The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion ...

On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what's next in deep space exploration. Dr. Stern, planetary scientist and the Principal ...

This week, America launched the first crewed deep space mission in over fifty years, and we should all be proud of the role North Alabama played in making it happen. Since the first lunar mission, the ...

Room-temperature liquid metals could benefit deep-space exploration, enabling advances in propulsion, thermal management, soft robotics, smart spacesuits, and life support systems. (Nanowerk News) A ...