Anna Kendrick embarks on a two-year trip to Mars which turns ‘potentially fatal’

Netflix’s upcoming film Stowaway dropped its first official trailer, starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette.  The teaser for the sci-fi thriller begins with Michael (Anderson) beginning to panic after he discovers he has unintentionally joined the crew’s two-year trip to Mars.   ‘Micheal, I’m Zoe. I’m a doctor,’ Kendrick tells him. ‘I want you … Read more

Plans for sustainable city on Mars are unveiled, with hopes of beginning construction in 33 years

As humans continue to explore Mars, plans are already underway to build a sustainable city on the red planet. The plans were unveiled by architecture studio ABIBOO, which has offices around the world, including two in the United States. Nüwa, the capital city and one of five planned at Tempe Mensa on Mars, is built vertically … Read more

NASA shares audio clip of Perseverance’s wheels ‘banging and pinging’ in the Mars dirt

Sounds of Perseverance driving on Mars: NASA releases audio clip of the rover’s six wheels ‘banging and pinging’ in the Martian dirt as it encounters a dust devil NASA released the first audio clip of Perseverance driving on Mars The raw audio is 16 minutes long and plays bangs, pings and rattles of its wheels … Read more

Mars’ ‘missing’ water could be lurking in the Martian crust, study reveals

How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more

Missions to Mars could affect astronauts’ MINDS and make them mistake happy faces for anger

Travelling to Mars could affect the mind of the astronauts making the long journey – leaving them more likely to misidentify facial expressions, study warns. Current NASA plans could see the first humans step foot on the surface of the Red Planet by the end of the next decade as part of the Artemis mission. … Read more

NASA team using Navajo language to name Mars land features seen by Perseverance rover

The team operating NASA’s Perseverance rover has started cataloging geological formations on the surface of Mars with names from the Navajo language. The names are a nod to the project’s large contingent from universities and national labs in New Mexico and Arizona, states that include traditional Navajo land, Forbes reported. Perseverance, nicknamed Perky, landed on Mars … Read more

Soar down to Mars with Perseverance! NASA shares video from the rover’s view during its descent

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have performed the ‘seven minutes of terror’ alone, but a new video of the descent makes viewers feel as if they too were along for the ride. The American Space Agency shared the clip on Twitter, which begins with the heat shield separating that allowed Perseverance’s cameras to ‘see’ a cratered … Read more

Soar down to Mars with Perseverance! NASA shares video from the rover’s view during its decent

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have performed the ‘seven minutes of terror’ alone, but a new video of the descent makes viewers feel as if they too were along for the ride. The American Space Agency shared the clip on Twitter, which begins with the heat shield separating that allowed Perseverance’s cameras to ‘see’ a cratered … Read more

NASA says zodiacal light seen on Earth before dawn may be caused by Mars dust particles

A mysterious luminous glow visible just before dawn, known as the zodiacal light, could be the result of tiny particles of dust being shed from Mars, NASA claims. The zodiacal light is a faint column of light extending up from the horizon – it is sunlight reflected towards Earth by a cloud of dust particles … Read more

Zodiacal light seen before dawn could be reflection of Mars dust pushed into space

A mysterious luminous glow visible just before dawn, known as the zodiacal light, could be the result of tiny particles of dust being shed from Mars, NASA claims. The zodiacal light is a faint column of light extending up from the horizon – it is sunlight reflected towards Earth by a cloud of dust particles … Read more