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NASA has announced that astronauts on board the ISS are drinking water that is a whopping 98 percent recovered urine and sweat.

NASA Thrilled That Astronauts Drink 98 Percent of Recycled Bodily Fluids

By Victor Tangermann

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

The James Webb Space Telescope just got a close look at TRAPPIST-1 c, a rocky exoplanet located roughly 40 lightyears away.

James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Space Telescope Just Zoomed in Super Close on an Alien Planet

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After spending a year and a half one million miles away from Earth, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finally getting some company.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Sending Adorable Little Buddy to Hang Out Next to the James Webb

By Victor Tangermann

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

An Air Force veteran has come forward alleging that the government has been hiding alien spacecraft. Experts say we shouldn't dismiss him.

NASA Pushes Back Against Claim Government Has an Alien Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

Ever dreamed of sending a raunchy missive into outer space on the side of a NASA spacecraft? If the answer's yes, we have good news.

If You Want to Make NASA Carve Something Rude Into a Spacecraft Headed to Jupiter, Now’s Your Chance

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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 Space Telescope

James Webb Catches Saturn’s Moon Squirting

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has delivered a crew of space tourists to the ISS as part of Axiom Space's second-ever mission to the station.

International Space Station

SpaceX Tourists Swoop Into International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA plans to use a device that "can vigorously spin occupants like laundry churning in a washing machine" to train astronauts.

NASA Brags About Plan to Torment Astronauts With Brutal Military Machine

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Gone are the good old days of homophobia and racism at NASA — and to some Republican senators, that's a problem.

Senators Complain That NASA Isn’t Allowed to Be Racist Anymore

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of NASA's gigantic science balloons developed a leak a mere day and a half into its flight, causing it to plummet into the Pacific Ocean.

NASA’s Giant Balloon Crashes Into Ocean, Sinks

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Rhea Space Activity has announced that it's planning to launch a mission to breathe new life into NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Military Funding “Resurrection” Mission for Derelict NASA Space Telescope

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

NASA has announced it's intending to change the New Horizons mission's primary target from studying Kuiper Belt objects to heliophysics.

After 15 Year Journey, NASA Suddenly Redirecting Deep Space Mission to New Target

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is slowly dying — but luckily, a couple of startups have a solution that may just be crazy enough to work.

Ingenious Plan Could Save NASA’s Hubble Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest discovery is a doozy, and it seems like it's raising more questions than it's answering.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Telescope Detects Mysterious Water Vapor Around Alien Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has figured out a way to extend the mission of its interstellar Voyager 2 probe by another three years.

NASA Hack Squeezes More Time Out of Dying Voyager 2 Probe

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

Brandon Cavanaugh, a 37-year-old former NASA intern and Boeing aerospace engineer, was sentenced for storming the capitol.

Former NASA Intern Sentenced for Storming the US Capitol on Jan 6

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

Nearly 21 years after it was launched, NASA's RHESSI satellite is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere. Chances it'll hit you are apparently "low."

This NASA Satellite Is Falling Back to Earth After 21 Years

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

A Japanese astronomer spotted green streaks of light passing over a cloudy sky, which, as it turns out, were shot out by NASA's ICESat-2 satellite.

NASA’s Mighty Sky Lasers Spotted by Japanese Astronomer

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

Astronomers have long debated the source of ULXs, chalking their brightness up to optical illusions. A new study confirms that they're all that they appear.

NASA Confirms That Cosmic Object Is so Bright That It Defies Laws of Physics

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

The new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has spoken about her decision to be sworn in on a copy of "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan.

New NASA Goddard Director Explains Why She Was Sworn in on a Carl Sagan Book

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you look closely at the photo that accompanies NASA's press release about the new Goddard Center director, you'll see something curious and delightful.

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible

By Noor Al-Sibai

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 just dropped its new graphics in the wake of its crew announcement for the Artemis II mission to the Moon and, reader, they're so lit.

NASA’s New Artemis II Graphics Are So Freaking Awesome, Y’all

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

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

Former NASA astronaut and current podcaster Clayton Anderson has been caught liking a spate of transphobic tweets.

Former NASA Astronaut Caught Faving Transphobic Tweets

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dimorphos' much larger companion asteroid Didymos is spinning so fast that it's capable of ejecting pieces of rubble into deep space.

NASA Intrigued by Asteroid That Seems to Be Shooting Rocks Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, a dust storm has been observed outside of our Solar System — and it was the James Webb Space Telescope that made the discovery.

James Webb Space Telescope

The Webb Telescope Is So Powerful, It Spotted a Dust Storm on a Planet in a Different Star System

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a Wolf-Rayet, an absolutely massive classification of star that is on the verge of a supernova.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Takes Breathtaking Image of a Titanic Star That’s About to Explode

By Frank Landymore

NASA could be getting a bigger budget next year, with hopes of allocating money to developing its own spacecraft to retire the ISS.

NASA Wants to Build a Special Spacecraft to Destroy the ISS

By Frank Landymore

A new James Webb Space Telescope survey of the universe has already surpassed Hubble's most comprehensive one to date, and it's only in its first stage.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Demolishes Hubble’s Record of Fitting the Most Galaxies in a Single Image

By Frank Landymore

Elementary school students have discovered that EpiPens can turn poisonous after being launched into space due to space radiation.

NASA Surprised When School Children Discover That EpiPens Become Toxic in Space

By Victor Tangermann

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

Mistakes are bound to happen in rocket launches, but a massive one last summer resulted in a rocket launch company losing two NASA satellites.

Government Contractor Lost Two NASA Satellites, Company Admits

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of large asteroids lurking between Mars and Jupiter are an awful lot like the dwarf planet Ceres, and are harboring tons of water.

NASA Astronomers Identify “Dark Asteroids” Brimming With Water

By Frank Landymore

Lazarus, a rapper affiliated with the Wu-Tang clan who happens to be a practicing physician, is also a space nerd eager to debut his single from the ISS.

Wu-Tang Affiliate Collaborates With NASA to Release Rap Song About Space

By Frank Landymore

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab are studying the earliest chemical reactions that may have led to the formation of life on Earth.

NASA Facility Replicating Conditions to Form Life

By Victor Tangermann

Using old data, NASA has discovered that Venus' mantle may be "squishy" and full of volcanic activity, which could explain one of its biggest mysteries.

NASA Says Venus Is Being Remade by a Squishy Shell

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples revealed chemical compounds that support the theory that space dust contains the building blocks for life.

NASA First Look at Japanese Asteroid Samples Reveal the Building Blocks for Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

The proposed NASA probe would "explore how Uranus formed; how much it migrated after formation; the planet's interior structure," and much more.

NASA Scientist Calls for Exploration of Uranus

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After another coollant leak on a Russian spacecraft, NASA and Roscosmos are indefinitely postponing the return flight for the astronauts on the ISS.

Damaged Russian Spacecraft Means NASA Astronauts Might Stay Stuck on the ISS

By Noor Al-Sibai

A second Russian spacecraft docked to the International Space Station has sprung a leak in one of its coolant lines in just a matter of months.

International Space Station

Another Russian Spacecraft Docked to the ISS Just Sprang a Leak

By Victor Tangermann

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

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 James Webb Space Telescope is adjusting its orbit to make sure it won't get pelted with even more micrometeorites.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Adjusting James Webb Orbit to Get Damaged by Micrometeoroids Less

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced the accidental discovery of an "extremely small" asteroid by the James Webb Space Telescope — but in space, size is relative.

James Webb Space Telescope

Baby Asteroid Photobombs James Webb On Accident

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now pinpointed the location of an "engine" overpowering a galactic merger with infrared light.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Reveals Mysteriously Powerful “Engine” of Two Merging Galaxies

By Frank Landymore

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