space exploration

World News – A large reservoir of liquid water has been found deep beneath the frozen surface of Mars near the planet’s south pole, according to a new paper by Italian…

World News – When astronomers first spied a weird cigar-shaped object speeding past the sun last October, they could tell from its path that it had come from another star system…

World News – Mars has long been everyone’s hands-down favorite in the search for extraterrestrial life. It’s got rocky landscapes, National Park-worthy canyons, and a general appearance that resembles Arizona stripped…

Costa Rica News – Costa Ricans participated in the HP Mars Home Planet contest held by HP.

World News – An out-of-control Chinese space station is expected to plunge to Earth in about a week. Experts say it’s extremely unlikely that large pieces of the schoolbus-sized Tiangong-1 will…

World News – If you say you believe space aliens exist, I doubt your friends will be shocked. In a universe aglow with 2 trillion galaxies, you’d be supremely smug to…

World News – Humankind is eager to step out into the cosmos and wander across the deserted plains of the Red Planet. According to most reports, Elon Musk is leading the…

Robert Bigelow is building living quarters for other worlds. These prefabricated inflatables can be easily folded into the payload section of a rocket and later puffed up for use by…