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

Aerospace

NASA discovers the perfect cave to live in on the moon

A newly identified lunar pit where the temperature is always about 63 F could be the perfect place for NASA’s future moon base.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Watch NASA’s flying space bots work alongside astronauts

The three Astrobee robots aboard the ISS foreshadow a future in which autonomous bots are NASA astronauts’ partners in space.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA will send two more helicopters to Mars to bring home samples

Inspired by the overachieving Ingenuity, NASA has updated the Mars Sample Return mission to include two new Mars helicopters.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA is closer than ever to generating nuclear power on the moon

NASA has given three companies $5 million contracts to develop mini reactors capable of generating nuclear power on the moon by 2031.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

NASA was “completely wrong” about the asteroid Bennu

It wasn’t until landing on the asteroid Bennu that NASA learned its surface was more like a plastic ball pit than the relatively solid moon.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

The sci-fi plan to create artificial gravity on the moon, Mars

To create artificial gravity for off-world explorers, Japan plans to build spinning, cone-shaped facilities on the moon and Mars.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

7 spectacular lessons from James Webb’s first deep-field image

With its first deep-field image, the James Webb Space Telescope has truly ushered in an entirely new era in astronomy and astrophysics.

Ethan Siegel

Physics

Black hole mergers obey the laws of thermodynamics

An analysis of the gravitational wave data from black hole mergers show that the event horizon area, and entropy, always increases.

Paul Ratner

Aerospace

James Webb’s first science images: before-and-after

The James Webb Space Telescope's first set of science images showcases the breadth of the observatory’s capabilities.

Ethan Siegel

Aerospace

James Webb’s record-breaking first science image: explained

On July 11, 2022, the very first science image of the James Webb Space Telescope was unveiled to the world.

Ethan Siegel

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