The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity succeeded beyond everyone’s greatest hopes. Now, NASA is building a new Mars rover named Curiosity, which is much larger and heavier than the earlier two, and you can watch it being built.
There’s more water on the moon than previously thought. Mercury also makes an appearance.
NASA and DARPA are considering the possibility of a hundred-year starship for one-way trips to other planets for colonization.
Also in space news, European astronomers have discovered a galaxy 13.1 billion light years away, making it the oldest thing we’ve ever observed in the universe.
And if you’re the kind of person who has trouble distinguishing between actual space and sci-fi space, Project Rho can help you out with the latter.
