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NASA finds new evidence for life on Mars
NASA is believed to have found strong evidence that there was once life on Mars. Scientists working on a meteorite discovered in 1984 told the Spaceflight Now website that mineral microstructures in the rock were the remains of magnetic bacteria. Ba...
China to Launch Second Lunar Probe Next October
Click here to read an Associated Press article detailing the status of the growing Chinese space program. ...
New Map Bolsters Case for Ancient Ocean on Mars
Several lines of evidence point to the possibility of a past ocean on Mars, from apparent ancient shorelines to chemicals in the soil. Add to the list a new map of the red planet’s valleys. The map shows extensive valley networks around the eq...
Toyota Partner Robots heading to the moon, offworld colonies inevitable
It started off innocently enough. Personal transporters, they told us, just robots to make life easier. Now look at them — Toyota’s Partner Robots are set for upgrades that include back-mounted solar chargers, spring-loaded jumping mecha...
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year… Click here to view all 50 on the Time.com website. ...
Plumes on Saturn’s moon may be a sign of life
Saturn’s geyser-spewing moon, Enceladus — visited by the international Cassini spacecraft on its closest flyby this week— presents planetary scientists with a geophysical locked-room mystery. Whodunit? Or rather Whatdunit? Or Whatizit? How...
Next Stop, the Moon: Seattle Team Wins Space Elevator Competition
A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels… Click here for the article found on Fox News. ...
Russia Hopes Nuclear Ship Will Fly Humans to Mars
Anatoly Perminov first proposed building the ship at a government meeting Wednesday but didn’t explain its purpose. President Dmitry Medvedev backed the project and urged the government to find the money. Click here for the entire ABC News art...
32 Planets Discovered Outside Solar System
The existence of the so-called exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — was announced at the European Southern Observatory/Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto conference in Porto, Portugal, according to a statement issued ...
Jupiter’s Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life
New research suggests that there is plenty of oxygen available in the subsurface ocean of Europa to support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on Earth. In fact, there may be enough oxygen to support complex, animal-like organ...
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
Chang-Diaz has been working on the development of the VASIMR concept since 1979, before founding Ad Astra in 2005 to… Click here for all the information found on PhysOrg.com. ...
Plutonium Shortage Could Stall Space Exploration
NASA is running out of the special kind of plutonium needed to power deep space probes, worrying planetary scientists who say the U. S. urgently needs to restart production of plutonium-238. But it’s unclear whether Congress will provide the $3...
A damp moon: Water found inside and out
Scientists’ understanding of the moon could be all wet. Its surface is surprisingly dewy and its interior contains more water than previous analyses of moon rocks have indicated, according to new studies. Observations from three spacecraft suggest ...
Water Galore on Moon and Mars
In a sensational announcement, NASA… Click here to link to the article found on the Scientific American website....
Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars
This article depresses me! I would LOVE to see humans make it to Mars in my lifetime! FORGET the risk of exploding rockets or getting sideswiped by a wayward bit of space junk. Radiation may be the biggest hurdle to human exploration beyond low-Ear...
Space shuttle Discovery begins flight to Florida
The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space ea...
Visualizing Space Junk
Each dot represents a bit of known space junk that’s at least 4 inches (10 cm) orbiting Earth. Note the distinctive outer ring, known as a geostationary orbit, where weather and communication satellites orbit at the same rate that the Earth tur...
Orbiting junk expected to pass near space station
Sep 4, 7:04 AM (ET) By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A piece of orbiting junk was expected to pass near the international space station Friday, but NASA said it would stay a safe distance away from the station and docked shuttle. The old ro...
Return to the Moon
A whole new space race is on, with half a dozen countries launching missions to the Moon: to pave the way for a permanent human presence....
