NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars
InSight is the first Mars mission to focus on the red planet’s interior, and will drill a hole five meters into its surface. Continue reading NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars
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Scientists Discover ‘Super-Earth’ That’s Only Six Light Years Away
Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets around Barnard’s Star for decades. Now, they’ve finally spotted one. Continue reading Scientists Discover ‘Super-Earth’ That’s Only Six Light Years Away
What’s That Weird Cloud That’s Been Looming Over Mars for Weeks?
A 930-mile-long cloud is suspended over one of Mars’ volcanoes. Continue reading What’s That Weird Cloud That’s Been Looming Over Mars for Weeks?
Scientists Think Europa’s Equator Might Be Covered in 45-Foot-Tall Ice Spears
Sharp spikes called penitentes may be waiting to impale any spacecraft that lands in the moon’s low latitudes. Continue reading Scientists Think Europa’s Equator Might Be Covered in 45-Foot-Tall Ice Spears
NASA’s Launching a Lander That Will Dig on Mars
Mars InSight will be the first interplanetary mission to lift off from the West Coast. Continue reading NASA’s Launching a Lander That Will Dig on Mars
Pluto Has Towers of Ice 1,600 Feet Tall
The only other planet in the solar system to have such structures, called ‘penitentes’, is Earth. Continue reading Pluto Has Towers of Ice 1,600 Feet Tall
Earth’s Core Is Squirting a ‘Jet Stream’ of Liquid Metal Under the Surface
Scientists found it by taking a satellite “x-ray” of the globe. Continue reading Earth’s Core Is Squirting a ‘Jet Stream’ of Liquid Metal Under the Surface
Scientists Discovered A New Dwarf Planet At The Edge of Our Solar System
Giving Pluto some more company. Continue reading Scientists Discovered A New Dwarf Planet At The Edge of Our Solar System