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    Three Mars Missions Arriving in February 2021

    Three Mars Missions Arriving in February 2021

    By Zulfikar Abbany The next few weeks in February will bring nail-biting moments of truth for three countries — indeed, the world — as three separate Mars missions approach the Red Planet. The United Arab Emirates, China and the United States each launched separate missions to Mars in July 2020, and they are all about […]

    Looking for Evidence of Past Life on Mars

    Looking for Evidence of Past Life on Mars

    By Jim Bell Editor’s note: Jim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and has worked on a number of Mars missions. On Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will be arriving at the red planet, and hopefully will place the Perseverance Rover on the surface. […]

    2021: What Astronomical and Space Events Await Us This Year?

    2021: What Astronomical and Space Events Await Us This Year?

    By Dirk Lorenzen 2021 begins as a year of Mars. Although our red planetary neighbor isn’t as prominent as it was last autumn, it is still noticeable with its characteristic reddish color in the evening sky until the end of April. In early March, Mars shines close to the star cluster Pleiades in the constellation […]

    Stephen Hawking: ‘I Am Convinced That Humans Need to Leave Earth’

    Stephen Hawking: ‘I Am Convinced That Humans Need to Leave Earth’

    Stephen Hawking repeated his warning that humanity needs to leave Earth and colonize the moon, Mars or other planets in order for our species to survive the impending doom of climate change. “We have given our planet the disastrous gift of climate change … When we we have reached similar crises there has usually been […]

    Stephen Hawking Plans Trip to Space, Says Trump Should Replace Pruitt as EPA Head

    Stephen Hawking Plans Trip to Space, Says Trump Should Replace Pruitt as EPA Head

    Professor Stephen Hawking could one day realize his dream of space travel thanks to Virgin founder and space-enthusiast Richard Branson. “I have already completed a zero gravity flight which allowed me to float weightless, but my ultimate ambition is to fly into space,” Hawking told host Piers Morgan of “Good Morning Britain” on Monday. “I […]

    Stephen Hawking: We Must Find Another Planet to Live On

    Stephen Hawking: We Must Find Another Planet to Live On

    Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the most intelligent individuals on the planet, which is why his assertion that humanity has only 1,000 years left on Earth and must find another place to colonize is incredibly frightening. “[W]e must … continue to go into space for the future of humanity,” professor Hawking said in […]