NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ...
UN Environment Programme

The methane visionary whose legacy is still changing the climate equation

Late Italian lawyer Manfredi Caltagirone leaves behind a growing observatory, expanding partnerships and conviction on the power of reducing methane emissions ...

NASA loses contact with Mars orbiter MAVEN

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

A Vital NASA Mars Orbiter Has Gone Dark

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

NASA rover detects electric discharges like 'mini-sonic booms' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...
Natural History Museum

Meteorites: Windows into our solar system’s beginnings

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

Mars rover records 'snap' sounds of electric sparks in twisters. Listen

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...