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China Plans To Build a Massive Several Mile-Wide Spacecraft

Micah Hanks·August 27, 2021

It has been learned in recent days that China’s National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF) is moving forward with plans to study the construction of a massive, several mile-wide spacecraft, beginning with a five year project that will examine the mechanics...

New “Hycean” Exoplanets Could Be Hiding Alien Life, New Study Says

Water water everywhere...and aliens too?

Christopher Plain·August 26, 2021

A research team has identified a "Hycean" exoplanet class that they believe makes excellent targets for the search for extraterrestrial life.

NASA Just Released One of The Most Detailed High-Def Videos of Mars, and You Need To See It

Christopher Plain·August 25, 2021

On August 17th, NASA released a nearly 3-minute video featuring a high-def panorama of the Martian surface shot by the Curiosity Rover.

Impact at Popigai: Earth’s Most Unusual Crater Documents an Epic Ancient Cataclysm

Micah Hanks·August 23, 2021

The Popigai crater, a 100-km-wide impact area in Siberia, documents events from long ago that caused one of the greatest periods of change in Earth's long history.

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Now Completed a Dozen Successful Flights Over Mars

Micah Hanks·August 19, 2021

With another successful flight logged on Sunday, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has now completed a total of twelve flight missions on Mars.

Mysterious Asteroid Phaethon is Challenging What We Understand About Comets

Micah Hanks·August 18, 2021

A recent study proposes that the key to a mystery surrounding comet-like asteroid Phaethon could be a salty one.

These Two Future Mars Missions Could Prove Life Thrives on the Red Planet

Christopher Plain·August 13, 2021

Dr. Ryuki Hyodo explains the MSR and MMX missions, and how their search for past and present signs of life on Mars have the potential to alter the course of human history.

Scientists Found “Complex Organic Matter” in Our Solar System, And It Shouldn’t Be There

Christopher Plain·August 10, 2021

Scientists found something weird in the inner solar system; a pair of dark red rocks seemingly covered in complex organic material.

NASA Looking For People Willing To Spend a Year Living in Simulated Martian Habitat

Tim McMillan·August 10, 2021

NASA has announced it's currently looking for people who would be willing to spend a year living in a simulated Martian habitat.

“Failed Stars” Are Being Used To Understand Exoplanets

Christopher Plain·August 3, 2021

Researchers developed a new technique to look at brown dwarfs, also known as “failed stars,” with hopes of shedding some light on exoplanets.

Harvard-Led Team Launches New Project To Investigate “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena”

The Multi-Institutional, International Research Team Hopes To Find Evidence For Near-Earth Extraterrestrial Technology

Tim McMillan·July 27, 2021

A new Harvard led project aims to find scientific proof of extraterrestrial life, including examining reports of "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena."

Curiosity Rover Finds That Signs of Martian Life May Have Been Erased

Liam Stewart·July 27, 2021

Researchers studied Martian materials collected by Curiosity, leading them to believe that proof of Martian life may have been wiped from existence.

Our Cosmic Neighbors: Is There Alien Technology in Our Solar System?

Scientists Have Been Searching for Signs of Alien Technology in Our Solar System for A Decade

Christopher Plain·July 26, 2021

Scientists have been hunting for ET in our solar system for a decade, and new efforts may prove aliens are hanging out in our cosmic backyard.

InSight Mission Shows Us What Mars Looks Like Beneath Its Surface, And It’s A Bit Weird

What do you call an earthquake on Mars? A marsquake (and no, we didn't make that up).

Candy Chan·July 22, 2021

Mars' inner structure has been unveiled by the international team of NASA's InSight mission, and some of the findings tell a curious tale.

Shields Up! White Dwarf Stellar Winds May Serve as Planetary Defense Shields

Christopher Plain·July 21, 2021

New research suggests that stellar winds produced by white dwarf stars could serve as "defense shields" for potentially habitable planets.

Neutron Stars are Full of Mountain Ranges That You Can Barely See

Little Stars with Little Mountains. Sounds Cute Until One Gets To Close to the Earth and Rips You Apart Molecule by Molecule...

Liam Stewart·July 20, 2021

New research has shown that the mountains on neutron stars may not be very mountainous at all, only being a fraction of a millimeter in size.

This Surprising Discovery May Hold the Key to Unraveling Wormholes

Liam Stewart·July 16, 2021

It may be only a matter of time before technology is able to confirm yet another exciting and mysterious aspect of our universe: the potential existence of wormholes.

Report Urges U.S. Space Force to Begin Preparing for Space Military Action

Liam Stewart·July 14, 2021

A report urges the United States Space Force to prepare for action in space, which may become the next point of global military interest.

New Research Solves 40-year Mystery of Jupiter’s X-ray Auroras

Tim McMillan·July 9, 2021

An international team of researchers says they have solved the 40-year enigma of why magnificent bursts of X-ray auroras are released every few minutes on the planet Jupiter.

Complex Life May Prefer Planets Tilted on Their Axis, Says New Research

Candy Chan·July 8, 2021

Planets tilted on their axis may be more capable of sustaining life, according to new research presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference.

Four Reasons Why China’s New Space Station Will Outpace the ISS

Candy Chan·July 1, 2021

In April, China launched the first module of its new space station. Here are 4 things you should know about Tiangong and how it rivals the ISS.

Respected Astrobiologist Says DoD Must Release UFO Data If They Want A Scientific Study

NASA Chief says they will look into UFOs, but the actual scientists say it's not enough. They need the raw data.

Christopher Plain·June 30, 2021

Abel Mendez says NASA studying UFOs is pointless unless scientists can get their hands on the classified data held by the Pentagon.

New Research Suggests We Could Conquer the Galaxy In Under A Billion Years

Liam Stewart·June 28, 2021

An alien civilization, or even humans, may soon be able to conquer the entire galaxy... a feat that would only require a billion years to complete.

Growing Food In Space Is Possible, And This Research Could Make it Happen

Liam Stewart·June 23, 2021

Researchers in Antarctica are successfully growing plants with artificial light and autonomous systems, and they are working to growing food in space.

Boeing’s X-20 Dyna-Soar Was The Air Force’s ‘Spaceplane’ That Never Flew

Harrison Kass·June 21, 2021

Few remember the USAF's early spaceplane program: the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, which predated the Space Shuttle by a quarter-century.

The Fate of the Moon: Could Earth’s Satellite Ever Escape Its Orbit?

Micah Hanks·June 18, 2021

Could the Moon ever manage to escape Earth’s gravity? If this happened at some point in the future, where might the Moon go from there?

A “Day Without Space”: GPS Concerns May be Overblown, New Study Finds

Micah Hanks·June 16, 2021

A recent RAND study says that the risks associated with a hypothetical "Day Without Space" may be exaggerated, and even impossible in some instances.

NASA Awards Prize for Lab-Grown Tissue Made with 3D Printing Technology

Micah Hanks·June 15, 2021

NASA has announced a pair of winners in its Vascular Tissue Challenge, both of whom succeeded in creating functional human liver tissue using 3D printing technologies.

NASA Sending Two New Missions to Explore Venus

Christopher Plain·June 11, 2021

NASA is heading back to Venus with two new missions with the aim to map and understand the second rock from the Sun.

Want to be the next Elon Musk? There’s a College Degree For That Now

Mike Damante·June 10, 2021

ASU now has a 12-month program in Executive Master of Global Management: Space Leadership, Business, and Policy to train a future Elon Musk.

New Study Says an Extra-Dimension May Explain Dark Matter

Tim McMillan·June 8, 2021

In a recently published study, theoretical particle physicists from the University of California Riverside propose dark matter might be explained by the existence of a new extra-dimension in space-time. In astrophysics, dark matter is a theoretical form of matter that...

Human Hibernation for Space Travel is Possible, But Your Body Doesn’t Like It

MJ Banias·June 2, 2021

Human hibernation could allow us to sleep our way through the solar system but the human body isn't exactly built for it.

Space Junk Causes Minor Damage to the ISS’s Robotic Canadarm2

Micah Hanks·June 2, 2021

An object identified as orbital debris or "space junk" recently struck the Canadian-operated robotic arm on the International Space Station, according to officials with the Canadian Space Agency.

Russia Announces Plans to Send Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft to Jupiter

Micah Hanks·May 26, 2021

Russia has announced ambitious plans to launch a new nuclear-powered spacecraft called Zeus on a 50-month-long mission.

Hubble Telescope Aids Astronomers in Tracking Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

Micah Hanks·May 24, 2021

New clues about the mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) have emerged, as the locations of five of the strange signals have been located within a group of distant galaxies.

New Worlds With Dr. JACOB HAQQ-MISRA

Episode 4 of Debriefed with Cristina Gomez - Cristina interviews is senior research investigator at Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra

Cristina Gomez·May 21, 2021

DEBRIEFED, DIGGING DEEPER, WITH CRISTINA GOMEZ – EPISODE 4 New Worlds With Dr. JACOB HAQQ-MISRA Our guest on Episode 4 of Debriefed: Dig Deeper this week, is research scientist Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra, who is a senior research investigator...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is Headed Back to Earth With Samples From an Asteroid

Micah Hanks·May 21, 2021

After several years in space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back home with a trove of samples it collected during its historic retrieval mission.

Entrepreneur Wants to Build Future Satellites out of Mushrooms

MJ Banias·May 20, 2021

One entrepreneur is working towards designing satellites out of mycelium. Though it sounds wild, mushrooms are a solid building material.

China’s Zhurong Rover Makes History with Successful Landing on Mars

Micah Hanks·May 19, 2021

The arrival of China's Zhurong rover on Mars moves the country forward as an increasingly formidable player in the future of space exploration.

Mars May Still be Volcanically Active, New Research Says

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2021

New research has suggested that Mars may still be volcanically active, which could have implications for astrobiology on the Red Planet.

Axiom and NASA Team Up for the First Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2021

Texas-based Axiom Space Inc has partnered with NASA in an effort to achieve the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station in 2022.

The Lost Cosmonauts: A Story of Soviet Secrets and Space Hackers

Did the Soviets really have a secret space program?

Micah Hanks·May 11, 2021

At the height of the Space Race, two Italian brothers claimed they uncovered evidence of a secret Soviet space program, and even lost cosmonauts.

Earth 2.0: Scientists Seek a Better Method for Finding Habitable Exoplanets

Christopher Plain·May 10, 2021

Scientists are looking for a "cosmic twin" in the search for potentially habitable exoplanets that could mirror Earth in a variety of different ways.

China’s Uncontrolled Long March Rocket Will Be a “Truly Spectacular,” But Reckless Show

The 100-foot, 21 Ton Spent Rocket Booster is Expected To Impact Earth This Weekend

Tim McMillan·May 8, 2021

A nearly 100-foot long, 16.5-feet wide, 21 metric ton expended rocket is currently barrelling through the Earth’s atmosphere, orbiting every 90 minutes toward an “uncontrolled reentry” sometime this weekend. Where the out-of-control piece of space debris will land is unknown....

We Should Use Quantum Communication To Talk to ET, Says SETI Researcher

Christopher Plain·May 4, 2021

A researcher from the University of Berkeley's SETI program has proposed we scan for signs of ET using quantum communications methods.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is Breaking Records as the Fastest Manmade Object

Micah Hanks·May 4, 2021

Faster than a speeding bullet, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe may not be Superman, but it certainly is breaking records for being the fastest object humans have ever sent into space.

Michael Collins Remained Down to Earth About His Role in the Historic Apollo 11 Mission

Micah Hanks·May 1, 2021

Michael Collins, who passed away Wednesday at age 90, always maintained a grounded perspective about his historic role with the Apollo 11 mission.

Interview With NASA Astronaut Donald Pettit

Tim McMillan·April 29, 2021

Selected as an astronaut candidate in 1996, Donald Pettit has spent the last 25 years training, preparing, and traveling into space with America’s premier space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA. A veteran of three spaceflights, Pettit was...

Is That a UFO? No, it’s Space Junk, and it Poses a Real Threat to Space Missions

Micah Hanks·April 27, 2021

A growing concern for astronauts, and for future space operations in general, is the threat posed by space junk in Earth's orbit.

This Costa Rican Farm Has The World’s Most Advanced Space Radar

It can track satellites, space junk, and asteroids to keep Earth's orbit safe...and it is in a sugar cane field.

Mike Damante·April 26, 2021

The Costa Rica Space Radar will be able to track small objects in space that can be dangerous to satellites and astronauts.