Thanksgiving in Space, A Super-Jupiter and Caves on Mars
Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving in space, caves on Mars and a Jupiter that's 13 times larger than ours. See the top stories of the last week here.
FIRST STOP: Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk
Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to help establish a Mars colony of around 80,000 people, by ferrying folks to the Red Planet for perhaps $500,000 a pop. [Full Story]
NEXT: Curiosity Rover's Mars Mystery
Mars Mystery: Has Curiosity Rover Made Big Discovery?
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made an important discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to find out what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest. [Full Story]
NEXT: Super-Earths Get Magnetic 'Shield'
Super-Earths Get Magnetic 'Shield' from Liquid Metal
A new study reveals that a strange form of liquid magnesium can exist inside so-called super-Earth planets, and could affect theories on the liquid metal cores of planets, scientists say. [Full Story]
NEXT: Thanksgiving in Space
NASA Astronaut Celebrates Thanksgiving in Space
Many Americans will take time to mark the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday today, but there’s only one American with a truly out-of-this world turkey dinner. NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, the new commander of the International Space Station, is the only American in space. [Full Story]
NEXT: Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto Lacks Atmosphere
Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto Lacks Atmosphere
The best look yet at a distant icy sibling of Pluto is revealing secrets about its atmosphere or lack thereof, researchers say. [Full Story]
NEXT: Mysterious Military Space Plane Launch Delay
New Delay for Mysterious Military Space Plane Launch
The next launch of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane, a robotic spacecraft used to fly classified payloads into Earth orbit, has been delayed until Dec. 11 pending final approvals, SPACE.com has learned. [Full Story]
NEXT: Water on Mars and Earth Had Similar Origins
Water on Mars and Earth Had Similar Origins
The Earth's oceans and the water that once flowed on Mars likely came from a similar source: meteorites that landed on the planets when they were first forming, new research suggests. [Full Story]
NEXT: Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar 'Water Rush'
Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar 'Water Rush'
A private race to the moon may kick off a lunar "water rush" that helps humanity explore asteroids, Mars and other deep-space destinations, some scientists say. [Full Story]
NEXT: NASA Outpost Beyond Moon Could Lead to Mars
NASA Outpost Beyond Moon Could Lead to Mars
Sending humans to a “parking lot” in space beyond the moon’s far side would help pave the way for more ambitious manned missions to Mars, researchers say. [Full Story]
NEXT: Mars Cave-Exploration Mission Entices Scientists
Mars Cave-Exploration Mission Entices Scientists
NASA is mapping out a strategy to return bits of rock and soil from the Martian surface to Earth, but the most interesting Red Planet samples probably lie in underground caverns, some scientists say. [Full Story]
NEXT: 'Super-Jupiter' Discovery Dwarfs Solar System's Largest Planet
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