SpaceX to launch NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to Titan
Over the last few years, the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars made history by proving it was possible to fly a rotorcraft on another planet. And soon NASA will take that…
Waves of Methane Are Crashing on the Coasts of Saturn’s Bizarre Moon Titan
In 2006, a NASA spacecraft flew by Saturn’s largest moon and found evidence of large bodies of liquid on the surface of the bizarre world. The shocking discovery meant that…
Ohio Billionaire Plans to Take His Own Submersible to the Titanic Wreck Site
An Ohio real-estate magnate is planning to take his own two-person submersible down to Titanic wreckage-level depths to show the journey can actually be done safely following the deadly implosion…
The Titanic Tourist Sub Was Always Going to Kill Its Passengers
The Polar Prince, the support ship for the Titan submersiblePhoto: Jordan Pettitt – PA Images / Contributor (Getty Images) It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since OceanGate’s…
Watch how NASA plans to land a car-sized drone on Titan
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben A decision by NASA this week paved the way for the Dragonfly drone mission to continue to completion. The aim is to land the car-sized drone…
NASA green-lights mission to send car-sized drone to Saturn moon
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA’s Mars helicopter mission is now well and truly over, but following in its footsteps is an even more complex flying machine that’s heading for Saturn’s…
The Moon Likely Turned Itself Inside Out 4.2 Billion Years Ago
During its early years of formation, the Moon may have undergone a dramatic process as a dense layer of material sunk deeper into its interior, mixed with the lunar mantle,…
The Joyful Mechanical Design of Akira Toriyama
Image: Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama is responsible for some of the most memorable and beloved character designs of multiple generations. From Goku and the cast of Dragon Ball, to Dragon…
Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Is Hiding an Ocean Beneath Its Mangled Surface
An odd little moon that orbits closely to Saturn just revealed its biggest mystery: a hidden ocean that lies beneath its heavily cratered surface. ‘More People Need to Know About…
The Most Precious Human Relics Left in Space
Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster and Starman manikin shortly after launch on February 6, 2018. Photo: SpaceX Being the space nerd that I am, I often imagine a museum filled with…