Space

mars' surface with the left side of the image toned yellow and the right side blue

Astronomy

NASA shares colorful “postcard” of Mars’ surface

NASA has used photos taken by the Curiosity rover to create a gorgeous “postcard” of the Martian landscape.

Kristin Houser

a crowd of young people with their backs to the camera watching a rocket fly through the air in the distance

Aerospace

Students build reusable rocket, win $5,000 from NASA

The University of Alabama in Huntsville has won Student Launch 2023, NASA’s annual rocket-building competition.

Kristin Houser

an illustration of a capsule reentering Earth's atmosphere

Aerospace

SpaceX successfully launches world’s first “space factory”

SpaceX has successfully deployed a “space factory” developed by startup Varda Space Industries to manufacture drugs in microgravity.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Continents may be the key to whether exoplanets can harbor life

New simulations of continent distribution could help astronomers assess whether newly-discovered exoplanets may be habitable.

Sam Jarman

Outer Space

How NASA is planning to prevent a Martian plague

When Mars samples arrive, they may carry more than knowledge. To offset the chance of a Martian pandemic, NASA is learning to contain a Red Planet plague.

B. David Zarley

Outer Space

This logarithmic view of the Universe will blow your mind

From here to the limits of what we can see, here's a breathtaking illustrated logarithmic view of the Universe.

Ethan Siegel

Astronomy

What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains

A wormhole is like a tunnel between two distant points in our universe that cuts the travel time from one point to the other.

Dejan Stojkovic

Astronomy

NASA’s James Webb takes its first direct image of an exoplanet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly observed an exoplanet for the first time — ushering in a new era of exoplanet research

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

There are more galaxies in the Universe than even Carl Sagan ever imagined

There are between 6 and 20 trillion galaxies out there. Carl Sagan's "billions and billions" was far too low of a guess.

Ethan Siegel

Aerospace

Three crucial experiments aboard NASA’s moon rocket

These Artemis 1 experiments could protect NASA astronauts and help usher in a future in which space is accessible to everyone.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Future sailplanes could explore Mars like birds

Sailplanes could harvest wind energy from Mars’ atmosphere, probing unexplored regions for long stretches of time.

Sam Jarman

Outer Space

The Universe is flat. Here’s what that teaches us.

When we measure it, we find that our Universe really is flat. Here's what we can learn from that, and why it matters so much.

Ethan Siegel

Astronomy

Newly discovered exoplanet may be first covered in liquid water

The first ocean planet may have just been discovered in the “Goldilocks zone” of a star 100 light-years from Earth.

Kristin Houser

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