NASA
This year, we'll sequence DNA in space for the first time
Posted in Science on 3rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Kate Rubins, a virologist turned astronaut, heads to the ISS this month to monitor more than 250 experiments, including genetic sequencing.
Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk
Posted in Science on 31st May, 2016
by Alex Muller
There's a long-standing joke that NASA is always 20 years from putting astronauts on Mars. A to-do list from 2015 looks remarkably similar to one compiled in 1990.
Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained
Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.
Mars Used To Look More White Than Red
Posted in Science on 27th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The first concrete evidence that Mars has just exited an extreme ice age, one so intense it would have put Earth's recent frosty foray to shame.
Flexi-space room expansion suspended
Posted in Science on 27th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The deployment of a new, expandable "room" on the International Space Station was suspended on Thursday when it failed to open up as expected.