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Pluto's striking surface variations and unique moon rotations

Posted in Science on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Pluto isn't alone in having water ice on its surface, measurements indicate that Nix and Hydra, two of Pluto's five moons, are also covered with water ice.

Lunar detour could lighten the launch load for manned missions to Mars

Posted in Science on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A detour to the Moon could make repeated trips to Mars sustainable, reducing the mass of launch from Earth by 68%.

Aliens or not, there's much to discover in the new Kepler data

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

The internet has worked itself into a frenzy over the possibility that weve found an alien mega-structure.

The First New Horizons Study Reveals a Fascinating, Mysterious Pluto

Posted in Science on 16th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A few months after the Pluto flyby, the science is coming in.

NASA is testing CubeSat-based laser communications

Posted in Science on 15th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Subsequent tests will help identify new uses for the satellites, from communications systems to new docking solutions.