Recent Solar Outbursts Trigger Dramatic Auroras on Mars
A recent outburst from the Sun sent a strong blast of charged particles and radiation towards Mars, allowing scientists to get a rare glimpse at how these events unfold on…
When It Comes to Exploring Space, We’re Still Stuck in the Stone Age
We’re rapidly approaching the quarter mark of the 21st century, but instead of being at the brink of a radical transformative stage, such as the futuristic vision akin to Arthur…
Are You Kinda Healthy and Over 30? Apply to Join NASA’s Simulated Mars Mission
NASA is looking for volunteers willing to be trapped inside a simulated Martian environment that’s roughly the size of a two-bedroom apartment for a full year. Why Bitcoin won’t reach…
This Exclusive For All Mankind Clip Shows Why It’s So Freaking Great
Are you watching For All Mankind? If not, you should be. Apple TV+’s phenomenal sci-fi drama just returned for season four, and io9 has an exclusive clip from its second…
NASA’s Mars Missions Hit Two-Week Snooze Button Because Sun
NASA’s Perseverance rover will be parked at this location on Mars during the communication blackout. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech For the next two weeks, NASA will not be sending commands to its…
For All Mankind’s Season 4 Trailer Introduces a New Space Race
They’ve raced for the moon, they’ve raced for Mars, and now the astronauts of For All Mankind are racing after an asteroid. The first trailer for season four of Apple…
Space Kombucha Could Help Sustain Future Colonies on Mars
A microscopic view of cells in space, where the red fluorescence shows photosynthetic pigments, while white-blue indicates the nucleoids – the cell’s control centers.Image: University of Rome and DLR If…
MOXIE, NASA’s Oxygen-Producing Experiment on Mars, Ends Operations
On April 20, 2021, the spiritedly-named MOXIE experiment on Mars extracted 5 grams of oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, demonstrating a potential future capability of an established human presence on…
How Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?
It might only take 22 people to establish a colony on Mars, though that small group of cosmic inhabitants should have agreeable personality types to survive on the Red Planet,…
Evidence of Changing Winds on Mars Points to a Major Transformation 400,000 Years Ago
Recent evidence gathered by China’s Zhurong rover points to a dramatic climate shift on Mars—a finding that could have a significant impact on our understanding of Earth’s climate evolution. Teyonah…