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Tag: planetary science
Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is counting down to launch of its second New Glenn rocket Sunday. The New Glenn rocket rolls to […]
Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.” A life-size replica of […]
We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest
A 50-year wait for a second mission wouldn’t be surprising. Just ask Uranus and Neptune. Four images from New Horizons’ […]
A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment
“Very early in Mars’ history, maybe 4 billion years ago, the planet was warm enough to support lakes and river […]
Testing a robot that could drill into Europa and Enceladus
We don’t currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it’s ready. Geysers on Saturn’s […]
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no plans to mine Psyche, such […]
Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
Skip to content That, plus data from the InSight lander, gives us a new view into Mars’ interior. The north […]
Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
More data will likely reduce the chance of an impact to zero. If not, we have options. Discovery images of […]
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
Skip to content What may have been an ancient shoreline has signs of a water-driven transformation. For decades, we have […]