David Rothery, The Open University In the dimly lit spaces of our solar system beyond Neptune’s orbit lies the Kuiper Belt. This a region between about 35 and 50 times further from the sun than...
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Christian Schroeder, University of Stirling “It’s getting dark, my batteries are running low.” With this final poignant message, the most successful mission to Mars – originally planned to last 90 days – ended after 15...
Gareth Dorrian, Nottingham Trent University and Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University The outer region of the solar system may be the least explored, but scientists have managed to unravel several of its mysteries in recent...
Paulo de Souza, CSIRO This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. It’s touchdown...
Farewell, Opportunity: rover dies, but its hugely successful Mars mission is helping us design the next one
Andrew Coates, UCL NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars has been officially pronounced dead. Its amazingly successful mission lasted nearly 15 years, well beyond its initial three-month goal. Opportunity provided the first proof that water once...
NASA’s InSight rover has deployed its second sensor, named Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package or HP3. InSight rover has already placed and fortified its first sensor, the SEIS seismograph which helps it measure the...
InSight Rover, the latest rover sent by NASA to Mars has already started sending back images and seismic readings. Yesterday, the rover has placed a shield over the seismometer to increase the accuracy of the...
NASA had lost contact with Opportunity Mars Rover back in June 2018 during a global dust storm on the red planet, and experts think the rover might be dead. The rover, whose initial mission was...
If you think giant billboards on roads were bad, wait till you see a giant billboard in space that will display ads to people on Earth. A Russian startup named StartRocket is the brainchild behind...
The vastness of the universe and beauty of deep space is truly break-taking and awe-inspiring, take a look at 10 images taken by Hubble Space Telescope and be astounded. 1) Westerlund 2 This NASA/ESA Hubble...
