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…
U.S. Is Reportedly Using AI to Decide Where to Drop Bombs
If you’ve been wondering when our military would start deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the answer is that it appears to be already happening. The Pentagon has been using…
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…
See seasonal changes on Mars in two stunning images from MAVEN
The planets in our solar system experience seasons because of the way that they are tilted in their orbits, so one hemisphere is facing the sun more often at some…
Mars Looks Gorgeous in New Images Taken by NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft
NASA’s Martian explorer, MAVEN, captured Earth’s neighboring planet in fascinating detail, revealing the changing seasons on Mars as it orbits around the Sun. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX…
NASA’s Mars orbiter MAVEN saved in a ‘race against time’
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is back up and running following a scare that put it into safe mode for several months.