NASA has successfully pushed the rotor blades of itsnext-generation Mars helicopters past the speed of sound, marking a major advancement in the agency’s exploration of the Red Planet. These rotor ...
NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...
Electric propulsion is increasingly looking like the technology that will underlie a first attempt to walk on the Red Planet.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally turn CO₂ into oxygen (O₂) during photosynthesis, but their efficiency is ...
A lichen that grows like powder dusted on a rock. Image by Tigerente - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 A lichen that grows like powder dusted on a rock. Image by Tigerente - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 NASA’s next ...
Scientists edge closer to answering Mars’ biggest question: Did life ever exist on the red planet? Here's the latest from two new finds.