The planet Mars is calling to us. At least, that is the impression one gets when examining all the planned and proposed missions to the Red Planet in the coming decade. With so many space agencies currently sending missions there to characterize its environment, atmosphere, and geological history, it seems likely that crewed missions are right around the corner. In fact, both NASA and China have made it clear that they intend to send missions to Mars by the early 2030s that will culminate in the creation of surface habitats.
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NASA picks new experiments for commercial delivery to moon in 2026
Privately developed spacecraft will carry a new suite of science gear to the moon in 2026 to support NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program.
Over 100 hidden asteroids detected thanks to new algorithm studying old telescope data
Researchers using an innovative astrodynamics algorithm have uncovered over 100 asteroids that had gone undetected in archived images of the sky.
The 'supermoon' season of 2022 continues with the Full Strawberry Moon on June 14
The Full Strawberry Moon of June 14 may appear ever-so-slightly bigger and brighter than usual when it rises this month, making it a "supermoon."
See the new trailer 'Star Wars Jedi: Survivor' coming in 2023
Avid video gamers hunting for immersive diversions in the galaxy far, far away were rewarded with a first look at the "Star Wars Jedi: Survivor" game.
The Early Solar System was Total Mayhem
There’s no question that young solar systems are chaotic places. Cascading collisions defined our young Solar System as rocks, boulders, and planetesimals repeatedly collided. A new study based on chunks of asteroids that crashed into Earth puts a timeline to some of that chaos.
See All Naked Eye Planets This Month… in Order
June 2022 offers early risers the chance to trace out the naked eye planets, from Mercury to Saturn.
What's it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues.
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn's moon Titan?
Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live NS-21 mission updates
Blue Origin will launch 6 passengers on the NS-21 space tourism mission on June 4, 2022. Here are live updates of the launch.
New, extremely reactive chemical discovered in the atmosphere
Millions of tons of a type of extremely reactive chemical can form in the atmosphere each year, with implications for health and the global climate.
World Environment Day: ESA supports shift to a greener world
Celebrated each year on 5 June, World Environment Day focuses on awareness of environmental challenges and action to protect planet Earth. Take a look at five ESA-supported projects that use satellite data and services to address specific environmental problems.
Dress to impress: US Space Force releases new grooming and uniform guidelines
The U.S. Space Force has just outlined new grooming and uniform policies for members of the service, who are known as Guardians.
Jupiter is a whirling world in stunning (and woozy) footage from Juno spacecraft
Hang on tight as you watch this new footage of Jupiter. This sped-up view shows the perspective of NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew above the gas giant on April 9.
Monument to NASA's fallen Apollo 1 crew dedicated at national cemetery
A monument now stands at Arlington National Cemetery in memory of the Apollo 1 crew, the first astronauts to die in their spacecraft, 55 years after the fire took their lives.
Monster black holes may have murdered their host galaxies in the early universe
A study of a sample of galaxies that existed up to 12.5 billion years ago has provided further evidence that radiation from active supermassive black holes suppresses star formation.
Chinese astronaut gives hair-washing demonstration in space (video)
Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping shows how she kept her hair clean while aboard the Tianhe space station module.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 3 – 11
For three nights running, the waxing Moon will pose equidistant from the two brightest stars of Leo. The Cassiopeia W lies exactly level in the north. And for that to happen, Kochab has to be straight above Polaris.
Earth from Space: Puglia, Italy
Part of Puglia, or Apulia, a region in southern Italy, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Astronomers Find 116,000 New Variable Stars
What do two guys from Ohio, the GAIA mission, a worldwide network of ground-based telescopes, machine learning, and citizen scientists all have to do with each other? Thanks to this interesting combo of people and computers, astronomers now have more than 116,000 new variable stars to study. Until now, they knew of about 46,000 of these stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. They had observed maybe 10,000 or so in other galaxies. The discovery gives astronomers even more chances to study variables and understand why they behave the way they do.
Objects That Share the Same Orbit are Common in the Solar System. But we’ve Never Seen co-Orbital Exoplanets. Why?
“Where are all the Trojans” is a question valid in both the study of ancient history and the study of exoplanets. Trojan bodies, which share orbital paths with other, larger planets, are prevalent in our solar system – most obviously in the Trojan asteroids that follow Jupiter around on its orbital path. However, they seem absent from any star system found with exoplanets. Now, a team of researchers from the SETI Institute and NASA’s Ames Research Center thinks they have found a reason why.
