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
Outer Space
94% of the universe’s galaxies are permanently beyond our reach
Ethan Siegel
Outer Space
The Moon has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years 
John Grant
surface of the sun
Astronomy
See the surface of the sun evolve in stunning time lapse
Kristin Houser
space debris
Aerospace
Russian satellite strike creates huge cloud of space debris
Kristin Houser
samples from mars
Aerospace
Perseverance is collecting more rock samples from Mars
Kristin Houser
satellite launches
Aerospace
The future of space launches: a giant spinning arm in a vacuum 
Kristin Houser
Outer Space
Forget Mars, let's terraform the moon
Ethan Siegel
small satellites
Aerospace
New thruster tech that vaporizes metal could help clean up space
Kristin Houser
Clean Energy
Ex-SpaceX engineers bring Mars colony tech to Earth
Teresa Carey
asteroid impacts
Asteroids
“Pulverize It”: The plan to slice and dice space rocks
Kristin Houser