NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence

After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed ...
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What sized planet would make space travel impossible due to gravity?

Our readers enjoy getting to grips with this one, pondering everything from what this planet might look like to the various ...
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NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has a new method for detecting worlds beyond the solar system, and it is thanks to ...

After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation, was supposed to last less than an hour, but ...
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Mars orbiter watches Perseverance cross the finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29, 2026

On June 14, 2026, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completed a marathon, or 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) as a spacecraft ...
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Mars once had rivers, lakes, and possibly oceans, and it lost all of them for one reason — its molten core cooled, its magnetic field died, and the solar wind stripped the ...

Mars wasn't always frozen and barren. Billions of years ago it had flowing rivers, standing lakes, and possibly oceans. It ...
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NASA Declares Mars Spacecraft Dead After It Spins Out Of Control

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. NASA has ended its MAVEN mission after losing contact with the spacecraft after an 11-year ...
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The new space race no longer seems like an idyllic adventure toward the stars, because in 2026, Blue Origin is rebuilding a destroyed launch pad, Relativity has its …

The new space race is accelerating, but debris, failures, and crowded orbits are raising new risks around Earth.
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching in 2026, is expected to find around 100,000 planets beyond our solar system in a single mission — after nearly …

NASA already flies two famous space telescopes, Hubble and James Webb. A third is almost ready: the Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

From being rejected by NASA at 14, cleaning space toilets to leading Mars mission: How Claire Parfitt made her dream come true

Rejected by NASA at 14, Claire Parfitt persevered to become the European Space Agency's Mars Exploration Study Lead, helping ...

OTD In Space - July 4: Mars Pathfinder Arrives on Mars

On July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission arrived on Mars and began transmitting images from the surface of the Red ...