Jun 13 NASA Rover knocked out as giant dust storm engulfs Mars By Amel Ahmed, KQED Flight controllers tried late Tuesday night to contact Opportunity, but the rover did not respond. The storm has been growing since the end of May and now covers one-quarter of the planet. Continue reading
May 14 What Kilauea’s eruption can reveal about volcanoes on other worlds—and possibly, alien life By Fedor Kossakovski The Kilauea volcano provides a natural laboratory on Earth to study volcanoes found on other planets and moons in our solar system. Continue reading
May 04 WATCH: NASA launches InSight, the first lander for peering deep into Mars By Rashmi Shivni InSight could become the first probe to dig deep into Mars' interior to explore how the Red Planet’s geology evolved over billions of years, including the planet’s so-called “marsquakes.”… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 7:20 Can humans cope with long space travel? Astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year as a guinea pig By Miles O'Brien A year in space isn’t for the faint of heart. Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, author of a new book, “Endurance,” sits down with science correspondent Miles O’Brien to discuss the physical effects of a long space mission and what… Continue watching
Jun 03 SpaceX aims for history with latest rocket launch By Kamala Kelkar With 40 mice, 400 fruit flies and 3 tons of supplies in a refurbished cargo capsule, a SpaceX rocket embarked on another historic mission to the International Space Station from Florida on Saturday. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 7:37 The science that shaped 2016 By PBS News Hour What did 2016 mean for science? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien sits down with William Brangham to discuss some of the more remarkable discoveries, innovations and setbacks this year, including the confirmation of one of Einstein's major predictions, the global outbreak… Continue watching
Dec 22 Analysis: ‘Passengers’ is part space odyssey, part stalker flick By Nsikan Akpan Here's why this movie warrants a closer look. Continue reading
Dec 01 ExoMars orbiter gets up close to the Red Planet By Leigh Anne Tiffany European scientists are getting new snapshots of the Red Planet thanks to the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Continue reading
Nov 16 National Geographic makes hazardous journey to ‘MARS’ in new miniseries By Nsikan Akpan The myriad strains of a future deep space journey percolate through ‘MARS’ — a new six-part miniseries on the National Geographic Channel. Continue reading
Nov 14 Mars-bound astronauts might fall victim to ‘space brain’ By Leigh Anne Tiffany Radiation exposure on a deep space journey to Mars could cause long-term brain damage, based on research from the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine. Continue reading