Astronomy(Page 12)

Latest in Astronomy

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced it is sending a tiny transforming rover to the Moon some time next year to collect data on lunar dust.

Japan Is Sending a Robot to the Moon and It’s a Transformer

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight across the desolate Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced a bit of a software glitch.

Mars Helicopter Suffered Glitch During Flight, Forced Emergency Landing

By Victor Tangermann

NASA planetary scientist Ravi Kopparapu argues that rather what UFOs are, we should first find out how to find out what they are.

NASA Scientist: We Should Take UFOs as Seriously as Mars Research

By Victor Tangermann

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to build a car meant to allow astronauts to travel across the surface of the Moon.

General Motors Is Working on a Self-Driving Electric Car for Moon Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

The Canadian Space Agency wants to send its own rover to the surface of the Moon with the help of NASA within the next five years.

Canada Wants to Land Its Own Rover on the Moon by 2026

By Victor Tangermann

Homeowners in Bend, Oregon, made a fascinating discovery lurking below their house: a massive lava tube, big enough to stand in.

Couple Buys House, Discovers Huge, Mars-Like Lava Cave Underneath

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists may have found organic salts — remnants of older organic compounds that could have sustained life — on Mars, but they can't yet be certain.

NASA Rover Finds Likely Remnants of Organic Compounds on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing to begin final tests and maneuvers before its Perseverance Mars rover starts to gather and examine more samples for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Preparing to Gather Samples That May Reveal Ancient Life

By Dan Robitzski

During its sixth flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be examining nearby rock features before touching down on a different airfield.

The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned

By Victor Tangermann

China has shared the first pictures taken by its Zhurong Mars rover after touching down on the Red Planet's surface over the weekend.

Chinese Rover Sends Back First Photos From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers believes it has found ample evidence of a variety of fungus-like creatures on Mars by looking at NASA rover and orbiter images.

Extremely Dubious Research Claims to Spot Fungus Growing on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

If I were dropped in Jezero crater with a pressurized spacesuit, could I defeat NASA’s mighty Perseverance rover in mortal combat?

People Want NASA’s Mars Rover to Fight the Chinese Mars Rover

By Tony Ho Tran

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars

By Jon Christian

China will attempt to land its Zhurong Mars lander some time late Friday evening, as part of its Tianwen-1 mission.

China Will Attempt to Land on Mars Tomorrow

By Victor Tangermann

The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are starting to look a little rough. But it can always rip them off if they get too damaged.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Is Designed to Tear Off Its Own Wheels

By Dan Robitzski

NASA may have accidentally brought extremely hardy microbial life to Mars, spreading life throughout and contaminating the solar system.

Cornell Scientist: NASA May Have Accidentally Spread Life to Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Dogecoin is officially going to the Moon — with the help of a SpaceX satellite called Doge-1, a mission paid for entirely with Dogecoin.

SpaceX Is Now Taking Dogecoin for Upcoming Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Jokes About Mars Colonists Dying Horribly

Elon Musk Jokes About Mars Colonists Dying Horribly

By Tony Ho Tran

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.

Elon Musk’s Name Appears in 69-Year-Old Book About Colonizing Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter successfully completed its fifth flight — a one-way trip to the Martian craft's new home base.

NASA Mars Helicopter Completes One-Way Flight to New Home Base

By Tony Ho Tran

A questionable paper claiming NASA photos revealed fungal life on Mars didn't survive scrutiny, but that doesn't mean Martian life is impossible.

The Mars Mushrooms Are Probably Fake, But Organisms Could Likely Survive on the Red Planet

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released the first-ever sounds of its Mars Helicopter in flight, picked up by the agency's Perseverance rover some 262 feet away.

Listen to NASA’s Mars Helicopter Taking Off

By Victor Tangermann

Experts are shredding a scientific paper that claims to have found photographic evidence of mushrooms on Mars.

Experts Shred Paper Claiming to Identify Mushrooms on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A new study suggests that Mars could still have active volcanoes, and recent eruptions could have happened 50,000 instead of billions of years ago.

Study: Mars Could Still Have Active Volcanoes

By Dan Robitzski

After a failed attempt earlier this week, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has successfully taken to the skies for a fourth time, soaring to new heights.

After Failed Flight, Mars Helicopter Successfully Soars Once Again

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Helicopter has failed to get off the ground for its fourth flight, according to a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight

By Victor Tangermann

During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch the Perseverance rover in the frame.

Mars Helicopter Snaps Photo of Mars Rover, Way Down on the Surface

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught Ingenuity's third flight on camera, showing just how far the little helicopter got on the Martian surface.

Amazing Video Shows Mars Helicopter Cruising Above Martian Surface

By Victor Tangermann

nasas-mars-helicopter-hits-record-speeds-third-flight

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Record Speeds in Third Flight

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk says that he thinks SpaceX can help NASA reach its ambitious goal of sending human astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can Still Land Astronauts on Moon by 2024

By Dan Robitzski

After its first groundbreaking flight on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to take off for the second time.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Much Longer Flight, Does Tricks

By Victor Tangermann

In the process of lifting off from the Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter kicked up a real storm, as a new video shows.

New Vid Shows NASA’s Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight

By Victor Tangermann

According to Bob Balaram, Ingenuity's chief engineer at JPL, NASA's Mars helicopter has managed to shake off some dust that accumulated on its solar panels.

NASA Says Mars Helicopter Is Now Healthier Than It Was Before Flight

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has shown off the first high-resolution video of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter taking to the skies on Monday morning.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Flight in Higher Resolution

By Victor Tangermann

When SpaceX's Starship will go to the Moon for the first time, it won't be carrying passengers, as per its new contract with NASA.

NASA Will Require SpaceX to Land Empty Starship on Moon Before Sending Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity became the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on the surface of another planet earlier this morning.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Achieves Flight on Red Planet

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, NASA has officially chosen SpaceX to to build a rocket capable of landing astronauts on the Moon.

NASA Reportedly Chooses SpaceX to Develop Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is planning to launch a mission to the Moon's south pole — and it's scheduled for launch this October, as Space.com reports.

Russia Is Planning a Moon Landing Later This Year

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars lander InSight is caked in so much dust that it can't harness enough solar energy to stay operational through the Martian winter.

NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

By Victor Tangermann

First, Musk claimed the title "Technoking of Tesla." Now, the billionaire has added the phrase "Imperator of Mars" to his Twitter bio.

Elon Musk Says He Is Now the “Imperator of Mars”

By Victor Tangermann

The White House has reiterated its support for NASA's Artemis program, with the goal of returning the first human astronauts to the surface of the Moon.

NASA Plans to Land First Person of Color on the Moon in Artemis Program

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning new photo of Mars on Thursday depicting a series of bright-blue dunes near the Red Planet’s polar cap.

Amazing NASA Photo Shows Bright-Blue Dunes on Mars

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA just powered up its Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time — not on the Martian surface, but in the middle of interplanetary space.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Hits Error, First Flight Delayed

By Tony Ho Tran

A low resolution video made up of several images shows NASA's Mars helicopter's two rotocopter blades spinning up on the surface of Mars.

Marscopter Spins up Blades in Preparation for Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

Lakes and rivers on Mars likely dried up and reappeared several times over the course of history before they went away for good.

The Lakes of Mars Likely Dried Up Multiple Times Before Totally Vanishing

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped its next incredible selfie — and this time around, it's not just of itself.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Takes Selfie With Helicopter in Background

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has sent back a sweet selfie, a stunningly crisp self-image of the six-wheeled rover's "head."

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Took a Selfie and It’s Actually Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter dubbed Ingenuity is online and just snapped its first color photo over the weekend.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Is Online and Just Sent Back a Photo

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's Hazard Avoidance Camera picked up what appears to be a perfect rainbow above the Red Planet's arid surface.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Rover Photo of “Rainbow” on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

In an email to Futurism, JPL media relations specialist Andrew Good confirmed that the "rainbow" spotted by Perseverance was the result of a lens flare.

NASA: That’s Not a Rainbow We Photographed on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists finally figured out what caused the gigantic spider-like formations on Mars' south pole by recreating the planet's environment in a lab.

Scientists Finally Explain Mysterious “Spiders” Spotted on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”

Mars Lander Detects Mysterious “Marsquakes”

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

By Dan Robitzski

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft currently orbiting Mars has snapped a pair of breathtaking pictures of a sunlit crescent Mars.

China’s Mars Probe Takes Breathtaking Picture of Crescent Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA showed off a picture of a peculiar Martian rock that was zapped with its rover Perseverance's onboard laser.

NASA Shows Off Photo of Rock With Laser Holes From Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare turn of events, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) exchanged information with NASA about its Mars orbiter, as SpaceNews.com reports.

China Shared Information With NASA About Its Mars Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Just Unfurled Its Legs

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans to develop and launch a lunar lander capable of reaching the Moon by 2030.

South Korean President Announces Plans To Land On The Moon By 2030

By Tony Ho Tran

UK credit broker Money.co.uk outlined how much it would cost to get a mortgage for a house on the Moon. Their numbers are way off.

Ridiculous Analysis Claims You Could Build a House on the Moon for $60 Million

By Victor Tangermann

To celebrate the occasion, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is stashing a small piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft under its solar panel.

NASA Hid a Small Piece of the Wright Brothers’ Airplane in Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk waded in to the world of UFO sightings, claiming his latest meme is the "strongest argument against aliens."

Elon Musk Has an Interesting Argument Against UFOs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen the location to attempt a historic first with its Ingenuity Helicopter: the first time a manmade object to take flight on Mars.

NASA Chooses “Airfield” Location for Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann