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
webb images
Aerospace
NASA teases Webb telescope’s first images with list of targets (Updated)
Kristin Houser
Disaster Response
The cosmos can kill us in many ways. But the James Webb Space Telescope can help save us 
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Outer Space
Scientists see “rarest event ever recorded” in search for dark matter
Stephen Johnson
Earth 2.0
Astronomy
Chinese astronomers unveil a plan to find Earth 2.0 — and aliens 
Kristin Houser
Aerospace
This is the damage a tiny speck of space debris can do at 15,000mph
Ned Dymoke
Asteroids
What happens if the Solar System’s largest comet collides with Earth? 
Ethan Siegel
Outer Space
17 pictures that show how mind-bogglingly large the Universe is
Ethan Siegel
Planet Earth
When will the Earth come to an end?
Ethan Siegel
Aerospace
Ukrainian startup expects to fly “self-devouring” rocket in 2022 
Kristin Houser
emergency beacon
Disaster Response
Here is how to send a distress signal to space from anywhere on Earth 
Kristin Houser