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
mars sample return
Aerospace
NASA tosses rockets to prepare for Mars sample return
Kristin Houser
Water on Mars
Aerospace
Water on Mars found hidden in massive canyon
Kristin Houser
Space Telescope
Aerospace
The Hubble Space Telescope is dying. Here’s what’s next.
Kristin Houser
astronaut sleeping bag
Aerospace
Clever sleeping bag design might save astronauts’ eyesight 
Kristin Houser
space stations
Aerospace
What comes after the ISS?
Kristin Houser
near-earth asteroid
Asteroids
This near-Earth asteroid may be a chunk knocked off of the moon
Kristin Houser
microgravity
Aerospace
First commercial mission to the ISS prepares for launch
Kristin Houser
nuclear reactor on the moon
Aerospace
NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2031
Kristin Houser
Outer Space
NASA’s DART mission will move an asteroid (Updated)
Amanda Winkler
Outer Space
How a powerful telescope found a tiny black hole
Marcelo Gleiser