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Scientists still don't know that much about Uranus — and those who study it for a living are tired of your childish jokes.

NASA Scientist: Uranus’ Name “Is Definitely a Distraction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover celebrated a decade on the Red Planet on Friday with an art poster. New missions and helicopters are in the Red Planet's future.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Artemis I is set to launch August 29 for an uncrewed mission to the Moon. NASA hopes Artemis will return humans to the lunar surface.

NASA Confirms Launch Date for Its Massive Moon Rocket

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The James Webb Space Telescope has gotten a photo of the most distant star in the known Universe — and even as a tiny dot, it's a sight to behold.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Catches a Glimpse of the Most Distant Star in the Universe

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted an unknown, noodle-like object on Mars. Now the space agency has identified what actually is.

NASA Finally Figured Out What That Weird Spaghetti It Found on Mars Was

By Frank Landymore

A quiet rule change will now require civilians to be accompanied by a former NASA astronaut when taking private trips to the International Space Station.

NASA Now Requiring Real Astronaut to Babysit Space Tourists on Way to ISS

By Noor Al-Sibai

The James Webb Space Telescope just dropped an amazing new image of the black hole-centered "Cartwheel Galaxy" in greater detail than ever seen before.

James Webb Space Telescope

Incredible New James Webb Image Shows “Cartwheel Galaxy” In Glorious Detail

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is doing lunar terrain tests as NASA prepares it for a Moon mission.

NASA Tests Rover Prototype After Announcing Launch Delay

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of researchers have discovered "pits" in the lunar surface which, according to their computer modeling, sit at a balmy 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA Finds Holes on the Moon Where It’s Always a Comfortable Temperature

By Victor Tangermann

Russian space corporation Roscosmos has finally formally announced it is abandoning the International Space Station — at some point "after 2024."

International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Definitely Quitting the ISS But Doesn’t Say When Exactly

By Victor Tangermann

$The first photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is already awe-inspiring enough — but as it turns out, that's only a fraction of the whole picture.$

James Webb Space Telescope

The First Webb Photo Will Blow Your Wig Off If You Zoom Out

By Noor Al-Sibai

An object that looks like a bundle of string that showed up in images taken by NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover earlier this month has suddenly disappeared.

Noodle-Like Object on Mars Has Disappeared, According to NASA Photos

By Victor Tangermann

According to the latest analysis, we could soon be looking at images of the oldest galaxy ever identified, thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb May Have Just Found the Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is producing more images than ever before — and its latest snapshot of the spiral galaxy Messier M74 is truly spectacular.

James Webb Space Telescope

You’ll Never Guess What This Bizarre New James Webb Image Is Actually Showing

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released images of the mirrors of its James Webb Space Telescope after it was hit by micrometeoroids — fortunately, the damage was minimal.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Releases Image of James Webb Damage From Micrometeoroid Impact

By Victor Tangermann

There's one line on NASA's James Webb space telescope's spec sheet that has caught us off guard: it has a tiny 68 gigabyte solid-state drive (SSD).

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb’s Hard Drive Is Hilariously Tiny

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope has charmed starwatchers the world round, but there was a time NASA was worried it wouldn't make it.

James Webb Space Telescope

Glitch Made NASA Scientists Think the James Webb Might Be Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

A NASA update has revealed that after a series of delays, the Psyche asteroid mission is under review and may ultimately be scrapped.

NASA May Cancel Mission to Zillion Dollar Asteroid

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moon Europa, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Picture of Jupiter So Crisp You Can See Its Moon Europa

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is hoping to send scientists to the International Space Station on private missions, but the space agency says it'll need funding to make it happen.

NASA Seeks Funding to Send Scientists to Space Station

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover discovered something strange as it traversed Mars on Tuesday — a string-like material that looked like noodles.

NASA Intrigued by Noodle-Like Object Found on Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The James Webb Space Telescope secretly released an infrared photo of Jupiter during its historic drop of images yesterday.

James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Telescope Just Quietly Released a Picture of Jupiter

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Officially Unveils First Set of Dazzling James Webb Images

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Officially Unveils First Set of Dazzling James Webb Images

By Victor Tangermann

The First Full-Color James Webb Image Just Dropped, and It’s Beautiful

James Webb Space Telescope

The First Full-Color James Webb Image Just Dropped, and It’s Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

This fictitious horror story about the James Webb Space Telescope should give us pause about looking into the final fronteir.

James Webb Space Telescope

This Horror Story About the Webb Telescope Will Chill Your Bones

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former NASA astronaut and US Air Force test pilot Terry Virts has had enough of Russia's provocations on board the International Space Station.

Former NASA Astronaut Says America Should Cut Russia Loose on the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope will get hit by a micrometeorite every month. The telescope is about to return its first deep space images.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Planning for James Webb to Get Hit by One Micrometeorite Per Month

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA just teased us with a list of the cosmic wonders captured by the James Webb telescope for its upcoming first images.

James Webb Space Telescope

Here’s What to Expect From James Webb’s First Images

By Frank Landymore

NASA has officially decried the startling act of anti-Ukraine propaganda by Russia that took place onboard the ISS earlier this week.

NASA Furious at Russia’s Ukraine Stunt on Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA dropped an update on its official blog detailing the causes of their satellite's dropout. In a nutshell? A bad command and a software error.

We Finally Know Why NASA Lost Contact With Moonbound Spacecraft

By Frank Landymore

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has given us a first glimpse into the awe-inspiring power of the images it will produce.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Shows Off Mesmerizing First Images From James Webb Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

Yesterday, news broke that NASA lost contact with its just-launched CAPSTONE satellite, just a day after the spacecraft successfully escaped Earth’s orbit.

NASA Still Has No Contact With Spacecraft En Route to the Moon

By Frank Landymore

NASA has encountered "communication issues" and is attempting to "re-establish contact" with its Moon-bound CAPSTONE satellite.

NASA Loses Contact With Just-Launched Spacecraft Headed Toward Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has restored communications with CAPSTONE, a spacecraft that was headed to the Moon but was plunged into radio silence on Tuesday shortly after it was deployed.

Celebration Erupts as NASA Restores Comms With Lost Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Capstone satellite is currently hurtling towards the Moon after successfully breaking free of Earth's orbit on Monday.

There’s a NASA Satellite Headed Toward the Moon Right Now

By Frank Landymore

NASA Chief Bill Nelson had some choice words to say about China's upcoming Moon missions, alleging that the nation intends to take the Moon for itself.

China Furious After NASA Accuses It of Stealing the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There was a time during the first Obama administration that people in the US government believed we could get to the moon without the help of billionaires.

How NASA Got Price Gouged on the SLS, According to Its Former Second-in-Command

By Noor Al-Sibai

Obsessed with this sizable turtle, which NASA caught smiling in front of their colossal Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket.

Chunky Turtle Spotted Near NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

While we await the official release of the first images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, early reactions are sounding promising.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Say New James Webb Images Are So Powerful That It Was Emotional Just Looking at Them

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Needs Your Help Spotting Clouds On Mars

NASA Needs Your Help Spotting Clouds On Mars

By Frank Landymore

While examining eight-year-old data from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, scientists have made a tantalizing new discovery.

NASA Rover Finds New Potential Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins has harvested radishes and mizuna greens aboard the ISS — successfully grown without any soil whatsoever.

NASA Astronauts Harvest Delicious Space Vegetables, Sans Soil

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA Spots Location Where Derelict Rocket Smashed Into the Moon

NASA Spots Location Where Derelict Rocket Smashed Into the Moon

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Many fear that Martian samples could contain unknown, life-threatening interplanetary pathogens, and in a public NASA forum, they let the agency know.

Scientists Worried NASA Will Infect Earth With Deadly Martian Pathogens

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a new tell-all memoir, a former second-in-command at NASA has aired a ton of the agency's dirty laundry — including about the man who now helms it.

Former NASA Official Says Many at Agency Deeply Oppose SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is obviously a boys club, but according to a former high-ranking official, the agency is much more misogynist than we ever could have thought.

Former NASA Second-in-Command Says She Was Called Vile Sexist Slurs at Agency

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

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

The clock is ticking for Voyager 1 and 2. NASA says the Voyager vehicles will run out of power by 2025, ending a decades-long mission launched in 1977.

Tragedy! NASA Says the Voyager Space Probes are Powering Down

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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

NASA really doesn't want SpaceX's Starship to blow up on the launch pad at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Reuters reports.

NASA Afraid SpaceX’s Rocket Will Explode and Blow Up Other Stuff Near It

By Victor Tangermann

Plans for the Russian Orbital Space Station (ROSS) are moving ahead but a top scientist says International Space Station modules could be contaminated.

International Space Station

Russian Scientist Complains That the ISS Is Tainted With Disgusting Pathogens

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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 has announced it is commissioning a study to examine reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), events in the sky that cannot be explained.

NASA Says It’s Officially Investigating UFO Reports

By Victor Tangermann

NASA suffered a tragic typo while trying to discuss the American-led Artemis Accords initiative, and Twitter had a field day.

NASA Mocked for Misspelling “New Zealand”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's ultra expensive James Webb Space Telescope has already had to endure a dust-sized micrometeoroid impacting with one of its primary mirror segments.

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Was Struck by a Small Meteoroid, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's development of its SLS has been mired in budget overruns and many years of delays, costing it tens of billions of dollars over the last eleven years.

Something Very Bad Might Be About to Go Down at NASA

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

SpaceX's imminent cargo launch has been delayed until at least the end of June because, well, the Dragon spacecraft may be leaking fuel.

NASA Alarmed by SpaceX Spacecraft Seemingly Leaking Fuel

By Noor Al-Sibai

Venus may have once been a life-supporting system, and NASA is looking to shed light on how Earth's "twin" came to be — and how, more sinisterly, it died.

NASA Plotting Journey Through the Hellish Atmosphere of Venus

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

We know space food is gross, but these pizzas eaten aboard the International Space Station really take the cake — or rather, the pie.

NASA Astronauts Spotted Eating Nasty-Looking Pizza on Space Station

By Noor Al-Sibai