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Mars has long captured our imagination, from claims of canals to Martian attacks and now our latest NASA exploration to look inside the red planet.
NASA’s InSight Mars lander touches down Nov. 26, part of a careful robotic approach to exploring the red planet. But human exploration of Mars will inevitably introduce Earth life. Are you OK with that?
There’s enough dissolved oxygen in the salty lake below Mars’ surface to support simple lifeforms such as sponges. Here’s what that means for space exploration.
It will take more energy to get the BebiColombo spacecraft inro a stable orbit around Mercury than it would to send it all the way to Pluto.
The upper atmosphere of Venus is the most Earth-like extra-terrestrial location in the solar system. It could even host life.
The new film is a down-to-Earth portrayal of astronaut Neil Armstrong and our complex relationship with the Moon.
Studies from our own planet shed light on whether there could be life in a subglacial lake on Mars.
The moon is our closest neighbour and our best hope for building capacity to explore space.
If Ghana is to fully harness the benefits of space technology, it will need space legislation and regulations.
Augmented reality technology could help recreate familiar sensory experiences from Earth.
Elon Musk may be disappointed by recent studies threatening his plans to go to Mars, but planetary scientists are breathing a sigh of relief.
If humans are to live on Mars they will need a stable supply of food. Earth plants are not suited to the Mars climate but we can engineer plants that are.
Each meteorite is a piece of the puzzle to understanding our solar system.
Nearly 50 years since the first man walked on the moon, our morals are still stranded on Earth.
The Outer Space Treaty has guided global exploration and use of outer space since 1967. Trump’s ‘Space Force’ may not be a good fit.
Proposed changes to Australia’s space activities legislation do little to inspire confidence in the government’s approach to a commercial space industry.
We could find evidence of life on Europa within a couple of decades.
The first step to mining an asteroid is finding a suitable candidate. Scientists estimate there should be some ten nearby targets.
NASA and ESA have signed a letter of intent to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth.
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