The new NASA mission, ICON, is looking to demonstrate how planet Earth and its weather contributes to the physics of the ionosphere.
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Other Worlds: The 21st Century Space Race
A science-driven marathon, or a colonial sprint?
Underestimating the Rise in Global Sea Level
Have historical records underestimated global sea level rise?
The search for life in oceans beyond
Where is the best place to find living life beyond Earth? It may be that the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn harbor some of the most habitable real estate in our Solar System. Life loves liquid water and these moons have lots of it! Kevin Hand will explain the science behind why we think we know […]
Image of the Week: Extraterrestrial Life
This week’s image, taken from the International Space Station, is of a flower blossoming in space.
Image of the Week: A new view of Titan
NASA is uncovering Saturn’s shrouded moon Titan with this infrared picture, which pierces through Titan’s haze, revealing its unseen surface.
The Impossible EmDrive
Peter Shatwell sifts the fact and the fiction in support of the EmDrive – a proposed space propulsion system that appears to contradict a fundamental law of physics