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

Asteroids

Why NASA just landed a spacecraft on the asteroid Bennu

NASA has collected samples from the asteroid Bennu that could yield insights into everything from the origin of life to avoiding an asteroid impact on Earth.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Nokia is building a 4G network on the moon

As part of NASA's "Tipping Point" program, Nokia will establish a 4G network on the moon to help astronauts communicate with each other and Earth.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

Two dozen “superhabitable” exoplanets may be better than Earth

Earth is successful at supporting life, but it may not be the most successful. These 24 “superhabitable” exoplanets may be even better.

B. David Zarley

Outer Space

The latest step in manufacturing in space

Made In Space is sending a 3D printer to the ISS in hopes of providing proof-of-concept that microgravity is the place to build precision parts.

B. David Zarley

Aerospace

Fresh ice spotted in unexpected part of Saturn's moon Enceladus

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is already suspected of hosting extraterrestrial life, and new Cassini data suggests where that life might exist.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Signs of life found on Venus

Scientists found the gas, phosphine, in Venus’ atmosphere. So far, the only explanation is alien life.

Teresa Carey

Outer Space

Astronauts lose muscle in space. These mice could hold the solution

Without gravity, astronauts experience muscle and bone loss, limiting mission time. Mice that gain mass in orbit may hold the key to preventing that loss.

B. David Zarley

Aerospace

New route makes a journey to the moon faster, cheaper

To make a journey to the moon faster, the NASA scientists behind an upcoming moon mission designed a brand new route for their spacecraft to take.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Did life on Earth travel here from Mars?

Bacteria that survived on the outside of the ISS for three years suggests that panspermia is still a viable theory for the origin of life on Earth.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

The dwarf planet Ceres may hide a subterranean sea

The largest body in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres may hide a salty subterranean sea.

B. David Zarley

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