Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – ...

From being rejected by NASA at 14, cleaning space toilets to leading Mars mission: How Claire Parfitt made her dream come true

Rejected by NASA at 14, Claire Parfitt persevered to become the European Space Agency's Mars Exploration Study Lead, helping ...
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At WVU, a NASA ESCAPADE researcher brings space science down to Earth

WVU researcher Chris Fowler is helping NASA’s ESCAPADE mission send satellites to Mars to study space weather and the Martian ...
Scientific American

NASA’s exoplanet mission accidentally discovers a world it was never meant to find

The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...
Space.com

NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein

"When TESS launched, no one expected it to ever be capable of finding this kind of planet." When you purchase through links ...

NASA rover takes a closer look at organic carbon on Mars

Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding of the nature of some of the organic carbon — ...
Science Daily

Astronomers think they just witnessed two planets colliding

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...

Mars Meets Uranus Before Dawn On July 4 In Closest Pairing Until 2053

A conjunction on Saturday, July 4, sees Mars and faint Uranus extremely close together in the pre-dawn sky, offering ...
FoodNavigator

Inside Big Chocolate’s Cocoa Plan B

Cocoa alternatives have gone mainstream. From Mars and Nestlé to Lindt, Mondelēz and Barry Callebaut, leading confectionery ...

TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...
Aviation Week

Debrief: NASA For Hire

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a public-private partnership with Relativity Space to advance Mars science. Credit: Relativity Space At first blush, the NASA agreement for Relativity Space ...