On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 ...
MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the ...
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is one of only three NASA missions currently in operation around Mars, and one ...
Though my feet have remained on Earth the entirety of 2025, my mind spent a surprising amount of time in space.
Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.
On this day in 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft made history with a close flyby of Venus, marking a major milestone in the early years of space exploration. The mission became America’s first ...
Venus, Earth's hostile twin, is growing more unpredictable for upcoming space missions. Extreme heat, crushing pressure, and corrosive clouds already ...
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet ...
The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...
Space is inaccessible to the vast majority of us, but it’s not as far away as you might think. The von Kármán Line, which is ...
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Space colonization is a lie: Why Mars, Venus and Mercury are impossible to live on
The dream of colonizing other planets is a science fiction fantasy. This video presents a harsh, scientific reality check on our solar system. We analyze the lethal conditions on Mars, Venus, and ...
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