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Glass and metal clouds serve as a protective mirror for a bizarre, ultra-hot exoplanet, which sits dangerously close to its home star.

Scientists Intrigued by Reflective Exoplanet With Shiny Titanium Clouds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A large, radioactive hunk of granite was discovered beneath the lunar surface, a surprising discovery that speaks to the Moon's volcanic past.

Scientists Discover Mysterious Radioactive Rock on the Far Side of the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Indian Space Research Organization has fully assembled its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft and plans to launch on July 14.

India to Launch Third Moon Mission Next Week After Failed Landing Attempt

By Frank Landymore

After more than two months of radio silence, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has finally phoned home. And it's healthy.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Makes Contact After Ghosting for Over Two Months

By Noor Al-Sibai

Earlier this month, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a mysterious donut-shaped rock. Experts are divided on what it could be.

Scientists Attempt to Explain Mars Rock With Hole Straight Through It

By Victor Tangermann

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.

Here’s What NASA Pays to Be Locked in a Mars Simulator for a Year

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has crushed its previous record for turning the planet's thin atmosphere into a source of oxygen.

NASA Gets Amazing New Results Generating Oxygen on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just locked four non-astronaut volunteers in a simulated Mars habitat, marking the beginning of the much-anticipated CHAPEA missions.

NASA Locks Test Subjects Inside Simulated Mars Base

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

What a Beaut! Mars Shines in Gorgeous New UV Images

By Sharon Adarlo

The costs associated with NASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission keep growing and growing by the billions, alarming officials.

Uh Oh, the Cost of NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission Is Spiralling Out of Control

By Noor Al-Sibai

Enceladus, an icy, 300 miles-in-diameter Moon that orbits Saturn, contains all of the six major ingredients for life after all.

Scientists Extremely Intrigued to Find Ingredients for Life on Enceladus

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA researchers say Moon astronauts should consider that microbial life could survive in shadowed niches near the south pole.

NASA Says There May Be Life on the Moon After All

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is getting increasingly worried that SpaceX's Starship may not be ready for the space agency's return to the lunar surface in 2025.

NASA Worried SpaceX’s Failure Will Push Back Landing on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA chief Bill Nelson has Moon water on the mind — also, specifically, the idea that China might get to that precious Moon water first.

NASA Head Worried China Will Steal America’s God-Given Moon Water

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

One of Saturn's weirdest moons has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope spewing a gigantic plume of water vapor.

James Webb Catches Saturn’s Moon Squirting

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists at the SETI Institute have put together a simulated alien signal to see if we have the ability to decode it.

Earth Receiving Simulated Alien Signal From Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the impact site of Japanese company ispace's lunar lander.

NASA Says It May Have Spotted Remains of Crashed Japanese Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

NASA officially awarded a Blue Origin-led team a $3.4 billion contract for its upcoming Artemis V mission to the Moon.

NASA Awards Sore Loser Jeff Bezos a Consolation Prize Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have figured out the thickness of the Martian crust, and concluded that the planet is heating itself with radioactive elements.

Scientists Detect Radioactive Heat Source Inside Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has found what scientists suggest could be evidence of a raging, fast-moving river that once flowed on Mars.

NASA Mars Rover Appears to Have Found Remnants of Ancient Raging River

By Victor Tangermann

Fox recently announced that it's pitting a unusual mix of celebrities against each other during a simulated stay in a Martian colony.

New Show Traps Lance Armstrong and Ariel Winter in Simulated Mars Base

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing out a snake-like robot that is meant to one day climb into the icy vents of Saturn's moons.

NASA Tests Snake Robot Designed to Look for Alien Life on Icy Moons

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, the former head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos, doesn't believe NASA landed on the Moon.

Former Roscosmos Head Refuses to Believe NASA Landed on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center have successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil inside a vacuum chamber.

NASA Extracts Oxygen From Simulated Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong rover, which has spent months exploring the Martian surface, may have found evidence of liquid water at low latitudes.

Chinese Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Landing on the Moon is hard, so scientists at the MBR Space Centre in Dubai aren't beating themselves up too hard about this failed attempt.

Scientists Celebrate After Their Lunar Rover Smashes Into the Moon and Dies

By Frank Landymore

China's Mars rover Zhurong has remained in its hibernation state since May 2022. Officials are finally ready to talk.

China Addresses Awkward Situation on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

After looking at NASA's Mars lander data, scientists say they've figured out what lies at the heart of the Red Planet's core.

Scientists Detect Gooey Core Inside Mars

By Noor Al-Sibai

After spending the last five months making its way to the Moon, a Japanese spacecraft is about to make its first attempt to land on the lunar surface.

A Private Spacecraft Will Attempt to Land on the Moon Tomorrow

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese lunar lander Hakuto-R Mission 1, developed by ispace, lost contact with mission control during today's landing attempt.

Private Company Landing on Moon Appears to Have Failed

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is locking four individuals inside a 1,700-square-foot Mars habitat analog for an entire year to see if they can get along.

NASA Selects Test Subjects to Contain in Simulated Mars Base

By Frank Landymore

NASA has turned its giant 6.2 million-gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) into a replica of the surface of the Moon to train astronauts.

NASA Building Huge Underwater Moon Replica

By Victor Tangermann

Ever wanted to know what the Moon smells like? According to NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it smells like spent gunpowder.

What Does the Moon Smell Like?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Three brothers who used to work at SpaceX walk into a bar and order some Moon water — stop me if you've heard this one before.

Ex-SpaceX Brothers Working on Spacecraft Powered by Moon Water

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is planning to kick off work on a Moon base using bricks made of lunar soil within the next five years, state-run news outlet CGTN reports.

China Announces Plans to Build Moon Base Using Lunar Soil

By Victor Tangermann

The facility will be used to monitor how humans handle living a year on Mars. A grueling experiment, but at least the volunteers will be able to game.

NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat Includes Such Necessities As a PS4 and Settlers of Catan

By Frank Landymore

If you're sending humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, you better make sure your astronauts are safe — and look good while doing it.

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Brain-Meltingly Expensive

By Frank Landymore

There's a random Canadian astronaut going to the Moon with three Americans from NASA next year — and according to him, that's by design.

Canadian Astronaut Says He’s Going to the Moon So NASA Can Blame Him If Anything Goes Wrong

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA astronaut chief Joe Acaba wanted to get three lucky astronauts all in the same meeting to tell them they were Moon-bound. Easier said than done.

NASA Ran Into Trouble Telling Astronauts They Were Going to the Moon

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have detected radio signals from a rocky planet revolving around its star, making it a strong candidate for an exoplanet with an atmosphere.

Scientists Intrigued by Repeating Signal From Earth-Sized Exoplanet

By Frank Landymore

NASA has announced the astronauts who will fly to the Moon during the Artemis II mission, the first humans to head to the Moon in more than 50 years.

NASA Announces the Astronauts Who Are Returning to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Astrolabs has signed a contract with SpaceX to send its rover to the Moon as soon as 2026 on board the space company's Starship rocket.

Space Startup to Send a Rover to the Moon on Board a SpaceX Starship

By Victor Tangermann

The crypto platform LunarCrush will be stowing a bounty of 62 Bitcoin on the Moon, currently worth around $1.5 million — and it's completely up for grabs.

SpaceX Flying Bitcoin Bounty to Moon, Where Anyone Can Grab It If They Can Get There

By Frank Landymore

Harvard Prof Teams Up With Military Official to Study Possible Alien “Mothership”

Harvard Prof Teams Up With Military Official to Study Possible Alien “Mothership”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese researchers found an entirely new source of water on the surface of the Moon in the form of tiny glass beads.

China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The moons of Uranus could harbor oceans that are ungratefully spewing magnetized plasma particles onto their host planet's surface.

Scientists May Have Just Discovered New Oceans in Two of Uranus’ Moons

By Frank Landymore

Some scientists have made fancy space concrete out of potato starch — and it works much better thank building bricks out of blood and urine to work.

Scientists Propose Mars Settlers Live in Potato-Based Structures

By Noor Al-Sibai

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crashing Moons Might Be Annihilating Aliens Somewhere, Researchers Argue

Crashing Moons Might Be Annihilating Aliens Somewhere, Researchers Argue

By Frank Landymore

NASA Debuts Its Brand New Sci-Fi-Inspired Moonsuit — But It’s a Rental

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted some dunes that are practically perfect circles. So the question remains: how did they form?

Scientists Baffled By These Almost Perfectly Circular Dunes on Mars

By Frank Landymore

A new study paints a detailed picture of Mars' climate and water cycle — by mapping how its Swiss cheese-like polar deposits formed over time.

Scientists Figured Out Why Mars’ South Pole Looks Like Swiss Cheese

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Florida-based startup Lonestar Data Holdings will be testing a data center on the Moon, which it believes could be the most secure location for data yet.

Florida Man Plotting to Build Web Servers on the Moon

By Frank Landymore

According to a new study, AI tools might seriously improve humanity's chances of discovering aliens on Mars — and beyond.

Scientists Want to Use AI to Hunt for Aliens on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Moon, beautiful as she is, is easy to love. Which is why she has to know: would you still love her... if she were a worm?

Would You Still Love the Moon If It Was a Worm?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has reinforced the launch date for its crewed Artemis II Moon mission next year — that is, if they're able to make it.

NASA Says It’ll Be Launching Crewed Moon Mission Around Thanksgiving 2024

By Noor Al-Sibai

As part of a Mars cloud survey, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged spectacular crepuscular rays for the first time during an especially painterly sunset.

NASA Rover Snaps Amazing View of Sunset on Mars

By Frank Landymore

Bad news if you're hoping to hear about definitive signs of Martian life soon: the instruments of Mars rovers just aren't advanced enough.

Scientists Find NASA’s Mars Rover Would Struggle to Detect Life on Earth

By Frank Landymore

China's Zhurong Mars rover and its makers have remained unusually silent about the fate of the rover. It hasn't moved since September.

China Refuses to Say Whether Its Mars Rover Is Dead

By Victor Tangermann

Jupiter's Galilean moons also having fascinating auroras like the Northern lights on Earth, but can be even more colorful and powerful.

Astronomers Spot Stunning Auroras On Jupiter’s Moons

By Frank Landymore

We have a humble suggestion: NASA should make interplanetary history once more by having its Ingenuity Mars helicopter do some sick tricks.

Suggestion: NASA Should Make Its Mars Helicopter Do Some Gnarly Tricks From “Tony Hawk”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astrophysicists is suggesting we could protect the Earth from global warming by shooting lunar dust into space to shade the Earth from sunlight.

Scientists Unveil Plan to Mount Cannons on the Moon to Fight Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has made yet another astonishing discovery: "the mission's clearest evidence yet" of "ancient water ripples."

NASA Rover Finds What Appears to Be Ancient Water Ripple on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has stumbled across yet another fascinating discovery while exploring the planet's barren surface, an iron-nickel meteorite.

NASA Mars Rover Finds Metallic Object That Smashed Down on Surface

By Victor Tangermann