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Photographer and astronomer Andrew McCarthy has shared a stunning new image he took of the International Space Station transiting in front of a sunlit Moon.

Amazing Shot Captures Space Station Flying Directly Across the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

During a crucial Artemis 1 take-off test, the NASA's seemingly doomed Space Launch System sprung a leak in a hydrogen fuel valve.

NASA’s Super Expensive Mega Moon Rocket Starts Leaking During Test

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Michio Kaku says that he often gives his students a particular experiment in which he has them calculate the probability that they wake up on Mars tomorrow.

Physicist Says There’s a Small Chance You’ll Wake Up on Mars Tomorrow Due to Quantum Physics

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is hoping to leapfrog NASA by becoming the first nation to return Mars samples, SpaceNews reports, and by July 2031.

China Announces Plan to Obtain Mars Rocks Two Years Before NASA

By Victor Tangermann

According to leaked documents obtained by Ars Technica, NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface on the Moon are in serious trouble.

Leaked Documents Show NASA’s Moon Landing Plans in Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists made a big splash, announcing they had received "suspicious signals." But they're likely the result of radio frequency interference.

Sorry, But New Signal Is Definitely Not Aliens, Says Scientist Working on Project

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the very first time, months after announcing plans to buy the social media network.

During Business Meeting, Elon Musk Suddenly Starts Talking About Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted something interesting tucked into a boulder — but NASA confirmed it was just a regular ol' piece of human trash.

NASA Accuses NASA of Littering on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of Chinese and US scientists have put their reputation on the line by claiming a narrowband signal could be a sign of extraterrestrial life.

Potential Alien Signal Coming From Direction of Earthlike Planet, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Blake Lemoine, Google engineer making claims of sentient AI, took to Twitter to inform those reaching — he's offline and away on his honeymoon.

Engineer Who Says AI Came to Life Says He Can’t Comment Further Because He’s on His Honeymoon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If you've ever eyed at a Moon rover and thought, "that thing should look like a four-legged humanoid spider crab," you're in luck.

Why Does This New Moon Rover Look Vaguely Terrifying

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China has created a map of the Moon's surface more detailed, and at a greater scale, than any single map that came before it.

China Publishes the Most Detailed Map of the Moon Ever Made

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Office of Inspector General has released the final audit of the agency's efforts to build the Mobile Launcher 2 — and it doesn't pull any punches.

Scathing Report Admits NASA Is Years Behind Moon Landing Schedule

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has unknowingly been traveling with a pet rock companion since at least early February, covering over five miles.

There’s a Rock Stuck in the Mars Rover’s Wheel, NASA Complains

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter has run into a bit of trouble 28 successful flights and well over an entire dusty Earth year into its mission on the Red Planet.

Navigation Sensor on Mars Helicopter Dead, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has identified a top priority of what to study once on the Moon: the Gruithuisen Domes, two mysterious mounds that have scientists puzzled.

NASA Says It’s a Priority to Investigate Strange Domes on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Now, we get to see Curiosity's next fascinating discovery: two ancient "spikes" of cemented rock that almost look like the petrified remains of ancient trees.

NASA Rover Spots Extremely Weird Spikes on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA revealed that Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace will provide new-and-improved spacesuits for the upcoming Artemis moon landings, and followers were feeling a little baffled — not to mention left hanging — when the designers failed to produce any actual imagery of the fits.

We Just Got the First Peek at NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Suits

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a strange new paper, one researcher calculates that there are four "malicious" alien civilizations in the Milky Way alone.

Study: There May Be as Many as Four Evil Civilizations in Our Galaxy

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has chosen Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to develop the next generation of spacesuits capable of protecting astronauts during spacewalks.

NASA Inks Deals for Moonwalking Suits for Artemis Landings

By Victor Tangermann

Remember those plants grown in soil collected by Apollo astronauts? Bad news -- it sounds like they didn't turn out so great.

Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched

By Noor Al-Sibai

During Ingenuity's 25th flight on April 18, the tiny Mars helicopter really outdid itself, covering just over 2,300 feet at a brisk 12 mph.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Screaming Across Alien Landscape

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are puzzled by a number of strange and unexplained lights that show up in photographic plates of the night sky that date back over 70 years.

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Lights in Old Space Photos

By Victor Tangermann

Moon dirt that was digested and recovered from cockroach carcasses probably isn't going to a new home, after all. NASA wants RR Auction to halt its sale.

Someone’s Selling NASA Moon Dust That Got Eaten By Cockroaches

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Russian cosmonaut has shared an amazing photo of an ice formation on the windows of the International Space Station that looks a whole lot like the moon.

Check Out This Moon-Shaped Ice Crystal on the Space Station’s Window

By Noor Al-Sibai

VC funded startup Lonestar Data Holdings wants to store data in datacenters inside the hollow lava tubes suspected to line the surface of the Moon.

Startup Announces Plans to Bury Server Farm on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

That "door" on Mars is a rock formation on Mount Sharp and it's hilariously small. A new panorama taken by the Curiosity rover shows more detail.

It Turns Out That “Door” on Mars Is Hilariously Tiny

By Lonnie Lee Hood

During a talk on NASA's objectives for human space exploration, we got an early glimpse of what a 30 day mission to the surface of Mars could look like.

NASA Reveals Early Plans to Send Two Astronauts to Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA revealed that Insight's science operations are coming to a close later this summer. By December, they say, the lander will "become inoperative."

Goodnight Sweet Prince: NASA is Officially Killing Its Mars Lander

By Victor Tangermann

Apparently the photo of a "door" on the surface of Mars was cropped just so to make it seem like something much cooler than it really is.

Bad News! That “Door” on Mars Doesn’t Look Like Much When Zoomed Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a picture of a foot-high rock feature on Mars that looks like an alien door or tomb entrance. Cue the conspiracies!

Mars Rover Spots Something That Looks an Awful Lot Like a Door

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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