Astronomy & Observing News

NASA's Wine Sniffer

Scientists are using wine to help test a device designed to search for life on Mars.

Astronomy & Observing News

Can a Robot Draw a Map?

Scientists will need detailed geologic maps of Mars to guide their search for life there. Typically such maps are produced through painstaking human field work. But a group of scientists wants to know whether a robot could do the job instead.

Astronomy & Observing News

Predicting Planets

Finding new planets around distant stars has become commonplace. But now a team of astronomers has succeeded in predicting the orbit of a planet that hadn't yet been discovered. The last time that happened was more than 150 years ago.

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