Martian dust devils may create rare rocket fuel ingredient0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 31, 2018
The Red Planet is a rich source of perchlorates—chemical compounds used in fertilizer and rocket fuel that are rarely formed naturally on Earth.

The Red Planet is a rich source of perchlorates—chemical compounds used in fertilizer and rocket fuel that are rarely formed naturally on Earth.

Oxygen-breathing critters might be more plausible than we thought.

Rocket scientists tell Nasa a new rover could finally unlock red planet’s secrets

Our solar system is just a tiny speck in the Milky Way.

Experts say planet could offer new insights into how solar system formed

New research suggests the “rock comet” is weirder than previously thought.

The word “HAZMAT” describes substances that pose a risk to the environment, or even to life itself. Imagine the term being applied to entire planets, where violent flares from the host star may make worlds uninhabitable by affecting their atmospheres.

NASA’s MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space. Now, MarCO – which stands for Mars Cube One – has Mars in sight.

The first study of its environmental impact suggests that extracting resources such as platinum from asteroids might be cleaner than doing so on Earth.

The upper atmosphere of Venus is surprisingly similar Earth.



