Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...
Mars, long considered largely static, has revealed a dynamic interior in recent years. NASA’s InSight mission detected ...
Doctoral student and soil scientist Harrison Coker tests plant growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.
NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside ...
Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...
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Life on a Low-Gravity Planet

Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and envision creatures evolved to those or humans ...
The 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn blasted into the afternoon sky from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending NASA's twin Mars orbiters on a drawn-out journey to the red planet. Liftoff was ...
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos wants to move industry off Earth to save the planet. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, wants to move ...
Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...
NASA and the European Space Agency plan to bring samples back from Mars. Could they harbor a type of life that scientists warn could trigger mass extinctions on Earth?
Mars, 2048. The first settlers, a mix of international workers and the super-rich. And the first unexplained death.
An armada of space missions, including Hubble, JWST, plus assets orbiting and roving on Mars, have captured Comet 3i/ATLAS in ...