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How China’s ‘Jade Rabbit’ rover is exploring the subterra
Your dusty, distant destination awaits, with unique geology that reveals billions of years of cosmic collisions
Of the hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our solar system, it is all too feasible that one could strike Earth. If scientists discover this is likely to happen, what are our options for defending ourselves – and who will make the key decisions? Tomas Weber reports
‘The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space,’ wrote the American astronomer and author Carl Sagan in his book, Contact. Ever since humans first huddled
It’s difficult to fully grasp the enormity and extremity of Jupiter. The planet – a striped behemoth of swirling gas with around 100 moons, one of which is larger than Mercury – dominates the Solar Sy
Lubiniezky Type: Crater Size: 45km Longitude/latitude: 23.9° W, 17.9° S Age: Around 3.9 billion years Best time to see: Two days after first quarter (2 September and 1 October) or one day after last q
Long ignored by scientists, cosmic dust is becoming an increasingly important field of study