Amy Thompson
Congress Wants Not One, But Two Europa Missions
This icy world could be our best bet for finding life.
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Is Prepping for an Extended Mission
Decades in the making, this small spacecraft is opening up the outer Solar System.
NASA Is Investing in Growable Habitats and Sleep Chambers
These technologies will help us on the Journey to Mars and beyond.
ESA’s Swarm Mission Is Mapping How the Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Changing
Data reveals it’s changing quicker than we thought.
Kepler and Herschel Telescopes Team Up to Spy on a Dwarf Planet
Move over Makemake, this unnamed world could be larger.
An Autonomous Robot Successfully Performed Surgery on a Pig
A robot just demonstrated it could perform soft tissue surgery with minimal supervision.
Life on Mars Will Have a Harder Time Hiding from NASA’s New Rover
Why the agency is sending a souped-up version of Curiosity to Mars.
'Sticky Beads' That Trap Sperm Could Be a New Form of Birth Control
The “sperm traps” could also help with infertility.
NASA Plans a Journey to the Ocean at the Center of an Icy Moon
Jules Verne’s sci-fi classic gets a new twist in a NASA proposal.
Here's a Trippy Simulation of Space Weather
While sampling the solar wind, New Horizons may have witnessed the birth of anomalous cosmic rays
A New Crew of Mousetronauts Is Headed to the International Space Station
The mice will be observed via a live video feed, as well as expected to carry out tasks designed to test their muscle function.
The Moon’s Poles Haven’t Always Been in the Same Place
Researchers found that the poles shifted six degrees in the Moon’s 4.5 billion year history.