VIPER, NASAs Moon resource mapper
How will VIPER map water on the Moon? NASA has geared up VIPER with three spectrometers instruments that can identify a products composition based on how they give off or […]
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China successfully lands rover on Mars
The Chinese rover joins three NASA spacecraft already on the surface of Mars. China’s Zhurong Mars rover, mounted atop a rocket-powered lander, dropped away from its orbiting Tianwen-1 mothership Friday […]
Biden signs executive order aiming to prevent future cybersecurity disasters
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday implementing new policies aimed to improve national cybersecurity. The executive order comes in the wake of a number of recent cybersecurity […]
Ford adds Alexa voice assistant to new cars
“Alexa, what’s the traffic like on my commute?” On Thursday, the Michigan-based company announced that Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant would be built into future Ford cars. It’ll be available in […]
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Ways Galactic Halo
The external reaches of the Galaxy galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with most of this “galactic halo” being made up of void. But […]