ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover…

Key idea:  ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 14:14 CEST on 14 April. The successful launch marks the beginning of an…

Humans need Earth-like ecosystem for deep-space living

Key idea:  Through physics, ecological thermodynamics and abductive reasoning, it may be possible to recreate the same evolutionary, ecological networks that makes Earth successful. Original author and publication date: Blaine Friedlander (Cornell Chronicle) - April…

A new discovery could impact the future of…

Key idea: While humans may be starry-eyed about sending people across the solar system to live on Mars one day, the discovery of a "relict glacier" on the red planet could mean that dream is…