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Building a long‑term base on the Moon will require extensive planning – a planetary geologist describes the considerations that go into it
Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Lots of excitement for space bubbled up in spring 2026. The Artemis…
Is extracting oxygen from lunar soil the future of space exploration?
Jack Robinot, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Université de Perpignan Via Domitia ; Alexis Paillet, Centre…
Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe‑inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand
During a total solar eclipse, the Sun is barely visible behind the Moon. Roger Sorensen Deana L. Weibel,…
All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample
Ryugu sample in its return capsule. JAXA Kliti Grice, Curtin University A new study reveals all five fundamental…
Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
Scarlett Howard Scarlett Howard, Monash University; Adrian Dyer, Monash University, and Andrew Greentree, RMIT University Humans have always…
Mission to Mars: how space exploration pushes the human body to its limits
European Space Agency, CC BY-NC-ND Damian Bailey, University of South Wales and Angelique Van Ombergen, University of Antwerp;…
Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off
Analog missions, like those conducted at NASA’s CHAPEA facility at the Johnson Space Center, help scientists study human…
Could life exist on Mars today? Here’s what the latest evidence says
Part of the ancient lake delta in Jezero Crater on Mars. JPL-Caltech Seán Jordan, Dublin City University and…
A rocky planet in its star’s ‘habitable zone’ could be the first known to have an atmosphere – here’s what we found
Hannah Wakeford, University of Bristol and Ryan MacDonald, University of St Andrews New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST…
NASA’s rover finds potential sign of life on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered potential biosignatures in a Martian rock sample, indicating the presence of iron-rich minerals and organic carbon, which suggests a past habitable environment that may have been sustained by microbial life.