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Home Is Where the Mars Rover Is
Now that Opportunity’s mission is complete, many wistfully lament about “bringing our robot home.” There’s just one problem: it’s already home. A rendering of Opportunity on Mars [NASA/JPL-Caltech] I...
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What Might We Name the First Mars Microbes?
I, for one, welcome our new Mars desert-dwelling overlords. Just some random (terrestrial) microbes doing microbial things [MSU] It’s a question I’ve been pondering for some time: if we discover...
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How Gaia Is Already Shaping Our Interstellar Adventures
The space telescope has refined the stellar flybys of the Voyager and Pioneer probes—how might it help us chart our way to the stars in the future? The Gaia space telescope [ESA] When looking up on a...
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Toxic “Habitable” Worlds Could Be Havens for Alien Microbes
Don’t forget your spacesuit: Complex lifeforms, such as humans, would not survive on many of the worlds we thought would be interstellar tropical getaways [Pixabay] Worlds like Earth may be even rarer...
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Teegarden Party: Don’t Pack Your Interstellar Travel Bags … Yet
While it’s an exciting discovery, the nearby star system is a very alien place with its own unique array of challenges. The universe is stranger than we can imagine, so when a star system is...
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Space Telescope Sees a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface. And It’s Horrible
It’s both too hot and too cold, has no atmosphere, and is no place to take a vacation—but there is an upside. Artist’s impression of LHS 3844b, which is thought to be covered in dark lava rock with no...
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The Rolling Stones and NASA Team Up for Some … Martian Shenanigans?
As the Stones arrive in Los Angeles to continue their No Filter tour, there’s a space-related twist in store at the Rose Bowl Stadium. It’s been 25 years since the Rolling Stones played at the Rose...
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“Rolling Stones Rock” Is the Coolest Mars Rock That Ever Rolled
The legendary British rock band has been honored by NASA with a rock that the InSight lander rocket-blasted across the Red Planet’s surface last year. [NASA/JPL-Caltech] Those of you who frequently...
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“Solitude” by Enceladus
Today’s digital palette cleanser is bought to you courtesy of Cassini and a small icy moon filled with intrigue. As we constantly check the news sites for updates on the minutia of our daily lives,...
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SCIENCED Podcast: No Tea on Teegarden b
Are you sure it’s THAT habitable? [NASA] Before zipping off to Hawaii and taking a short writing break, I was invited to appear on the SoCal Science Writing “SCIENCED” podcast with Jessie Hendricks to...
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