“We think it’s going to change materials research in the future.” 3-D printers can create all kinds of things, from eyeglasses to implantable medical devices, straight from... Read more
A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet in great detail. The first NASA-p... Read more
Why send just one robot into space when you could send two robots into space instead? We did it with Spirit and Opportunity, and that worked out great is mostly still working out great. It w... Read more
This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm... Read more
NASA’S Curiosity has the fastest modem on Mars. Since its only competition is an oldish bit of kit aboard Opportunity, one of two rovers dispatched in 2003, that is not saying much, at... Read more
Adam Steltzner spent nine years working to turn seven minutes of terror into NASA’s finest hour since the landing of Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility. His is a fascinating insider... Read more
As the latest rover arrives on Mars to assess its hospitality, astronomers are learning more about possibly habitable worlds beyond the solar system. IF MARTIANS exist, then any in the vicin... Read more
