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

NASA’s mission proves it can redirect an asteroid — and potentially save Earth

NASA has confirmed that its DART spacecraft altered the orbit of the Dimorphos asteroid — a huge win for planetary defense efforts.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

How NASA plans to stop killer asteroids

NASA's planetary defense researchers are tracking potentially hazardous objects in space and developing tech to destroy or deflect them.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

SpaceX wants to save Hubble. NASA may be on board.

NASA and SpaceX may use a Dragon spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher, life-saving orbit.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

Webb, Hubble capture spacecraft slamming into asteroid

DART collision images captured by NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes show what happens when a spacecraft slams into an asteroid.

Kristin Houser

Physics

A neural network discovered Copernicus’ heliocentricity on its own

Scientists trained a neural network to predict the movements of Mars and the Sun, which placed the Sun at the center of our solar system.

Stephen Johnson

Asteroids

Watch NASA’s DART spacecraft slam into an asteroid

NASA has slammed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in the world’s first demonstration of planetary defense technology.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Elon Musk: Starship rocket “highly likely” to fly in November

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket is “highly likely” to complete its first orbital test flight in November 2022, according to CEO Elon Musk.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

China has discovered a brand new moon mineral

A new moon mineral discovered by China contains helium-3, an element that could one day fuel nuclear fusion reactors on Earth.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

NASA’s DART spacecraft is about to smash into an asteroid

The DART spacecraft is now close enough to image the asteroid system it plans to slam into as part of NASA’s planetary defense efforts.

Kristin Houser

Asteroids

Forensic techniques help discover charred remains of ancient meteor impacts

Unique clues in charcoal can reveal hidden impact craters, helping insure we’re better prepared in the future.

Sam Jarman

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