Despite an abundance of data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — the third object ever detected ripping through our solar system — is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still hasn’t ...

A rock sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover may contain evidence of ancient microbial life, preserved for billions of years on the Red Planet. The potential “biosignature” is not direct ...

On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks later to a joint session of Congress: “We are going to conquer the ...

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MDA Space says it demonstrated a Ka-band direct radiating array using direct sampling. In a July 9 announcement, the Montreal-based company claims the direct sampling configuration is an industry ...

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A global team has constructed the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date. A global collaboration of over 150 researchers has created the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian ...

Lockheed Martin has been part of all NASA Mars missions to date and it has been part of every single sample return mission to date. And, with the Mars Sample Return mission on the horizon, Lockheed ...

What if you’ve already seen fragments of the future - without realizing it? In this thought experiment grounded in Einstein’s relativity, we unpack how a simple diagram changes our entire ...

This mosaic is made up of more than 100 images captured by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter, which operated around Mars from 1976 to 1980. The scar across the center of the planet is the vast Valles Marineris ...