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3D-printing 'living' houses on Mars??? How your favourite smoothie ingredient gave one scientist a genius idea
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (610+ words) Yeast and gelatine could be used to create a sticky building material like concrete for constructing human habitats on Mars. How can frozen fruit help us build human habitats on Mars? Maybe not directly, but frozen fruit has sparked a…...
"We had a visitor from a distant corner of our Galaxy" Scientist reveals why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was so special??? and why we'll find many more very soon
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1892+ words) Interview with astronomer Cyrielle Opitom who co-led a study of comet 3I/ATLAS using the Very Large Telescope Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is one of the biggest stories in space science in recent years. From the moment of its discovery in July…...
Humans may become Martians. Scientist reveals how evolution will morph our bodies on Mars
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (742+ words) A review of Scott Solomon's book 'Becoming Martian' and a Q&A with the author Becoming Martian is an inspiring deep dive into how humans might live, thrive and conceive future generations on Mars. But it also explores how those…...
This creepy 'statue' that looks like a robed figure on Mars gives us the chills. Here's what's really going on
5+ day, 44+ min ago (1148+ words) The 'robed statue of a female figure' on Mars was spotted by the Spirit rover on the Red Planet in 2007 Of all the strange, creepy visions captured throughout humanity's exploration of the Universe, one of the most hair-raising has to…...
Are we the aliens? Earth could be sending life to Venus, say scientists
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (317+ words) Study examines whether microbes might survive the journey between Earth and Venus A study suggests that microscopic life blasted off Earth by asteroid impacts could have reached Venus’s atmosphere over billions of years – raising the possibility that any life in…...
The case for life on Mars just got stronger. A NASA rover has found extensive organic carbon in ancient river rocks
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (426+ words) NASA's Perseverance rover’s discovery of widespread complex carbon on Mars adds fresh clues to the hunt for past life Scientists have confirmed one of the most extensive detections yet of complex organic carbon on Mars, found in mudstones in an…...
Lunacy! This philosopher says the new Space Race to conquer the Moon is completely flawed. Here's why
1+ week, 4+ day ago (640+ words) Is human spaceflight a waste of money and resources? In his book Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble considers 10 ‘false’ pledges of the new Space Age – this era of Blue Origin, SpaceX and private entities aspiring to see millions of humans not…...
Twelve of the weirdest things we've ever seen on Mars. The eerie open door will give you chills!
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1256+ words) The strangest sights captured on the Red Planet over the years and what they really are At the turn of the 19th century, American businessman turned amateur astronomer Percival Lowell created a controversy that was to rage for nearly half a…...
This rare meteorite is proof of a lost ancient planet that once roamed our Solar System
3+ week, 1+ day ago (244+ words) Ultra-rare meteorite is a fragment from a protoplanet possibly as big as Mars A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert has provided the first definitive evidence for a giant protoplanet that formed early in the Solar System’s history before…...