How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon
The bacteria, Sporosarcina pasteurii, is able to make calcium carbonate that can act as a sealant to fix bricks made from lunar regolith.
Meet ‘Nighthawk’: Mars helicopter mission could be big leap for exploration
NASA's next Mars chopper concept could do far more than fly — it could help unlock the planet's watery past, reveal signs of life and scout landing zones for astronauts.
Scientists are using stellar ‘quakes’ to peer inside stars
Scientists are probing stellar "quakes" to understand what lies beneath the surface of a star's body.
Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut ‘OK, this is kind of out there’
"OK, this is kind of out there and caters to your inner Uber-Geek."
Watch ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.
Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus’ volcanos
Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.
Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet’s atmosphere
Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.
Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here’s how.
Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.
Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter’s magnetic field ‘like a giant squash ball’
A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.
NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface
New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.