NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' thinks it's only a matter of time before we find alien life
In 2012, Bobak Ferdowsi (aka "NASA Mohawk Guy") went viral for his unusual hairdo during the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. Now he's working on a mission to find signs of habitability on Europa, one of...
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A meteorite recently slammed into Mars and left this giant black stain of a...
Like Earth, planet Mars is a shooting gallery for rogue space rocks that zip around at tens of thousands of miles per hour.But the red planet has barely 1% of the atmosphere of Earth's to slow down,...
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This humbling photo shows our tiny planet and the moon from Mars
There's nothing that puts your life into perspective quite like staring down on our little blue marble from the vast expanse of space.This incredible new NASA image, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how long you could survive on each planet in our...
We know how long a human could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. (Answer: not long at all.) But what about the other planets in our solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks it...
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Scientists think they've spotted mud cracks on the surface of Mars
Scientists studying the surface of Mars believe they have found evidence of drying mud cracks that, if confirmed, would be a first for the Curiosity rover mission.Curiosity, which has been crawling...
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Curiosity just found the first evidence of ancient mud cracks on Mars
New images from NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars reveal what looks to be the first sign of mud cracks on the Martian surface, providing scientists with even more evidence that the red planet once hosted...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains what the world will be like in 500 years
Using the Age of Exploration as a basis, Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a close look at what life on Earth could look like in another 500 years. Spoiler Alert: It's going to get crowded. But he's got some...
View ArticleThere's a radical theory that life on Earth came from Mars
Astronomer and director of the multidisciplinary Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, Caleb Scharf, spoke to us about a interesting idea that has plagued scientists for decades: Did...
View ArticleScientists may have found the perfect spot for life on Mars — and it's where...
When liquid water was first discovered on Mars, experts thought the water was too salty to sustain life. But now a new study, published on the preprint archive server biorXiv, has shown that Earth...
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UK SPACE AGENCY BOSS: Brexit won't derail our mission to discover life on Mars
LONDON — The stratospheric ambitions of the British space industry and its role in discovering life on Mars will not be blown off course by Brexit, according to the UK Space Agency boss.Chief executive...
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The UK Space Agency CEO has a simple theory on why Elon Musk can realise his...
LONDON — The UK Space Agency CEO has a simple theory on why Elon Musk can realise his ambition of conquering Mars by 2022: Never underestimate human ambition.Katherine Courtney — who has overseen...
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An ancient Martian volcano that's nothing like anything on Earth erupted...
Just like our home planet, Mars hosts many volcanoes, and in fact is home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons.Researchers have just found evidence that as well as being giant,...
View ArticleColonizing Mars could spark a new kind of frightening human evolution
If humans ever successfully colonize Mars, how would their biology change? An evolutionary biologist at Rice University and author of book "Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing...
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The UAE announced plans to establish a human colony on Mars by 2117
The race to the Red Planet is, indeed, on, and the United Arab Emirates wants to be a part of it. Yesterday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the UAE,...
View ArticleNASA captured incredible footage of tornadoes on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover snapped images of dust devils, small Tornados, on the surface of the red planet. The images paint a strange, eerie atmosphere.Video courtesy of NASA.Follow Tech Insider: On...
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The oldest evidence of life on Earth may be these tiny red tubes — and the...
In August 2016, a team of researchers announced they'd found 3.7 billion-year-old fossils of bacteria called stromatolites.The fossils were the oldest-known evidence of microbes on the planet at the...
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NASA performed a rare evasive maneuver to stop a satellite from smashing into...
A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive maneuver to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet's two small moons, the US space agency said on Thursday.Flight...
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NASA scientists think a giant magnetic shield could make Mars habitable
NASA scientists have proposed a bold plan that could give Mars its atmosphere back and make the Red Planet habitable for future generations of human colonists.By launching a giant magnetic shield into...
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Potatoes can grow in 'extreme' Mars-like conditions, a new NASA-backed...
In the 2015 blockbuster movie "The Martian", a fictional botanist-turned-astronaut gets stranded on Mars, forcing him to "science the s--t" out of his dire situation.Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon)...
View ArticleThe terrifying things that would happen if NASA sent a human to Venus
Although Venus is easier to reach than Mars, scientists and space agencies around the world show little interest in exploring the planet. Why is it that they have so much enthusiasm in examining Mars...
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