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Curiosity Just Found its Strongest Evidence of Ancient Water and Waves on Mars
This week, NASA’s Curiosity rover stumbled across the best evidence yet that liquid water once covered much of Mars in…
Soon Every Spacecraft can Navigate the Solar System Autonomously Using Pulsars
If you want to know where you are in space, you’d better bring along a map. But it’s a little…
Perseverance’s Software Lets it Move Swiftly Across the Surface of Mars
Mars rovers are not known for being particularly speedy. Spirit and Opportunity managed a max speed of a whopping 5…
The Europa Clipper is Coming Together, Launching in 2024
Who is excited to send a spacecraft to Europa? Every person I’ve talked to who is even remotely interested in…
The Object About to Hit the Moon isn’t a SpaceX Booster After All
Last month, astronomers reported that a discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, launched 7 years ago, was on…
If There are Water Plumes on Europa, Here’s how Europa Clipper Will Study Them
NASA’s Europa Clipper is one of the most anticipated missions of the coming decade, in large part because its target,…
After Its Last Rock Sample Crumbled Into Powder, Perseverance is Going to try Again
In the last two decades, we have all grown accustomed to rovers exploring Mars. At least one rover has been…
A Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar Object
When Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed passing through the Solar System, was discovered in 2017, it exhibited some…
What Mission Could Detect Oceans at Uranus’ Moons?
Exploration of ocean worlds has become a hot topic of late, primarily due to their role as a potential harbor…
Next up, Juno has Ganymede in its Sights
NASA's Juno mission is set for a close encounter with the Solar System's largest moon, Ganymede, on Monday. This will…