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NASA accidentally broadcasted the audio of an emergency simulation over a routine ISS livestream, causing alarm among viewers.

NASA Apologizes for Broadcasting Emergency on Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside of the ISS to see if microorganisms that were attached to the exterior survived.

NASA Astronauts Checking Exterior of Space Station for Living Organisms

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson isn't one to mince words, but in a recent interview, he used colorful language to describe his colleagues.

Head of NASA Says He Works With a “Bunch of Wizards”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire space tourist Jared Isaacman offered to fix NASA's Hubble telescope. Officials are still unsure the benefits outweigh the risks.

NASA Slaps Down Billionaire’s Plan to Fly Up and Fix Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope claim they have found two of the most distant galaxies in the universe.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

By Sharon Adarlo

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed the birth of some of the youngest galaxies ever witnessed.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Just Observed the Universe’s Youngest Galaxies Being Born

By Sharon Adarlo

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors

Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors

By Jon Christian

Doctors administered the "love hormone" oxytocin to patients suffering from feelings of loneliness, with intriguing results.

Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People

By Jon Christian

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has made up its mind and will continue down a rocky ridge that scientists believe was once a raging river.

NASA Mars Rover Following Path of What Appears to Be Ancient River

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman is willing to foot the bill of a maintenance mission to NASA's Hubble telescope.

NASA Experts Concerned Billionaire Space Tourist Will Accidentally Break Hubble Space Telescope While Trying to Fix It

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA contractor is urging the agency to suspend the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch over major safety concerns.

NASA Contractor Warns That Boeing Launch Must Be Stopped “Before Something Catastrophic Happens”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Falling into the event horizon of a black hole may mean certain death, but it sure as hell makes for a cool view.

NASA Releases Video of What It’s Like to Fall Into a Black Hole

By Frank Landymore

NASA director Bill Nelson has a checkered record when it comes to SpaceX owner Elon Musk, but he trusts SpaceX because, well, he isn't CEO.

Head of NASA Says He Trusts SpaceX Because Someone Other Than Elon Musk Is Running It

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is sensitive enough to tell the weather on an exoplanet from 280 light-years away.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA spacecraft with sails being propelled solely by the rays of the Sun just made contact with operators back on Earth.

NASA Prepares to Unfurl Large Solar Sail From Spacecraft in Orbit

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has discovered rocky material that's riddled with manganese, a potential sign of ancient life.

Mars Loaded With Mineral Closely Associated With Life, NASA Rover Finds

By Victor Tangermann

As the Sun reaches solar maximum, NASA scientists hope to see just how much havoc a massive solar storm will wreak on the surface of Mars.

NASA Watching as Sun Blasts Mars to See Effect on Astronauts

By Frank Landymore

A scientist who's been working on NASA's Voyager mission for more than half a century says that the probes are straight-up catching strays.

Scientist Warns That NASA’s Voyager Probes Are “Dodging Bullets Out There”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has turned its full attention towards the distant ocean-covered world called K2-18b last week.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Turns to Examine Planet Showing Potential Sign of Life

By Victor Tangermann

Twenty years ago, NASA's Spirit rover drew a dick in Martian dust — a perfect moment in mankind's interstellar history.

A Random Reminder That NASA Drew a Big Ol’ Dick on the Surface of Mars

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After a piece of the International Space Station crashed into his houise, one man has had to call his insurance agency to assess the damage.

Man’s Attorney Contacts NASA After Space Station Debris Smashes Through His House

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has released stunning new artist impressions of an extremely reflective lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io.

NASA Releases Incredible Video of Reflective Lava Lake on Jupiter’s Hellish Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover came across mysterious puffs of methane gas that only appear at night and vanish during the day.

NASA Ponders Why Gas Produced by Life Is Leaking Out of Mars at Night

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in five months, NASA's ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back usable data — thanks to some "inventive sleuthing."

NASA’s Ingenious Hack Brings Dying Voyager Probe Back Online

By Victor Tangermann

A former NASA scientist says he has discovered a new force that could help us develop thrusters that don't need propellant to work.

Former NASA Engineer Says He’s Invented a Thruster That Doesn’t Require Propellant

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's administrator is once again making outrageous claims about China's space capabilities, fueling the rivalry between the two.

Head of NASA Says China Is Hiding Military Experiments in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

The International Space Station has long been known to be gross, and according to a new study, it has bacteria mutating into something alien.

International Space Station

Mutant Bacteria Discovered Aboard International Space Station

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, a 2-pound object crashed through the roof of Alexandro Otero's home in Florida. NASA admitted it belonged to the space station.

NASA Admits Space Station Junk Crashed Through Man’s Roof

By Victor Tangermann

On Mars, a little helicopter from another world bedded down for its final mission on Tuesday: to become a silent sentry on the Red Planet.

Dying Mars Helicopter Sends NASA Final Transmission

By Sharon Adarlo

In late February, a Russian satellite nearly hit an American one — and now, NASA's admitting how terrifying it was.

NASA Was “Really Scared” When a Russian Satellite Almost Obliterated Its Orbiter

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Perseverance rover is on Mars, it had been able to capture Mars’ two moons — Deimos and Phobos — float past in front of the Sun.

Here’s What NASA’s Rovers See During an Eclipse on Mars

By Sharon Adarlo

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), otherwise known as Danuri, photobomed NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA Spots Object Speeding Around the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The NASA Parker Solar probe took stunning images of the turbulent interior of the massive expulsion from the Sun.

Video Shows NASA Probe Flying Directly Through a Coronal Mass Ejection Off the Sun

By Frank Landymore

The White House released a new memorandum in an attempt to establish a new time standard for the Moon called "Coordinated Lunar Time."

Biden Directs NASA to Figure Out What Time It Is on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The NASA mission will see three rockets launched at various stages of the eclipse to collect data on how the event affects our ionosphere.

NASA Launching Three Rockets Directly Into Eclipse

By Frank Landymore

A sizable, cylindrical object crashed through the roof of a Florida home — and experts believe it may have originated from the ISS.

NASA Recovers Debris That Crashed Through Florida Man’s Roof

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope's dazzling imagery actually arrives to researchers in black-and-white and is colored via educated guessing.

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb’s Beautiful Images Actually Arrive in Black and White

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Boulders that were released after NASA's DART spacecraft collided with asteroid Dimorphos could eventually smash into Mars.

Debris From NASA Smashing Asteroid Could Strike Mars, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

The first astronauts to walk the surface of the Moon in almost 50 years will bring a greenhouse to study how crops adapt to the environment.

NASA’s First Artemis Moon Astronauts Will Bring Small Greenhouse to Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

It's official, folks: Intuitive Machines' privately-launched Moon lander, Odysseus, has been pronounced dead.

NASA’s Privately-Launched Moon Lander Permanently Dead After Failing to Wake Up

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is proposing to wind down its Chandra X-ray Observatory. And astronomers are pissed.

Astronomers Furious at Plan to Shut Down NASA Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

One of NASA's latest probes is carrying on the grand tradition of blasting humanity's message out to the stars.

NASA Craft Hunting Alien Life Will Carry a New Message From Humanity

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have found that "little red dots" in James Webb Space Telescope images are "baby" supermassive black holes.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Surprised to Realize Red Dots in James Webb Images Are Black Holes

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have become worried after NASA's Voyager 1 probe started sending nonsensical messages back to Earth.

NASA Concerned as Voyager 1 Sending Back Incomprehensible Code

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX ground control spotted a small crack forming on the seal of the Crew Dragon's hatch during countdown on Sunday.

NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown

By Victor Tangermann

One recently shared image shows damage taken by NASA's Moon lander, with stripped pieces littering the lunar surface behind it.

New Photos Show Catastrophic Damage to NASA’s Moon Lander

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an unusual "extremely red" supermassive black hole billions of light-years away.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots “Extremely Red” Black Hole

By Victor Tangermann

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. It may now be "healing."

The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's new Moon lander may have made a relatively safe landing, but all indications point to it being less successful than initially thought.

NASA’s New Moon Lander Is Turning Into a Disaster

By Noor Al-Sibai

A close-up of a model Odysseus Moon lander on a desk, with Intuitive Machines CEO Stephen Altemus' hand and torso behind it.

NASA’s Precious Moon Lander Has Toppled Over

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two neutron stars collided millions of years ago and the resulting explosion created a bright flash and, as scientists have found, pure gold.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Cosmic Foundry Generating Pure Gold

By Noor Al-Sibai

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have figured out a supernova mystery that's been decades in the making.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Something Lurking in Wreckage of Supernova

By Noor Al-Sibai

Formed just 800 million years after the Big Bang, the galaxy defies our understanding of dark matter's role in the early years of the cosmos.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Befuddled by Impossible Galaxy Seen by James Webb

By Frank Landymore

NASA has officially bid adieu to its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment, fittingly having the last one burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

NASA Experiment With Fire in Space Ends When Entire Spacecraft Burns Up

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's PACE mission will use a state-of-the-art satellite to see how aerosols and tiny phytoplanktons affect Earth's atmosphere and oceans.

NASA’s Launches Mission to Study Earth’s ‘Invisible Universe’

By Frank Landymore

A former NASA employee is sounding off on government short-sightedness — and, perhaps somewhat hyperbolically, comparing Congress to Rome.

Ex-NASA Employee Slams Government for “Folly, Arrogance, and Fully-Informed Ignorance”

By Noor Al-Sibai

James Webb Spots Two Planets Solemnly Orbiting Dead Stars

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Two Planets Solemnly Orbiting Dead Stars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's tiny Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has seen its last days — but its friend, the Perseverance rover, hasn't said goodbye just yet.

NASA Rover Spots Dead Mars Helicopter in Its “Final Resting Place”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A spectacular image taken by NASA's Juno probe this past weekend shows Jupiter's moon Io with twin eruptions on the surface.

NASA Spacecraft Swoops So Close to Io That It Can See Volcanic Eruptions

By Sharon Adarlo

Mars Sample Return in Trouble After Mass NASA Layoffs

Mars Sample Return in Trouble After Mass NASA Layoffs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be losing about 530 people or 8 percent of its staff, plus around 40 contractors in mass lay offs.

Mass Layoffs Hit NASA

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA is debating whether to work with commercial partners to get to Mars, the first time the space agency has openly raised the possibility.

NASA Investigating Whether It Could Hire SpaceX for Mars Trip

By Victor Tangermann

Ingenuity, NASA's recently-damaged Mars helicopter, has one last task before its mission is officially over: wiggling around a little.

Derelict Helicopter Will Twitch on Mars, NASA Says

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, astronauts saw strange flashes of light on the Moon. NASA still wants to catch them on camera.

NASA Curious Whether Astronauts Will See Strange Flashes of Light on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann