A new technology that allows satellites to de-orbit themselves at the end of their lives could help mitigate the problem of space debris.
This year, the NASA's NIAC Program is looking at some really interesting ideas - such as a water-powered, laser-shooting, asteroid-mining…
Jupiter's moon Europa is an intriguing world. It's the smoothest body in the Solar System, and the sixth-largest moon in…
When InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26th, 2018, it deployed a parachute to slow its descent through the thin…
If NASA sends a Starshade into space, it will need to perform some very accurate formation flying with the space…
If you want to know what a talent for scientific visualizations looks like, check out Eleanor Lutz. She's a PhD…
Ceres, at almost 1,000 km (620 miles) in diameter, is the largest body in the asteroid belt. Between 2015 and…
Saturn's moon Mimas is the smallest of the gas giant's major moons. (Saturn has 62 moons, but some of them…
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg &…
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land people on the lunar surface. But Apollo relied on a lot of…