“Maybe Tycho Brahe had heard about this and thus knew ... lead, and the spleen; Mars, iron, and the gallbladder; and Mercury, ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

Mars is a place of mysteries. Was it ever—or is it now—home to life? Why did it lose its magnetic field, allowing the solar wind to claw away its once-abundant atmosphere? And then there’s ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Have you seen the weird “alien doorway” on Mars image that went viral on social media? It was sent back by NASA’s ...

Mars has lost enough water to space to form a global ocean up to hundreds of kilometers deep. Seasonal changes can have a dramatic effect on how quickly Mars loses its water to space, a joint ...

Johannes Kepler’s laws of planetary motion were based on data collected by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. James Watson ... boson and the exploration of Mars all involved hundreds if not ...

These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.' SpaceX's Starship megarocket will ...

Discover the giant legacy of the Renaissance period astronomers Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe in Prague, the city of a hundred spires, where astronomy, maths, music and art connect. Accompanied ...

Scientists have created "a form of information immortality" meant to instruct future species on how to recreate humans. But who, or what, will find it? Margherita Bassi Scientists continue to ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes ... Early Dingoes Are Related ...