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Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

Readings Show Evidence of Huge Ocean Under Mars’ Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander is wasting no time and is already drilling into the dusty regolith to study the Moon's geology.

Lunar Lander Starts Drilling Into the Moon, Sparks Flying

By Victor Tangermann

In spite of Elon Musk agitating for it, president Donald Trump isn't interested in making a crewed mission to Mars his "number one" priority.

Trump Throws Elon Musk’s Mars Mission Under the Bus

By Victor Tangermann

In an effort to send Earth's best to the Moon, the private space company Intuitive Machines succeeded in some ways — and failed in others.

Humankind Has Infected the Moon With Imagine Dragons

By Noor Al-Sibai

The discovery of pale, loose rocks on the Martian surface could suggest that Mars was once a much warmer world.

Scientists Just Scanned Pale Rocks on Mars That May Have Huge Implications

By Frank Landymore

Firefly Aerospace has shared footage of showing its NASA-sponsored lunar lander, Blue Moon, softly touching down on the surface of the Moon.

Amazing Video Shows Spacecraft Touching Down on Surface of Moon

By Frank Landymore

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander approached its final landing spot on the Moon early Thursday morning. But it's fate remains unclear.

There’s Some Serious Drama on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Texas-based space company Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully landed on the Moon, and has sent back photos.

American Spacecraft Touches Down on Moon, Sends Back Photos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week.

NASA Spacecraft Whipping Around Mars to Slingshot Itself Toward Jupiter’s Mysterious Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Houston-based startup Intuitive Machines' lander, dubbed Athena, is equipped with various scientific instruments, including a drill.

Robot With Large Drill Headed for Surface of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong Mars rover has made a fascinating discovery: "vacation-style" beaches on the shore of an ancient ocean.

Rover Discovers Evidence of Giant Ocean on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plans to return to the Moon are seemingly on very thin ice. Key senior officials are departing and enthusiasm for Mars is growing.

It Kinda Sounds Like NASA Is Gutting Its Plans for a Moon Landing

By Victor Tangermann

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

By Frank Landymore

Aerospace giant Boeing is warning that hundreds of workers currently working on NASA's Artemis Moon rocket could be laid off.

As Elon Musk Reviews Moon Program, Boeing Warns Workers Building Artemis Rocket of Mass Layoffs

By Victor Tangermann

Congress is none too pleased after Elon Musk declared that "the Moon is a distraction" and that NASA should be going "straight to Mars."

Congress Alarmed at Elon Musk’s Plan to Cancel NASA Moon Landing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're going straight to Mars.

Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA’s Moon Program

By Victor Tangermann

Mixing Martian regolith with the literal blood, sweat, and tears of future Mars inhabitants could make for a great concrete for a habitat.

Scientists Suggest Harvesting Blood From Mars Colonists to Construct Future City

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has shown off an early rendering of an enormous Mars Chopper concept, a follow-up to the space agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.

NASA Shows Off SUV-Sized “Mars Chopper” With Six Rotor Blades

By Victor Tangermann

The space agency's outgoing administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the upcoming crewed Artemis missions will be delayed again.

NASA’s Moon Landing Gets Pushed Back Yet Again

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long promised to make humanity interplanetary by establishing a permanent outpost on Mars.

Elon Musk’s Plans for a City on Mars Will Likely End in Horrifying Mass Death

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Mars Rover Exploring Spiderweb-Like Patterns on Mars

NASA Mars Rover Exploring Spiderweb-Like Patterns on Mars

By Frank Landymore

The Earth has parted ways with a tiny "mini moon" that's been orbiting our planet for two months now.

Earth’s Second Moon Has Vanished, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn't think very highly of multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk's desperate desire to deliver humanity to Mars.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Slams Elon Musk’s Plans for Mars Colonization

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists suggest that the reason why we have yet to find aliens could be that they're hiding in a parallel universe.

Scientists Say Aliens May Be Hiding in the Multiverse

By Victor Tangermann

Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes that humans may have unintentionally killed life on Mars in the 1970s.

Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Former military officials have once again claimed that the United States possesses recovered alien technology.

Former Military Officials Tell Congress America Has Secretly Recovered Alien Technology

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's plagued Space Launch System rocket, which is being developed to deliver the first astronauts to the Moon, is on thin ice.

It Sounds Like NASA’s Moon Rocket Might Be Getting Canceled

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion spacecraft chipped after reentering the Earth's atmosphere during its maiden voyage. The agency remains tight lipped about it.

NASA Keeping Issue With Moon Rocket a Secret

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos once gave a cryptic missive to a power broker about wanting to go to Mars — and that power broker wouldn't share his reasoning.

Jeff Bezos Reportedly Has Secretive “Personal Reasons” for Wanting to Escape to Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, NASA researchers are suggesting something radical: that Mars may be hosting life within its ice.

Life on Mars May be Trapped Under Ice, NASA Researchers Suggest

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers say they've developed a technique to detect smaller bandwidth radio signals that weren't intended to reach deep space.

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Intercept Alien Radio Signals

By Frank Landymore

NASA contractor Axiom Space has shown off the latest design of its spacesuit designed to protect astronauts on the lunar surface.

NASA Contractor Shows Off New Spacesuit for the First Moon Landing in Over Half a Century

By Victor Tangermann

Europa Clipper, the NASA mission to explore Jupiter's fourth largest moon for signs of habitability, launched on Monday.

NASA and SpaceX Launch Mission to Potentially Habitable Moon

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have long proposed nuclear rockets to get to Mars fast — but one is warning that making it happen will be an uphill battle.

There’s a Big Problem With Using Nuclear Rockets to Get to Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

In its effort to compete with SpaceX, China has launched the first internet satellites in own constellation — and astronomers are irked.

China Joins SpaceX in Ruining Astronomy for Everybody

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA researchers believe that a layer of molten goo, which shifts and moves like ocean tides, sits between the Moon's mantle and core.

Something Massive Is Shifting Deep Inside the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA is planning on growing habitable structures out of fungus — also called mycotecture — for space colonies on the Moon and then Mars.

NASA Wants to Grow Trippy Houses Made Out of Mushrooms on the Moon

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk's plans to fly to Mars grow more ambitious every year — but it's unclear whether he'll live long enough to actually see it happen.

Elon Musk Might Die of Old Age Before He Can Make It to Mars, Expert Suggests

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists suggests astronauts could make use of an unusual source of nutrition during journeys into deep space: asteroids.

Astronauts Should Eat Space Rocks on the Way to Mars, Scientists Propose

By Victor Tangermann

Using readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected chemicals on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.

The James Webb Telescope Just Made a Fascinating Discovery About Pluto’s Huge Icy Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Something strange happened when the Earth was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020: the Moon got substantially colder.

COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim

By Victor Tangermann

China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has shown off a spacesuit designed to be worn by astronauts on the surface of the Moon.

China Unveils Spacesuit for Upcoming Moon Landing

By Victor Tangermann

The vast majority of Mars' atmosphere might be trapped in sedimentary rocks lining the Red Planet's surface, which could be used for fuel.

Mars’ Surface Appears to Be Covered in Potential Rocket Fuel, MIT Finds

By Victor Tangermann

The harsh terrain of the Martian surface has done an absolute number on NASA's Curiosity rover's wheels, as a new picture shows.

The Curiosity Mars Rover’s Wheel Looks Absolutely Wrecked

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has encountered a zebra-striped rock on the surface of Mars and it's unlike anything seen on the planet.

NASA Scientists Startled When Mars Rover Finds Rock With Stripes

By Sharon Adarlo

In a new analysis, scientists have found evidence of water existing basically all over the Moon, though more in some areas than others.

Scientists Find Evidence of Water All Over the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

An astronomer is suggesting that Mars once had a large moon that exerted enough force to create a large bulge on its surface.

Mars Appears to Be Missing a Moon, Astronomer Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

The hidden Mars structures are mysterious because they appear to be significantly denser than their surroundings.

Gravity Mapping Detects Large Hidden Structures Under Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have spotted a tiny space rock just 33 feet long, which will orbit the Earth once, making it a "mini-moon."

Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

In an embarrassingly idiotic tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued that "we will never reach Mars if Kamala wins."

Elon Musk Makes Embarrassingly Stupid Claim: If Trump Loses, Humanity Will Never Make It to Mars

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's all-civilian Polaris Dawn mission has taken the crew farther from our planet than any other humans since NASA's Apollo missions.

SpaceX Astronauts Now Farther From Earth Than Any Other Human Since Apollo Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

Samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 mission suggest the Moon could still be volcanically active today, a tantalizing finding.

Chinese Lander Finds Evidence of Active Volcanos on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

China has moved up the date for its Mars sample return mission while the US slashes its own trip to collect rocks from the Red Planet.

As NASA’s Mars Sample Return Stumbles, China Is Looking to Beat Them to the Punch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk predicted that SpaceX's massive Starship rocket would start making regular trips to Mars in a matter of just two years.

Elon Musk Says Starship, Which Has Never Launched Into Orbit and Then Landed on Earth Without Crashing, Will Be Landing on Mars by 2026

By Victor Tangermann

According to a scathing new report, NASA's even beefier Moon rocket launch tower may end up being even more expensive than initially thought.

NASA’s Moon Launcher Is in Big Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Almost exactly a hundred years ago, American astronomer David Todd listened for radio signals from Mars as the planet was at opposition.

100 Years Ago, Scientists Looking for Life On Mars Received a Strange Radio Signal

By Frank Landymore

Chinese scientists want to build a magnetic launch system that spins up and then throws cargo from the Moon's surface to Earth.

Chinese Scientists Working on Magnetic Launch System to Fling Cargo From Moon’s Surface Back to Earth

By Sharon Adarlo

Space Station Astronaut Starts Mixing Cement for Future Moon Base

Space Station Astronaut Starts Mixing Cement for Future Moon Base

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's no more evidence than ever that Mimas, Saturn's "Death Star" moon, may be home to a giant underground ocean.

Saturn’s “Death Star” Moon Could be Hiding a Massive Ocean

By Noor Al-Sibai

Because time moves ever so slightly on the surface of the Moon, researchers have created a way to keep lunar clocks in sync with Earth ones.

Scientists Say They’ve Come up With a “Time Zone” For the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Using seismic data, scientists say they've made the first ever detection of liquid water on Mars, trapped miles beneath the planet's surface.

Scientists Discover Massive Reservoir of Water Hiding on Mars

By Frank Landymore

The ESA's Gaia mission has spotted hundreds of potential moons orbiting around more than 350 asteroids in the solar system.

Europe’s Gaia Telescope Spots Hundreds of Hidden, Lurking Moons

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, scientists take on the SETI community, determining that they may have a crisis of imagination.

Paper Proposes New Way to Calculate Number of Alien Civilizations

By Noor Al-Sibai

Boeing's contributions to NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon are significantly behind schedule and way over budget.

NASA Inspector Slams Boeing for Shoddy Work on Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann