NASA’s TESS satellite has completed its survey of the northern sky, and the images it snapped are truly incredible. TESS is an exoplanet hunter, designed to detect planets orbiting distant stars. The spacecraft >>
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NASA wants your help to work in the dark
NASA is awarding up to $5 million in prizes for technology that will provide power storage and management on the Moon. Moon settlements and long-term missions will require stable sources of power, and >>
Another glitch plagues NASA’s InSight lander
NASA’s Mars InSight lander had been providing weather updates from the surface of the Red Planet, but that has abruptly stopped. An unspecified glitch has caused the lander’s weather sensor system to go >>
Are rogue planets common? NASA hopes its new telescope will find out
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to detect rogue planets by spotting their gravitational lensing. The telescope, which is slated to launch in 2025, could spot hundreds of free-floating planets >>
NASA’s Mars orbiter celebrates 15 years as NASA looks back at its accomplishments
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been in space for 15 years now, and NASA has taken the anniversary as an opportunity to celebrate its most incredible images. The orbiter was designed to last >>
Did NASA finally save its Mars mole?
NASA’s InSight lander has been having issues with its “mole” probe for months now. The mole is designed to dig itself deep beneath the Martian surface and return temperature data, but it hasn’t >>
NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating 8 years on Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is celebrating its 8th year on the Red Planet after landing on August 5th, 2012. The rover has traveled a total of 14 miles across the Martian surface and >>
Here’s how long the Perseverance rover could actually live on Mars
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is slated to last roughly two years, but the Perseverance rover may last a great deal longer. The rover is equipped with a nuclear powerplant that could keep its >>
