NASA made waves earlier this year by landing their Perseverance rover on the red planet. Jian Feng tells us what comes next.
Meet the 19 year old preparing to be one of the first people on Mars
Megan Pierce relates the struggles of being a woman in STEM and spotlights young aspiring astronaut, Alyssa Carson.
Over the Moon About the New Moon
Astronomers have identified a new “mini moon” which is currently orbiting the Earth, and may have been doing so for a while now without any of us realising. The mysterious mass was first identified on […]
NASA’s Prototype Spacesuits Unveiled for 2024 Artemis Moon Mission
After NASA’s cancellation of their first ever all-female spacewalk on March the 29th due to a problem with the size of the spacesuits, they have recently unveiled a prototype of The Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit […]
Government shutdown shuts off science
The US government shutdown has broken the record for the longest federal shutdown in American history. While this had an obvious impact on many issues, the negative implications for scientific research have perhaps been overlooked. […]
Probing Deep into Martian Matter: Reviewing NASA’s ‘7 Minutes of Terror’ after a month of successful InSight operation.
It’s now been over two months since against all odds, NASA’s InSight landed safely on the Red Planet, demonstrating a massive triumph for human achievement. Although the entire journey from Earth to Mars lasted 6 […]
Mars: To boldly go where no man has gone before
For as long as human history, people have looked up to the heavens and wondered. Among the many celestial fascinations that the night sky offers us, few have caught the human imagination so much as […]
What’s new in Science this week?
NASA has revealed new evidence of a massive ocean hidden under the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa that may be more accessible than thought before. Evidence has surfaced from pictures taken by the Hubble Space […]
12 Days of Christmas Cheer
Short days and long nights and an incessant battle against wind and rain. In addition to our own personal ‘winter slump’, terrible and pessimistic news has been reverberating around the world in the last few […]
NASA Rocket Explodes Moments After Launch
An unmanned Antares rocket exploded shortly after launching from NASA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. At 6.22 pm EDT on Tuesday October 28th, the cargo-carrying rocket exploded six seconds after setting off on […]
TV | Live in Space – Out of this world
It is perhaps unsurprising that Channel 4 should be the first to produce a TV show in space, given its track record of filming the dangerously absurd. It seems there’s very little left on earth […]
Science | Crowdfunding: science by popular demand
India this month participated in one of the most important races and feats of human ingenuity. The race to Mars is well under way and whist many acknowledge the noble intent of the mission, the search […]