Rosalind Franklin News & Updates

Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover Gets First Braking Engines: Life-Search Mission Hits 2028 Milestone

Rosalind Franklin Mars rover received its first braking engines from NASA following ESA’s 347th Co...

Jun 28, 2026 • Tech Times

Rosalind Franklin University gets $2M grant to expand medical research and create lab space

A fundamental concept of Rosalind Franklin University’s Innovation and Research Park in North Chic...

Oct 19, 2021 • Chicago Tribune

Correction: Rosalind Franklin's crucial contribution to the discovery of DNA's structure

A piece that aired on NPR this week about the discovery of DNA's structure neglected to mention the ...

Mar 01, 2023 • NPR

ESA rover Rosalind Franklin, designed to look for molecules of life on Mars, passes a stress test

For the test, the rover hunted for organic molecules in rock samples from the Murchison meteorite....

Jun 19, 2026 • Starlust on MSN

15 Facts About Rosalind Franklin

Today would have been the 100th birthday of English chemist Rosalind Franklin, a brilliant and dedic...

Jul 25, 2018 • Mental Floss

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA

A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, ad...

Apr 24, 2023 • Phys.org

Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday

What do coal, viruses and DNA have in common? The structures of each – the predominant power sourc...

Jul 20, 2020 • Yahoo

Rosalind Franklin’s role in DNA discovery gets a new twist

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the t...

Apr 25, 2023 • FOX59 News

Artist pays tribute to DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin with DNA-laced paint and DNA-coded images

Artist Kate Thompson worked samples of synthetic DNA into the ink and acrylic coating for her portra...

Feb 24, 2020 • GeekWire

Rosalind Franklin: Was she robbed of the credit for discovering the double helix?

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First C...

Jul 25, 2013 • Christian Science Monitor

ESA's ExoMars rover: Launch date, boreholes, and the hunt for life

Update: On March 17, 2022, the European Space Agency announced it was suspending the 2022 ExoMars la...

Feb 20, 2024 • Inverse

Quote of the day by Rosalind Franklin: "Science and everyday life cannot and should not..." - the words of the brilliant scientist who helped reveal the secret of DNA

Many people think of science as something distant and a little intimidating. A world of labs, equati...

Jun 21, 2026 • The Times of India

Quote of the day by Rosalind Franklin: “Your faith rests on the future of yourself and others as individuals, mine in the future and fate of our successors. It seems to me ...

Some scientists stand out not only for their discoveries, but also for how clearly they saw responsi...

Apr 17, 2026 • Indiatimes

James Watson on X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin

Photograph 51, the famous X-ray diffraction image of DNA taken by X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Fr...

Jan 07, 2019 • PBS

Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman looks into a microscop...

Apr 25, 2023 • Yahoo

Ocean Miles Deep May Have Once Covered Region of Mars New Rover Will Land In

The rover will collect the samples from a region of Mars called Oxia Planum, a clay-rich, ancient pl...

Jun 07, 2026 • autoevolution

Europe’s Mars rover will be named after chemist Rosalind Franklin

Europe’s next Mars rover, slated to launch next year, will be named after noted scientist Rosalind...

Feb 07, 2019 • The Verge

ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life, clay deposits...

Jun 04, 2026 • Phys.org on MSN

ExoMars rover to search for signs of ancient life in vast Martian clay deposit

The expansive clay deposits at Oxia Planum may have been preceded by a vast ocean....

Jun 05, 2026 • Starlust on MSN

Natalie Portman To Play Pioneering DNA Scientist Rosalind Franklin In ‘Photograph 51' For Director Tom Hooper & FilmNation - Cannes Market Hot Project

EXCLUSIVE: In what is lining up to be one of hotter packages at this year’s Cannes market, we can ...

Jul 21, 2025 • MSN

This is not a toy, this is a tiny Martian spacecraft

A miniature space capsule, barely larger than a toy, has just been propelled to over 4,200 km/h (abo...

May 17, 2026 • Techno-Science.net on MSN

Rally at Rosalind Franklin University calls attention to medical school admission decisions deemed racist by organizers

For the second time this month, and after a June protest and march, a rally Monday on the front-entr...

Sep 22, 2020 • Chicago Tribune

The Life and Times of Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin is now best known for her decisive contribution to the greatest biological discove...

Sep 22, 2020 • GEN

Finally a European rover on Mars with the launch of Rosalind Franklin

A twist for the Rosalind Franklin mission: after years of delays and partner changes, the European r...

May 07, 2026 • Techno-Science.net on MSN

SpaceX books launch of European Mars rover, its 1st-ever Red Planet contract

SpaceX will launch Europe's life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not abo...

Apr 18, 2026 • Space.com on MSN