News Science Space How fast does sound travel on Mars? by Lochie Schuster NASA’s Perseverance rover has determined the speed of sound on Mars, and it is actually quite different to Earth. For years, scientists have pondered how quickly sound travels in the…
News Space Listen to the sounds of every planet in our solar system, as recorded by NASA by Happy Give your next set of samples a celestial twist with NASA’s official recordings of the Sun, Earth, and every other planet in our solar system. Space is vast beyond comprehension…
News Space Life on Mars? NASA’s new rover successfully lands on the red planet by Marcie Cheers NASA’s Perseverance has successfully landed on Mars after a long seven-month journey, to find evidence of life through rock samples. After just over ten minutes of a nail-biting descent, the…
News Science Space Mars or madness? Elon Musk thinks he’ll put humans on Mars by 2026 by Phoebe Repeti Instead of cleaning up the mess we’ve made here, Elon Musk offers up more difficult, less practical option. Elon Musk has said he is “fairly confident” that humans will make…
News Science Space Mars will be much closer to Earth this week than it will be for 15 years by Manning Patston According to NASA, Mars is going to be much closer to planet Earth this week than it will be for the next 15 years, so be sure to schedule in…
News Space ‘Super Hi-Vision’ cameras will capture Mars in HD for the first time ever by Happy Prepare to dwindle in horror at ultra-HD videos of our red neighbour. In 2024 a Japanese mission to Mars will capture 8K images of the planet for the very first…
News Space NASA sends ‘Perseverance’ rover off to Mars in the hopes of finding alien life by Ben Hansen NASA’s Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars! The spacecraft carrying NASA‘s latest planet explorer launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral at 9:50 pm AEST last night. The launch was successful,…
News Space What does Mars sound like? NASA launches rover to investigate by Caitlin Hely NASA is going on its 10th Mars mission tomorrow, sending its Perseverance rover to explore the planet and its soundscape. It begs the question, what will Mars sound like? Will…
News Space Strap in: NASA’s Curiosity rover is going for a summer road trip on Mars by Claudia Schmidt On Monday, NASA announced that its Curiosity Mars rover would be going on a “summer road trip”. The rover’s journey is set to cover just under 2km of terrain and…
News Look up: Mars and the moon will be cosying up together in the sky tonight by Claire Adema Mars and the moon will be getting up close and personal tonight with both orbs visible close to each other in the sky. And with life on planet Earth testing…
News Space NASA just released the highest-ever resolution panorama of Mars by Claudia Schmidt NASA’s Curiosity rover has been busy over on Mars. Between November 24 and December 1 last year, the rover took more than 1,000 images of the planet. These exploits have…
News Space NASA launch Artemis, a space program landing the first woman on the moon by Patrick McKinnon Everyone’s favourite space agency are back! NASA have announced the Artemis program, with the goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. But if…
News After more than 14 years of service, the Mars Opportunity Rover’s light has gone out by Rianna Manuel Today, we say farewell to a little robot that went above and beyond for scientific exploration. The Mars Opportunity Rover has been officially declared dead after 15 years of faithful…
