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NASA's new CubeSat concept for planetary exploration beyond low Earth orbit

Posted in Hardware on 21st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

A concept that would use less-expensive cubesats (tiny-satellites) to observe physical phenomena beyond low-Earth-orbit.

NASA Putting Out a 'Journey To Mars Challenge' to the public

Posted in Science on 12th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

NASA has launched the 'Journey to Mars Challenge' asking the public for their ideas for maintaining a crew on Mars. Three winners will be awarded $5,000.

Fresh evidence for how water reached Earth found in asteroid debris

Posted in Science on 10th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Water delivery via asteroids or comets is likely taking place in many other planetary systems, just as it happened on Earth.

Here's How We'll Terraform Mars With Microbes

Posted in Science on 8th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Could our planet's toughest microbes change the face of Mars?

Hidden water below Antarctica provides hope for life on Mars

Posted in Science on 29th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Antarctica is the Earth environment that most resembles Mars.