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
an illustration of a snake robot on an icy moon with geysers shooting up in the background
Aerospace
Watch NASA’s one-of-a-kind snake robot training to go to space
Kristin Houser
a rendering of Vast's commercial space station in orbit
Aerospace
SpaceX to launch first commercial space station in 2025
Kristin Houser
Physics
New look at “Einstein rings” around distant galaxies just got us closer to solving the dark matter debate
Rossana Ruggeri
a grey, lumpy moon in front of the red surface of Mars
Astronomy
See Mars’ mysterious moon Deimos from just 68 miles away
Kristin Houser
a rendering of a space station with windows and solar panels
Aerospace
NASA’s next space station will be 1,000 times farther from Earth
Kristin Houser
Astronomy
Astronomers have directly detected a massive exoplanet. The method could transform the search for life beyond Earth.
Simon J. Murphy
an image of the surface of Venus
Outer Space
What do 85,000 volcanoes look like? Check out a comprehensive map of Venus and see.
B. David Zarley
Astronomy
NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory to finally answer the epic question: “Are we alone?”
Ethan Siegel
a spaceplane flying across a blue sky
Aerospace
Watch a rocket-powered spaceplane fly for the first time
Kristin Houser
the massive SpaceX Starship rocket at the launchpad
Aerospace
First Starship launch ends with a massive explosion
Kristin Houser