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
Building infrastructure on Mars is tricky — these bugs could help
Amanda Winkler
Mars missions
Aerospace
Two new Mars missions just reached the Red Planet
Kristin Houser
rocket thruster
Aerospace
Nuclear fusion inspires new rocket thruster design
Kristin Houser
biofuel rocket
Aerospace
Biofuel rocket launch is a first in aerospace
Kristin Houser
Mars climate
Outer Space
Icelandic rocks hold clues to Mars’ ancient climate
B. David Zarley
hot jupiter
Astronomy
This cloudless “hot Jupiter” is unlike any known exoplanet
Kristin Houser
craters on Mars
Astronomy
An AI has discovered new craters on Mars
Kristin Houser
space junk
Outer Space
We're floating in 6,000 tons of junk
Amanda Winkler
brown dwarfs
Citizen Science
Citizen scientists helped NASA map our cosmic backyard
Kristin Houser
gravitational waves
Astronomy
Scientists may have found the hum of the universe
Teresa Carey