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SETI is Expanding its Search for Sentient Alien Life

SETI is Expanding its Search for Sentient Alien Life

By Jelor Gallego

NASA’s Latest Mars Drone is Helping Save Lives on Earth

NASA’s Latest Mars Drone is Helping Save Lives on Earth

By Sarah Marquart

Science Explained: The Possibility of Life on Mars

Science Explained: The Possibility of Life on Mars

By Jolene Creighton

3 Billion Years Ago, Our Moon Had a Different North Pole

3 Billion Years Ago, Our Moon Had a Different North Pole

By Science Alert

We Can Colonize the Moon by 2022—and for Less than the Cost of an Aircraft Carrier

We Can Colonize the Moon by 2022—and for Less than the Cost of an Aircraft Carrier

By June Javelosa

What if Europa Was Our Moon?

What if Europa Was Our Moon?

By Colin Robson

Neil de Grasse Tyson on Whether Life Could Exist as Pure Energy (video)

Neil de Grasse Tyson on Whether Life Could Exist as Pure Energy (video)

By Jolene Creighton

A Giant Volcano Forever Changed Mars’ Landscape, Tilting the Planet

A Giant Volcano Forever Changed Mars’ Landscape, Tilting the Planet

By Miguel Santos

NASA Scientist: Laser Propulsion System Could Reach Mars in Just 3 Days

NASA Scientist: Laser Propulsion System Could Reach Mars in Just 3 Days

By Miguel Santos

A Lack of Carbon in Mars’ Atmosphere Leads Scientists to Ask: Did Mars Ever Have Much Water?

A Lack of Carbon in Mars’ Atmosphere Leads Scientists to Ask: Did Mars Ever Have Much Water?

By Sarah Marquart

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

By Darwin Batinga

Fungi and Lichens Survive 18 Months In Mars-Like Conditions Outside the ISS

Fungi and Lichens Survive 18 Months In Mars-Like Conditions Outside the ISS

By Sarah Marquart

Explore Mars with an Interactive 360 Degree View from NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Explore Mars with an Interactive 360 Degree View from NASA’s Curiosity Rover

By Jolene Creighton

The Fermi Paradox: Research Suggests Aliens Haven’t Contacted Us Because They’re Dead

The Fermi Paradox: Research Suggests Aliens Haven’t Contacted Us Because They’re Dead

Elon Musk: We Must Get to Mars or Perish. Plans for Manned Missions by 2025

Elon Musk: We Must Get to Mars or Perish. Plans for Manned Missions by 2025

By Jolene Creighton

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

By Todd Jaquith

NASA’s Opportunity Rover: How 90 days on Mars Turned into 12 Years

NASA’s Opportunity Rover: How 90 days on Mars Turned into 12 Years

By Sarah Marquart

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

Largest Solar System Ever Discovered: Planet Takes A Million Years to Complete One Orbit

By Todd Jaquith

Meet Callisto: The Moon with an Ocean and an Atmosphere

Meet Callisto: The Moon with an Ocean and an Atmosphere

By Darwin Batinga

We’re Heading to Jupiter’s Moons to See If They Harbor Life

We’re Heading to Jupiter’s Moons to See If They Harbor Life

NASA Releases Best-Ever Image of Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

NASA Releases Best-Ever Image of Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

NASA Unveils Spacesuit Future Astronauts Will Wear On Mars

NASA Unveils Spacesuit Future Astronauts Will Wear On Mars

By Jolene Creighton

Scientists Uncover Signs of Acid Fog on Mars

Scientists Uncover Signs of Acid Fog on Mars

By Miguel Santos

Mars to Gain a Ring In Exchange For One of its Moons

Mars to Gain a Ring In Exchange For One of its Moons

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered Just 39 Light-Years Away

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered Just 39 Light-Years Away

By Miguel Santos

NASA Says Powerful Solar Winds Blew Mars’ Water and Atmosphere Off the Planet

NASA Says Powerful Solar Winds Blew Mars’ Water and Atmosphere Off the Planet

By Miguel Santos

Alien World Has Winds That Would Break the Sound Barrier on Earth

Alien World Has Winds That Would Break the Sound Barrier on Earth

By Jolene Creighton

NASA Seeks New Astronauts as it Preps for Mission to Mars

NASA Seeks New Astronauts as it Preps for Mission to Mars

By June Javelosa

The Planet with Molten Rain: First Look at Weather on an Alien World

The Planet with Molten Rain: First Look at Weather on an Alien World

By Miguel Santos

Russia to Send Humans to the Moon in 2029 To Build a Lunar Station

Russia to Send Humans to the Moon in 2029 To Build a Lunar Station

By Miguel Santos

Plasma Engine Could Allow Humans to Travel to Mars With 100 Million Times Less Fuel

Plasma Engine Could Allow Humans to Travel to Mars With 100 Million Times Less Fuel

By Joseph Libunao

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MIT proposes that we refuel on the moon when traveling to Mars

NASA publishes their first report on Pluto and its moons

NASA publishes their first report on Pluto and its moons

By Miguel Santos

Astronomers find a large swarm of unknown structures in faraway space

Astronomers find a large swarm of unknown structures in faraway space

By Joseph Libunao

Israeli team signs first launch agreement for 2017 private moon mission

Israeli team signs first launch agreement for 2017 private moon mission

Moon Express will launch the first privately-backed mission to the Moon in 2017

Moon Express will launch the first privately-backed mission to the Moon in 2017

By Greg Candelario

This 3D printed ice house might be the ideal home on Mars

This 3D printed ice house might be the ideal home on Mars

NASA finds signs of liquid water on the surface of Mars

NASA finds signs of liquid water on the surface of Mars

China plans to land a probe on the far side of the moon by 2020

China plans to land a probe on the far side of the moon by 2020

SETI Director: Searching For Aliens Has “The Power to Change the Course of Humanity”

SETI Director: Searching For Aliens Has “The Power to Change the Course of Humanity”

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NASA-Microsoft augmented-reality system allows scientists to ‘work on Mars’ | KurzweilAI

By Andreea Popescu

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NASA tests virtual reality smart glasses for trip to Mars

By Andreea Popescu

Oculus unveils Half Moon, a VR Rift controller to “reach out and touch the virtual world” – Factor

Oculus unveils Half Moon, a VR Rift controller to “reach out and touch the virtual world” – Factor

By Andreea Popescu

NASA Wants To Launch Tiny Moon Satellites On Its Next-Generation Rocket

NASA Wants To Launch Tiny Moon Satellites On Its Next-Generation Rocket

By Andrew Johnson

Curiosity Rover Discovers That A Giant Crater On Mars Once Housed A Lake

Curiosity Rover Discovers That A Giant Crater On Mars Once Housed A Lake

MAVEN Discovers Why Mars Lost It’s Atmosphere

MAVEN Discovers Why Mars Lost It’s Atmosphere

By Matthew Lincoln

Engineering students aim to generate first breathable air on Mars

Engineering students aim to generate first breathable air on Mars

Curiosity Rover Finds Methane On Mars

Curiosity Rover Finds Methane On Mars

By Andreea Popescu

Kepler ‘K2′ Finds First Exoplanet, A ‘Super-Earth

Kepler ‘K2′ Finds First Exoplanet, A ‘Super-Earth

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A New Way to Reach Mars Safely, Anytime and on the Cheap

Researchers Propose Ballistic Capture As Cheaper Path To Mars

Researchers Propose Ballistic Capture As Cheaper Path To Mars

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Newfound Exoplanets Are Most Earth-Like Yet

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China is going to mine the Moon for helium-3 fusion fuel

FAA appears to be attempting to expand its authority to moon activities

FAA appears to be attempting to expand its authority to moon activities

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What Is This Mystery Cloud on Mars?

By Amber Raynolds

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Mars One Suspends Work on Robotic Missions

By Andrew Johnson

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NASA Eyes New Mars Orbiter for 2022

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NASA discovers Mars once had more water than the Earth’s Arctic Ocean

By Andreea Popescu

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China Outlines New Rockets, Space Station and Moon Plans

By Matthew Lincoln

Theoretical study suggests huge lava tubes could exist on moon

Theoretical study suggests huge lava tubes could exist on moon

By Matthew Lincoln

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NASA’s Curiosity rover finds fresh signs of ingredients for life on Mars

New Studies Show Mars has Hidden Belts of Glaciers Consisting of Frozen Water

New Studies Show Mars has Hidden Belts of Glaciers Consisting of Frozen Water

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Puzzle of Moon’s Origin Resolved

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Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds water below surface of Mars!