/tags/space-exploration space exploration en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-07/scientists-seeking-answers-about-mars-look-to-the-colorado-rivers-canyons Ancient rainstorms may have sculpted the red planet, similar to the monsoon rains that helped shape the Southwest’s landscape Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-07/scientists-seeking-answers-about-mars-look-to-the-colorado-rivers-canyons Rae Solomon /npr-news/2019-07-18/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening In the early 1960s, NASA was considering three different ideas for landing a man on the lunar surface. Houbolt's plan ultimately won out despite concerns within NASA that it was too risky. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:00:39 GMT /npr-news/2019-07-18/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening Scott Neuman /npr-news/2019-04-01/young-astronomer-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-2-exoplanets A team led by an undergraduate student at the University of Texas, Austin has found two new planets by using artificial intelligence to sift through data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-04-01/young-astronomer-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-discover-2-exoplanets Joe Palca /npr-news/2019-01-31/exploring-the-mysterious-origins-of-mars-3-mile-high-sand-pile Space scientists on Earth have improvised a tool on the Mars rover to help them figure out how a giant mountain on the Red Planet came to be. Their surprising conclusion: It's likely windswept sand. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:22:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-01-31/exploring-the-mysterious-origins-of-mars-3-mile-high-sand-pile Joe Palca /education/2018-08-02/colorado-school-of-mines-goes-interplanetary-with-new-space-resources-program Starting this fall, our region will host something new: a graduate program in space resources.“This is the very first program in the world that is focused… Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:10:30 GMT /education/2018-08-02/colorado-school-of-mines-goes-interplanetary-with-new-space-resources-program Rae Ellen Bichell