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Scientists from the University of Florida say they've successfully grown plants in samples of lunar soil collected during three Apollo missions.

Scientists Grow Living Plants in Moon Soil Captured by Astronauts

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's plucky little Mars helicopter is once again having issues — but an ingenious workaround may have given it an extended lifespan.

NASA Is Now Running Into Serious Issues With Its Mars Helicopter

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at Nanjing University in China say lunar soil may support long-term human life on the Moon because by providing resources like oxygen and fuel.

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Turn Moon Soil Into Spaceship Fuel and Oxygen

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One of SpaceX's top employees said in a conference this week that SpaceX will likely make it to Mars before the NASA Artemis mission does.

Elon Musk’s #2 Says Humanity Will Be on Mars Within the Decade

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Senior NASA Official Fears Getting “Stuck” on the Moon

Senior NASA Official Fears Getting “Stuck” on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has been bagging up dirt and rocks, allowing a future space mission to stop by, scoop them up, and bring them back to Earth.

Scientists Worried About Military Facility to Store NASA Mars Rocks

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency posted new photos of Mars' topography captured by the Mars Express. The depressions look like "fingernail" scratches.

Scientists: It’s As If Something With Huge “Fingernails” Scratched the Surface of Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has gone far and beyond its original task of completing five flights on the surface of the Red Planet.

NASA Scientists Thrilled to Spot Wreckage From Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

Mars Helicopter Flies Over NASA Wreckage

By Victor Tangermann

Musk's Twitter buy raises the inevitable question of why he's pouring resources in something as earthbound as a messy, controversial social media platform.

Buying Twitter Seems Like a Huge Distraction for Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

By Jon Christian

NASA captured video this week of Phobos, one of two Martian moons, and it completes a slow death spiral and will eventually crash into Mars' surface.

NASA Says One of Mars’ Moons Is Going to Crash Into Its Surface

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists found that Europa's icy shell could be more porous than previously thought.

Jupiter’s Icy Moon May Be Way More Habitable Than We Thought

By Victor Tangermann

Not everybody is thrilled about the idea of giving away our location to extraterrestrial civilizations, who may be listening in.

Oxford Scientist Worried NASA Project Will Attract “Hostile” Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's SLS rocket for the Artemis I uncrewed Moon mission is having problems, including a liquid hydrogen leak during the last wet dress rehearsal.

NASA’s Tests of Its Mega Moon Rocket Aren’t Not Going Particularly Well

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The first-ever all-civilian mission to the International Space Station is well underway — and the crew is already talking about wanting to go to the Moon.

Tourists on Space Station Say They’re Discussing Private Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

During a visit of the country's Vostochny Cosmodrome on Tuesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin said that "we will restore the moon program."

Putin Says Russia Is Landing on the Moon This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding Artemis I, the latest NASA mission to the Moon at the Kennedy Space Center.

Video Shows Lightning Striking NASA’s New Moon Rocket

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Enhance! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the agency's tiny four pound Ingenuity Mars helicopter from orbit — an impressive feat.

Enhance! Spacecraft Spots NASA’s Mars Helicopter All the Way From Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Vermont representative Bernie Sanders wants to make sure $10 billion of taxpayers' funds won't land in the hands of Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos.

Bernie Sanders Working to Block Jeff Bezos From NASA Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

People are fantasizing about getting messages from aliens, as explored in a delightful new Reddit thread on the Space subreddit.

The Scariest Messages We Could Detect From Aliens, According to the Internet

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has made the unprecedented decision to conduct a major test of its Space Launch System (SLS) without any press in attendance.

Journalists Slam NASA for Lack of Transparency Behind Moon Rocket Prelaunch

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA announced that the agency would be moving forward with a second human lunar lander as part of the Artemis program to bring astronauts back to the Moon

NASA Says It Wants Second Moon Lander After Jeff Bezos Sued It for Not Wanting a Second Moon Lander

By Tony Ho Tran

When you look into the void, the void, inevitably, also looks back at you.

NASA’s New Moon Rocket Is So Huge You Can See It from Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Aerospace startup Venturi Astrolab has shown off a futuristic new interplanetary rover meant to ferry astronauts across the surface of the Moon and Mars.

New Moon Rover Looks Like a Giant Baby Stroller for Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

The ESA announced today that it is suspending an upcoming launch of its ExoMars rover mission — because it was planning to use a Russian rocket.

Europe Officially Cancels Russian Rocket-Powered Mars Rover Launch

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is finally ready to roll out the first rocket designed to return the first astronauts to the Moon since the 1970s.

NASA Is Finally Rolling Its Giant Moon Rocket Out to the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

Publicly available photos show a medium-sized rock trapped in the wheel of NASA's Mars Rover, Perseverance. It was seen in February and March.

There’s a Rock Stuck in NASA’s Mars Rover’s Wheel

By Lonnie Lee Hood

More than a month after an errant rocket was spotted tumbling towards the Moon, it finally crashed into the lunar surface.

A Derelict Rocket Just Smashed Into the Moon, Experts Say

By Tony Ho Tran

The US military is looking to have spy satellites patrol the orbit around the Moon according to a recently shared video, as spotted by Ars Technica.

US Military Announces Plans for Satellite Orbiting the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plans to return astronauts to the Moon are turning out to be an absolute disaster, according to today's status update.

NASA Descends Into Chaos as Moon Program Revealed to Be Way Behind, Over Budget

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Rover merged six images on Friday to complete a photo of a tiny, microscopic formation on Mars that looks like a flower.

Mars Rover Snaps Image That Looks a Lot Like an Organism, Though of Course It’s Almost Certainly Not

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded in the Russian sky back in 2013 could actually have been involved in the creation of Earth's Moon.

2013 Meteor May Have Been Involved in Creating the Moon

By Lonnie Lee Hood

It appears that nobody knows exactly what is going on with that rocket that's set to crash into the moon.

Experts Say China Is Probably Lying About the Rocket Crashing Into the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

China’s Yutu-2 rover just won’t stop making weird discoveries on the Moon. Its latest are several mysterious glass spheres found on the far side of the lunar surface.

China Says Rover Discovered Glass Spheres on the Dark Side of the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

At a space conference this week, SpaceX director of civil space development Nick Cummings teased future plans of a Moon base.

SpaceX Director Teases Moon Base Staffed by “Hundreds or Thousands”

By Victor Tangermann

It's illegal for any one nation to lay claim to property in outer space, but that's not stopping one economic think tank from pushing for lunar property sales.

Economist Mocked for Proposing That We Sell the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

An old SpaceX rocket is about to reach its final destination after a roughly six year journey — and crash on the Moon in spectacular fashion.

A Derelict SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

Some legal experts believe that there could be grounds to sue Elon Musk and SpaceX for the rocket crash — though it likely won’t happen

SpaceX Could Get Sued When Its Derelict Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, Experts Say

By Tony Ho Tran

An aging SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon — and one space enthusiast has captured it on video.

Guy With Huge Telescope Spots Tumbling SpaceX Rocket About to Crash Into Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Whoops. It turns out that reports of a SpaceX rocket crashing into the Moon were greatly exaggerated -- and it belongs to someone else entirely.

Fake News! The Rocket Crashing Into the Moon Is NOT SpaceX’s

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of astronomers have discovered evidence for yet another exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our closest neighboring star.

Scientists Find Life-Friendly Exoplanet They Say Is Close Enough to Visit

By Victor Tangermann

Avi Loeb wants to capture a high-res image of a UFO in two years with the Galileo Project, using telescopes on the Harvard observatory roof.

Harvard Astronomer Says He’s Building Device to Capture “High Resolution Image” of UFO

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The team from McGill University designed a rocket system that uses a 10-meter wide laser array on Earth to power up an orbiting spacecraft.

Scientists Propose Mission to Mars Powered by Giant Laser on Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of astronomers have used the Murchison Widefield Array, a massive network of over 4,000 antennas in the Australian desert, to look for aliens.

Scientists Fail to Spot Aliens After Scanning Skies for Seven Whole Hours

By Victor Tangermann

After accruing even more dust during a recent storm, NASA scientists believe that the InSight Mars lander may finally be on its last legs.

NASA’s Mars Lander Believed to Be Dying After Furious Dust Storm

By Noor Al-Sibai

Steve Jurczyk, former NASA administrator, has co-founded a commercial space infrastructure company to build robotic outposts near the Moon.

Former NASA Head Creates Startup to Build Robot Outpost Near Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

A new photo taken by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, or the TGO, shows a tree stump-like crater on Mars, providing insight into impacts on the Martian surface.

Photo of Mars Crater Looks Amazingly Like a Giant Tree Stump

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover did a little shimmy to loosen yet another pair of pebbles blocking its sample collection instrument.

Mars Rover Does “Twist on One Foot” to Shake Off More Pebbles

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully ejected several pebbles obstructing its sample collection system since taking its sixth sample in December.

NASA’s Mars Rover Successfully Shakes Off Obstructing Pebbles

By Victor Tangermann

The Perseverance rover found evidence of this mysterious coloring on rocks at almost every site the craft has visited on Mars.

Scientists Puzzled by Purple Coating on Mars Rocks

By Tony Ho Tran

Chinese researchers published a paper today in Science Robotics that revealed new data about the lunar surface gathered by the Yutu-2 rover.

The Moon’s Backside Is Surprisingly Sticky, China’s Rover Finds

By Tony Ho Tran

Despite having landed on Mars almost a decade ago, NASA's Curiosity rover is still leading to fascinating new discoveries — and the latest is a real doozy.

Scientists Extremely Intrigued by Possible Sign of Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is warning that there may not be enough people to populate Mars if global birth rates keep dropping.

Elon Musk Warns There Soon Won’t Be Enough People Left to Populate Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers in China are developing an "artificial Moon: facility that can simulate the gravity of the lunar surface with the help of magnets.

China Building “Artificial Moon” Facility That Simulates Low Gravity With Magnets

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance rover has run into a bit of trouble: small pieces of Mars rock are now obstructing the rover's sample collection system.

NASA’s Mars Rover Has Run Into Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

A global team of scientists says they've detected water on the Moon using data the China National Space Administration provided.

China Says Its Lander Has Detected Water on the Moon

By Lonnie Lee Hood

It was just a month ago that the world was introduced to the bizarre cube on the moon — and just like that, it's gone.

Remember the “Moon Cube”? China Just Published a New Photo and Uhhhhh

By Noor Al-Sibai

An increasing number of experts are suggesting the dream of terraforming Mars and making it at least a little bit more habitable for humans is still alive.

Former NASA Scientist Explains How We Could Terraform Mars

By Victor Tangermann

In yet another odd marriage of capitalism and space travel, Lockheed Martin has announced that it will be sending an Amazon Echo as part of the upcoming Artemis 1 mission.

NASA Is Installing Amazon Alexa on Its Next Moon Mission, for Some Cursed Reason

By Tony Ho Tran

China's Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter has taken some incredible selfies with the massive surface of the Red Planet lurking ominously in the background.

China’s Mars Orbiter Shares Incredible New Selfies

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jim Green is leaving the space agency after four decades, but says he has plans to terraform Mars and make it habitable with a magnetic shield.

NASA’s Chief Scientist Quits, Says He Has a Plan to Terraform Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says humans may touch down on Mars in as little as ten years with his reusable Starship rocket.

Elon Musk Says He’ll Have Boots on Mars Within Ten Years

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Mars helicopter briefly lost connection last week, and it could be because of Apache Log4j flaw that allows hackers to attack with little effort.

NASA Says Its Mars Helicopter Does Not Have the Log4j Security Flaw

By Lonnie Lee Hood