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After Wrong Turn, Japanese Spacecraft Finally Makes It To Venus
Space Welcome to orbit, Akatsuki Usually when you miss an exit, it doesn't take you 5 years to return to your highlighted route. Usually when you miss an exit, it doesn't take you 5 years to return to...
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Now You Can See Five Planets At Once With The Naked Eye
Space Till mid-February, early risers will see the first five-planet alignment in a decade Starting tomorrow morning, all five planets will shine in the morning twilight. Head out before sunrise and...
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A Sea-Slug-Powered Robot, Zuckerberg’s A.I. Toaster, And Other Amazing Images
Science Our favorite science images of the week Our favorite images from this week in science and tech.
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Was This Maya Manuscript Used To Plan The Next Party?
Science Mysterious Dresden Codex may have predicted future holidays While the Mayan people of Central America are known colloquially for “predicting” the “end of the world,” it is well known that they...
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Is NASA launching too many asteroid missions?
Space Not all scientists are happy about recent Discovery mission picks While everyone agrees these are all worthy missions, some scientists are raising concerns about the lack of diversity in NASA's...
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Hey look, Venus is smiling
Space A curved line marked the planet's surface for four days A smile-shaped feature running through the atmosphere of Venus persisted for four days, despite 220-mph winds.
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Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might...
Space It’s time to return to our hellish neighbor. Researchers say studying Venus, which may have once been habitable, could help us understand what makes Earth—and other planets like it—livable.
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Tornadoes are a little different when they happen on the sun
Space Also in space: A neighborhood of black holes, a new (and old) reason to study Venus' clouds, and the end of the Lunar XPrize. This was a busy week for space. We heard about hopes for life on...
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Massive atmospheric wave on Venus could explain the planet's weird rotation
Space More than a light Venusian breeze. Venus’ rotation has always been weird. Estimates of it have changed over time, much to the puzzlement of scientists.
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Here’s why NASA is working on a concept crewed mission to Venus
Space The upper atmosphere of Venus is surprisingly similar Earth. Today, Venus is unlikely to be a dream destination for aspiring space tourists.
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