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Send your name to the moon aboard NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover

NASA is inviting you to put your name aboard its VIPER moon rover, which is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year.

Space · Jan 5, 2024

NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission To Become “Monumental Achievement For All Humanity”

Launched in 2018, Parker Solar Probe aims for repeated, closer passes of the Sun. The post NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission To Become “Monumental Achievement For All Humanity” first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jan 5, 2024

Alien life could thrive in Venus' acidic clouds, new study hints

A new study has found that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — remain stable in concentrated sulfuric acid, the stuff that Venus' clouds are made of.

Space · Jan 5, 2024

People invited to send their names to the moon as part of new mission

The campaign allows tens of millions of individuals to send their names into space

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

NASA's Perseverance rover captures 360-degree view of Mars' Jezero Crater (video)

Get a detailed look at Perseverance's current location on Mars — the ancient Jezero Crater.

Space · Jan 5, 2024

Reprocessed NASA Images Reveal The True Colors of Neptune and Uranus

Neptune isn't really that deep blue color after all.

Inverse · Jan 5, 2024

True blue: Neptune only slightly deeper colour than Uranus, say Oxford scientists

Both ice giants are similar pale blue, new research finds, correcting earlier beliefs about the planets’ relative hues

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024

Uranus and Neptune are actually similar blues, 'true' color images reveal

A fresh analysis of Voyager 2's images of Uranus and Neptune reveal the two ice giants are similar shades of blue.

Space · Jan 5, 2024

New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like

A new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually much closer in colour than typically thought.

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Space probe carrying instrument built by UK scientists set for moon mission

The device will analyse the thin lunar atmosphere as well as find out more about how water might be moving around the moon.

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024