AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMission to the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah – in picturesguardian.co.ukThe scientists, known as Crew 125 EuroMoonMars B mission, are in Utah to find out if humans can survive on the red planet. Here Melissa Battler, …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMars Curiosity rover to continue roving after technical glitchguardian.co.uk - Ian SampleNasa engineers have overcome a computer glitch that shut down the space agency's car-sized Mars rover, Curiosity, earlier this week. The $2.5bn rover …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAnimal astronauts: the unsung heroes of space explorationguardian.co.uk - Guardian staff reporterFrom intrepid turtles to pioneering jellyfish, a host of animals have made their mark as the unsung heroes of space exploration. Early animal …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNasa Curiosity rover tests suggest life may have existed on Marsguardian.co.uk - Ian SampleAn ancient network of rivers on Mars once made parts of the planet habitable for microbial life, according to the latest analysis from Nasa's …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow big is the universe … compared with a grain of sand? - videoguardian.co.uk - Source: Glasshead/Newton'You'll never get your head around how big the universe is,' warns astronomer Pete Edwards of the University of Durham in this film about measuring …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHigh-resolution Nasa images show magnetic braids of the sun - videoguardian.co.uk - Source: NASANasa images of the sun's outer atmosphere, the highest resolution pictures ever achieved. The agency launched the High Resolution Coronal Imager, or …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIran launches a monkey into space – and fires warning about its ambitionsguardian.co.uk - Saeed Kamali DehghanIran joined the international dash for space in earnest on Monday when it claimed to have successfully launched a live monkey into space in an …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoKepler satellite: astronomers may have discovered 461 new planetsguardian.co.uk - Alok JhaAstronomers have found possible evidence for 461 new planets outside our solar system, using measurements from Nasa's planet-hunting satellite, …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEvery meteorite fall on earth mappedguardian.co.uk - Simon RogersOr at least those we know about. And where are the known meteorite landing places on earth? These impact zones show where scientists have found …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPluto's moons campaign backed by Star Trek's William Shatner - videoguardian.co.uk - Source: ITNAn online poll to decide a name for a pair of Pluto's newly discovered moons is taking place in the US. Star Trek actor William Shatner, along with …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhite House Death Star petition is a no-goguardian.co.uk - Conal UrquhartThe US government has rejected a petition urging it to build a "Death Star", claiming it was too expensive, conceptually flawed and did not fit in …
AvatarThe GuardianFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRussia considers nuclear explosives to combat meteorites - videoguardian.co.uk - Source: ReutersRussia is considering proposals to establish nuclear explosives in space to combat meteorites. Scientists are assessing the possibility of such a …