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Europe's ExoMars missions are go; finally
Posted in Science on 27th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
The initial venture will involve a satellite going to Mars to study the atmosphere. The orbiter will drop a probe on to the surface to test technologies needed to land a rover.
Space telescopes launching in 2017 and 2018 will mean a lot more exoplanet discoveries
Posted in Science on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
New space telescopes will be put up over the next few years to search for more planets outside our solar system and analyze their atmospheres.
Falling Phobos will eventually put a ring around Mars
Posted in Science on 23rd Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Eventually, in 20 to 40 million years, the dust-coated pile of rubble could completely fall apart from all the stress.
Mars 2020 rover may have a little flying helper drone
Posted in Science on 21st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designing a helicopter-like drone that could scope out the landscape ahead of the Mars 2020 rover.
NASA's chemical 'laptop' would help find life on other planets
Posted in Hardware on 18th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
NASA's newly tested Chemical Laptop is the first device built to detect amino acids and fatty acids (the telltale signs of life as we know it) on other worlds.