Mars’ 2 weird moons began as 1 large moon, study suggests
Mars may have had a single moon before something smashed into it, tearing it asunder into the two moons we see today. In a Monday in Nature, scientists explained how...
If God broke the laws of physics, would scientists even notice?
I still believed in God (I am now an atheist) when I heard the following question at a seminar, first posed by Einstein, and was stunned by its elegance and...
How a Facebook group for people who can’t smell handled the COVID rush
For Chrissi Kelly, it all started with the toothpaste. Next, it was the shampoo, then the bathroom cleaner. As she scuttled around her bathroom one day in 2012, sniffing everything...
Stunning astronomical study indicates our galaxy may be teeming with life
The search for extraterrestrial life may not take us very far from home. Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen recently published an incredible study demonstrating there’s a high likelihood the...
Perseverance lands on Mars in never-before-seen video
We now have an impressively clear and unprecedented video of NASA's Perseverance rover's intense entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on Mars, just a few days after it landed on the...
The Perseverance rover just recorded the Martian wind
The whoosh of the Martian wind is eerie. NASA's recently-landed Perservance rover is the first rover to record sound on Mars, and the space agency released the car-sized robot's first...
Amazing NASA footage shows Perseverance rover setting down on Mars
NASA today released breathtaking new footage from the Perseverance rover’s arrival on the surface of Mars. The Perseverance rover left for the red planet on 30 July 2020. After a...
Immerse yourself in Perseverance’s 360-degree vista of Mars
If you're curious about what it's like to stand on Mars right where NASA's Perseverance rover landed, the spacecraft shared a 360-degree view you can enjoy right here on Earth....
Watch Perseverance’s harrowing descent to the surface of Mars – TechCrunch
NASA has released video taken by the Perseverance landing module and rover showing the famous “seven minutes of terror” in a bracing first-person perspective. The images sent back Friday were...
Take a 360-degree tour of NASA’s boisterous Mars rover landing party
It's over. The so-called "seven minutes of terror" elapsed without incident, and when it was all over the Perseverance Mars rover was safely touched down on the surface of the...