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

How the Kessler Syndrome can end all space exploration and destroy modern life

The sheer amount of stuff already floating in space makes the domino effect of explosions a likely possibility.

Paul Ratner

Aerospace

Scientists grow plants in real lunar soil for the first time

Lunar soil was used to grow plants for the first time, suggesting that we may be able to produce food for astronauts off-world.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Watch: SpinLaunch just flung a camera toward space at 1,000+ mph

California startup SpinLaunch sent a camera flying toward space at more than 1,000 mph and then released the video online.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Everything we now know about the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope team has finally revealed what the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way looks like.

Ethan Siegel

Aerospace

New private astronaut training will be open to the public

Colorado startup Star Harbor is building a first-of-its-kind center for private astronaut training and space research.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

How NASA’s liquid lenses could revolutionize space exploration

NASA recently tested a liquid lens technology that could make a space telescope so large it would dwarf all that have come before.

William Lockett

Astronomy

First of its kind “black widow” pulsar discovered

A new black widow pulsar has been discovered eating its companion star while a third star circles the binary system.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Space Force backs 125 teams to take down orbital debris

The US Space Force is giving 125 teams up to $250,000 each to develop tech to deal with the orbital debris circling our planet.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

China is going to try to move an asteroid

As part of its new planetary defense strategy, the China National Space Administration is going to launch a mission to redirect an asteroid.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Watch a helicopter attempt to catch a falling rocket (Updated)

Aerospace startup Rocket Lab is going to attempt to catch a falling rocket using a long hook dangling from a helicopter.

Kristin Houser

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