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

NASA pays space startup $.10 for moon mining mission

NASA paid Colorado startup Lunar Outpost $.10 as part of a moon mining contract that could help advance human space exploration.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

Can we (legally) colonize space?

The space race is heating up, but many legal issues are still open to debate.

Hope Reese

VR spacewalk will let you see what ISS astronauts see

A VR spacewalk filmed by an “outer space camera” will be the centerpiece of the next episode of Space Explorers: The ISS Experience.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

Astronomers discover solar system’s fastest-orbiting asteroid

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that orbits the sun in just 113 days, making it the fastest-orbiting asteroid in our solar system.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Twin Mars satellites have greenlight for launch

Two tiny Mars satellites will head to the Red Planet in 2024 as part of a NASA program testing smaller spacecraft on planetary missions.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

"Space farmer" grows plants under fake cosmic radiation

Researchers created a mini radioactive sky on Earth to study how cosmic radiation might impact how astronauts on Mars grow food.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

NASA updates the odds on Bennu asteroid hitting Earth

Using data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, NASA has updated its predictions about the Bennu asteroid impacting Earth.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

Moon glass helps solve a lunar mystery

Analyzing moon samples from the 1980s with a new laser technique shows we were wrong about the moon’s magnetic field.

Teresa Carey

Outer Space

Scientists listen to marsquakes to map the inside of the planet

With information garnered from marsquakes, researchers have created the first complete image of the interior structure of Mars.

Teresa Carey

Astronomy

Astronomers catch “ghosts” dancing around radio galaxies

Astronomers with the EMU Project have released a spooky image of “dancing ghosts” emanating from a pair of distant radio galaxies.

Kristin Houser

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