NASA challenged designers to make a Martian home — one company created...
In response to a NASA challenge, 3D design firm Fabulous designed the Sfero – a burrowing robot that 3D prints homes on Mars. The Sfero will access the iron in the Martian soil and the permafrost that...
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Jaw-dropping images give us a first glimpse of Mars' liquid water
For years, a team of NASA scientists had pondered over the enigmatic dark streaks lining the inner and outer faces of craters on the Martian surface, shown below.But no longer.NASA announced the answer...
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How long could a human survive on Mars wearing only jeans and a T-shirt?
Scientists are getting closer to determining whether life exists on Mars, having confirmed that liquid water flows there.Though water is one ingredient needed for life, the red planet is still a rough...
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What real scientists and astronauts think of 'The Martian'
The film adaptation of Andy Weir's sci-fi novel "The Martian" opens everywhere on Friday, October 2, and it has amassed a huge fan following — partly thanks to the book's scientific accuracy and...
View Article9 ways Matt Damon sciences the s--- out of Mars in 'The Martian'
Spoiler Warning: This video mentions details from the film & novel!In "The Martian", Matt Damon plays astronaut and botanist Mark Watney, who is abandoned on Mars and has to figure scientific ways...
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Epically awesome photos of Mars
Movie goers across the country will get the chance to see Matt Damon trek across "Mars" on Friday, Oct. 2 when the highly-anticipated film "The Martian" premiers in theaters nationwide.Unfortunately,...
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The complete guide to 'The Martian'
Director Ridley Scott's highly-anticipated movie "The Martian" is now open in theaters everywhere.Whether you're curious about about the film or are emerging bleary-eyed from a showing with a bunch of...
View ArticleThis NASA robot can drive ‘upside down’ under ice
Scientists from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed a rover robot that might one day explore the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa. BLUIE explored methane seeps while "driving" under ice on frozen...
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'The Martian' is the best space sci-fi movie of my time
I have seen the film adaptation of Andy Weir's best-selling novel "The Martian," and I can deliver my review in one sentence with zero spoilers: This is the best space sci-fi movie made within my...
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Shocking close-up photos of exctly where Matt Damon would be if he really...
In the highly-anticipate sci-fi drama "The Martian"— premiering in theaters nationwide Friday — Matt Damon plays Mark Watney — a NASA astronaut who is marooned on Mars.Watney is a crew member on the...
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3 beautiful natural phenomena you can see in 'The Martian' movie that aren't...
Hollywood director Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi film "The Martian" premiers in theaters nationwide this Friday, October 2.The premise of the film, which is based on the novel by Andy Weir, is simple:...
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Here's why I left 'The Martian' with a terrible sinking feeling
I really loved "The Martian," a survivalist thriller about an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars. I loved it so much that I called it the best space sci-fi movie of my time.But that warm, satisfied...
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14 horrible things that could happen if we colonize Mars
In "The Martian," the film based on Andy Weir's bestselling novel that hit theaters Friday, Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars.From the extreme cold to the deadly radiation, there are many...
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Here's what being stranded on Mars like Matt Damon in 'The Martian' would do...
Spoiler alert if you haven't read "The Martian."As Elton John once said, it's lonely out in space.And it's even lonelier being stranded on a planet millions of miles from Earth, without communication,...
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This graphic shows all the ways Mars will try to kill us if we ever get there
Mars is the solar system’s it planet, what with breakthrough reports of Martian water and a blockbuster movie about a Red Planet castaway soon to hit theaters. But Mars is hard—really, really hard. And...
View ArticleThe desert where they filmed 'The Martian' and every other Mars movie looks...
“The Martian” is the latest blockbuster to use Jordan’s Wadi Rum region as a stand-in for Mars.Because of the barren landscape and the reddish hue of the terrain, Mars movies like “Red Planet” and “The...
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Elon Musk has the perfect argument for raising NASA's budget
Billionaire Elon Musk has a really compelling reason to ramp up NASA's budget: We need to become a multi-planet species to ensure the survival of the human race, and we need NASA's help to do...
View ArticleThe internet's favorite astronaut tells us why we're not ready for Mars
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield came to mainstream fame a couple of years ago with his YouTube videos from space and wide social media presence with some 1.4 million Twitter followers. Now retired,...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson made 2 brilliant observations about 'The Martian'
Famous astrophysicist and host of StarTalk Radio Neil deGrasse Tyson was surprisingly sassy in his review of the sci-fi epic "The Martian.""The Martian" follows the story of astronaut Mark Watney who...
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All of the places scientists have found water flowing on Mars
The strongest evidence we have yet for liquid water on Mars is most closely related to one common Martian feature, a team of scientists recently reported in the journal Nature Geosciences.That feature,...
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