for anything. However, a new paper calls that assumption into question and shows that wind power could be useful on Mars.
NASA Makes Asteroid Defense a Priority, Moving its NEO Surveyor Mission Into the Development Phase
There’s an old adage in the engineering field – what gets funded gets built. So it’s sure to be a happy time over at the Planetary Society, as NEO Surveyor, the project the organization has primarily supported over the past few years, has made it through NASA’s grueling budgetary process to reach the “development” stage, with an eye for a launch of the system in 2028.
Lightweight Picogram-Scale Probes Could be the Best way to Explore Other Star Systems
Inspiration for space exploration can come from all corners. One of the most inspiring, or terrifying, sources of inspiration for some in space exploration came from computer science expert John von Neumann, who laid out a framework for self-replicating machines in a series of lectures he gave in 1948. Ever since then, scientists and engineers have been debating the advantages, and the perils, of such a system.
Unwrap the alien magic of 'Avatar: The Way of Water' in this lush concept art book
DK Publishing has released the new companion book "The Art of Avatar: The Way of Water" to the smash hit sci-fi film.
Rock glaciers on Earth may help us prepare for water-seeking missions on Mars
We know very little about Mars rock glaciers, but scientists do suspect that they may hold significant amounts of water.
Winter on Mars looks beautiful in this festive NASA video
NASA is making the case for a "winter wonderland" on Mars in a new video from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
See the Christmas moon and 4 planets align as Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Venus offer a holiday treat this week!
The Christmas moon lines up with four bright planets in a celestial holiday treat this week.
Recreated 'Blue Marble' photo of Earth tests powerful new climate model
A new climate simulation program has successfully recreated a living, swirling version of the famous 1972 "Blue Marble" photo taken by Apollo 17 astronauts.
Watch an epic Christmas tree launch for the holidays by DIY 'Rocket-tree' makers (videos)
Engineer and YouTuber Xyla Foxlin and DIY rocket maker Joe Barnard of BPS.space teamed up to launch Christmas tree from the California desert this year.
Getting Started with Your New Telescope
How to start out right with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it up, and things you can start finding with it in tonight's sky.
The Universe is Brighter Than we Thought
Over seven years ago, the New Horizons mission made history when it became the first spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Pluto. In the leadup to this encounter, the spacecraft provided updated data and images of many objects in the inner and outer Solar System. Once beyond the orbit of Pluto and its moons, it embarked on a new mission: to make the first encounter with a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). This historic flyby occurred about four years ago (Dec. 31st, 2015) when New Horizons zipped past Arrokoth (aka. 2014 MU69).
Rick and Morty plunge into pit of Lovecraftian horror in new comic miniseries
Oni Press releases a new horror-saturated miniseries, "Rick and Morty vs Cthulhu #1."
