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

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

By Victor Tangermann

A Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space has come up with an absolutely ludicrous rocket design to launch payloads into orbit.

This Might Be the Weirdest-Looking Rocket We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

This weekend, China plans to launch a powerful Long March 5B rocket — and it's likely that parts of junk from the rocket will crash land back onto Earth.

China Is Sending More Space Junk Hurtling Down to Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the United States to stop militarizing space. The US is spending billions on the Space Force.

China Accuses United States of Militarizing Outer Space

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The sun was captured letting off a ball of gas — which, in other words, makes a solar flare seem a lot like a solar fart.

The Sun Just Let Off a Really Nasty Fart

By Noor Al-Sibai

The ever controversial head of the Russian space program, Dmitri Rogozin, is being replaced by deputy prime minister Yury Borisov, according to the Kremlin.

Russian Space Chief Leaving Post, May Be Headed to War Zone

By Victor Tangermann

Rumors are swirling yet again that Dmitri Rogozin, the outspoken head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos, could soon be fired from his position.

Rumors Swirl That the Deranged Head of the Russian Space Program Is Getting Fired

By Victor Tangermann

As a simple tool goes to show, the James Webb Space Telescope's first images are a huge upgrade over its predecessor, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Awesome Tool Shows How Much Better the JWST’s Images Are Compared to the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

Not everything went according to plan during SpaceX's Booster 7 tests on Monday.

Elon Musk Says Explosion Was on Purpose, Then Deletes Tweet and Admits It Wasn’t

By Victor Tangermann

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After running nearly 3,000 simulations, scientists found that a minor change in Neptune's orbit caused by a passing star could disrupt our system's orbits.

Scientists Predict That The Solar System Could Collapse If a Star Flew Too Close

By Frank Landymore

Scientists believe they have found the largest-ever alcohol molecule in space — though it's not the kind that can get you drunk.

Scientists Discover Giant Alcohol Molecule Near The Center of Our Galaxy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia is using the International Space Station to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda, Ars Technica reports, an unfortunate turn of events.

Cosmonauts Spread Anti-Ukraine Propaganda on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Space travel is exciting. But as rocket launches become more frequent, the damage to the environment may no longer be as negligible as once believed.

Space Travel Will Absolutely Gut the Environment, Scientists Warn

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos has cancelled plans to transform an ocean freighter — renamed after his mother Jacklyn — into a booster rocket recovery site.

Jeff Bezos Ditches Plan to Land Rockets on Ship Named for His Mom

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ESA scientists had to raise the Swarm constellation satellites, which measure Earth's magnetic field, because they were sinking in chaotic space weather.

Scientists Say the Sun Is Acting Up and Causing Satellites to Fall Back to Earth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study suggests that Jupiter may be our solar system's hungriest hippo as it formed by eating a bunch of baby planets.

Voracious Jupiter Ate a Bunch of Baby Planets, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of MIT researchers are proposing the manufacturing and use of "space bubbles" to mitigate climate change — and it's so crazy that it might work.

MIT Scientists Want to Put a Barrier Between Earth and Sun to Fight Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia's Progress cargo spacecraft had to perform an unplanned engine burn to avoid debris left behind by one of the country's own satellites.

Russia Forced to Dodge Space Debris From When It Blew Up Satellite

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers believe that observing this dead star and its solar system might offer an unprecedented glimpse into planetary beginnings.

Scientists Spot Dying Star Brutally Tearing Up Its Unfortunate Planets

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX CEO and self-described "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk has reportedly fired several employees at his space company, who critized him.

Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Fires Employees for Criticizing Him

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.

Russian Scientist Complains That the ISS Is Tainted With Disgusting Pathogens

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Japanese scientists have analyzed asteroid dust collected the by the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found "clues to the origin of life on Earth

Japanese Scientists: This Asteroid’s Samples Contain “Clues to the Origin of Life”

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos is reportedly trying to gain control over a German telescope currently orbiting the Earth almost a million miles away.

Russia Reportedly Trying to Hijack Space Telescope Currently Orbiting Earth

By Victor Tangermann

During the undocking of Roscosmos spacecraft Progress MS-18, ISS Cosmonaut Sergey Korsakav discovered "stowaways" gripping the un-crewed freighter.

No, These Aren’t Weird Visitors on the Outside of the Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Advanced civilizations could have entire planets act as one massive starship to migrate to other systems, leaving their old and collapsing host star behind.

Scientist Proposes Using Entire Planet as Spaceship to Different Star System

By Victor Tangermann

Somebody may have tried to "jam" signals at a Chinese space launch center — and it's raising some major red flags.

Chinese Researchers Reportedly Found Possible Sabotage Attempt Near Astronaut Launch Site

By Noor Al-Sibai

China, banned from the International Space Station, prepares to launch three of its astronauts to its own space station, Tiangong, this year.

China Launching Three Astronauts As It Expands Its Space Station

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team published a new study in the preprint journal Arxiv and said humanity could become an interplanetary Kardashev Type I Civilization by the year 2371.

Humans Approaching Intelligence Level Required for Interplanetary Life, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The hunt has begun for the world's first Turkish astronaut — and one of the country's kookiest minor celebrities has thrown his hat into the ring.

Man Who Got Blown Away While Holding Huge Umbrella Announces Plan to Become Astronaut

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new video by YouTuber Tim "Everyday Astronaut" Dodd, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk can be seen ascending to the top of the space company's "Mechazilla" tower.

Video Shows Elon Musk Climbing Mechazilla Tower

By Victor Tangermann

The extensive shelling of Ukraine has been so severe, the invasion can literally be seen from space, a reminder of the devastating scale of the war.

Astronaut Says the Ukraine War Is So Brutal He Could See It From Space

By Victor Tangermann

A space company is getting ready to shoot the cremated remains of 47 people into orbit this week, the ultimate way to say goodbye to a loved one.

Florida Prepares to Shoot Remains of 47 People Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

According to NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Americans get a skewed view of Russians and their culture — which led to some awkward movie nights in orbit.

Things Apparently Got Awkward During Movie Night on the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After years of delay and troubleshooting, Boeing finally docked its space taxi, Starliner, to the International Space Station with 800 pounds of cargo.

Astronauts Enter Starliner After It Finally Docks To Space Station

By Lonnie Lee Hood

For a brief and shining moment, this week's lunar eclipse allowed for the Milky Way to be incredibly visible here on Earth.

Watch the Milky Way Instantly Pop Into View During Lunar Eclipse

By Noor Al-Sibai

There's a minor civil war brewing amongst government officials over just how much of their UFO intelligence they should turn over to Congress.

There’s a “Secret Society” in the Pentagon Hiding UFO Secrets, Officials Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronauts who flew to the Interational Space Station with private space flight company Axiom were so busy during the mission it disrupted work for NASA.

Whiny Space Tourists Say They Were Too Busy on the Space Station

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Rogozin broadsided Musk for "supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment" and demanded that he "answer in an adult way."

Elon Musk Alarmed by Threat From Russian Space Program Chief

By Noor Al-Sibai

European Space Agency astronaut on Crew-4 mission posted the first TikTok made in space while on the International Space Station.

POV: You’re Watching the first TikTok Made in Space

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazing Footage Shows Inside of Space Station When It Fires Its Mighty Thrusters

Amazing Footage Shows Inside of Space Station When It Fires Its Mighty Thrusters

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Russian rocket part, which has spent more than a decade in orbit, suddenly exploded into at least 16 potentially dangerous piece of space debris.

Ancient Russian Rocket Debris Suddenly Explodes in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

European Space Agency astronaut Maurer shows us how to brush your teeth, get ready for bed and sleep aboard the International Space Station.

Please Enjoy This Cozy Video of an Astronaut Getting Ready to Slumber

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, called the "Hero of Russia" won't return to the ISS because he'd have to help Americans with experiments in space.

Cosmonaut Quits Because He Doesn’t Want to “Work for the Americans”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New Zealand-based space startup Rocket Lab pulled off an amazing stunt on Tuesday: it caught the first stage of its Electron rocket with a helicopter.

Amazing Video Shows Helicopter Catching Falling Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Canada has snuck a Criminal Code amendment into its 2022 federal budget making it a crime to commit illegal acts — in outer space.

Canada Says Astronauts Are No Longer Allowed to Murder Each Other

By Victor Tangermann

The crew of the latest space tourist mission into space had to figuratively knock on the door of the Russian segment of the ISS to use their bathroom.

The Curse of the Toilet Continues! Bathroom Broke During Tourists’ Stay on ISS

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has released a stunning new video of its Crew Dragon spacecraft firing its thrusters to dock with the International Space Station.,

Beautiful Video Shows Dragon Capsule Making Final Approach to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of DNA in meteorites that landed in North America and Australia, Reuters reports.

Scientists Find DNA Building Blocks in Asteroids

By Victor Tangermann

A CBS reporter broke the news that the International Space Station had to swerve to miss debris from a satellite blow up by Russia.

The Space Station Has to Swerve to Avoid Debris from Satellite Russia Blew Up

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The world's foremost believer in extraterrestrials has designed a mission to uncover an interstellar object that crashed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

Harvard Scientist Says Alien Tech May Have Crashed Into the Pacific Ocean and He Wants to Find It

By Noor Al-Sibai

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."

Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former Astronaut Details Quest to Grow Cannabinoids in Space

Former Astronaut Details Quest to Grow Cannabinoids in Space

By Victor Tangermann

Turns out that when the Sun spits plasma at the Earth, it's actually pretty awesome.

Remember When the Sun Shot a Ball of Plasma at the Earth? It Hit and Caused a Beautiful Aurora

By Noor Al-Sibai

Spaceflight Company Mocked for Selling Useless NFTs

Spaceflight Company Mocked for Selling Useless NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

A pair of Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station are scheduled to go on a spacewalk to active a 37-foot robotic arm.

Russia Is About to Activate a Robot Arm on the Exterior of the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Things are getting more and more like "Star Trek" every day as NASA transports doctor holograms into space.

Hologram Doctors Visit Space Station For The First Time Ever

By Noor Al-Sibai

Space Perspective just showed off its "Space Lounge" cabin, which is one day meant to ascend into the Earth's atmosphere, hanging from a massive balloon.

High Altitude Balloon Startup Reveals Design of Luxurious “Space Lounge”

By Victor Tangermann

After years, the US government has confirmed Harvard researchers' hypothesis that an interstellar object crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

US Government Confirms That Interstellar Object Crashed Into the Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

Judging by the footage of Pythom engineers running away from a dangerous cloud of smoke, their safety protocols leave something to be desired.

Video Shows Workers Running for Cover as Experimental Rocket Ignites

By Victor Tangermann

A new study published last week in arXiv reports that researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light-years away in the universe.

Scientists Detect Huge Object, Farther Away Than Anything Else Detected in Universe

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Space startup Rocket Lab is getting ready for a truly awe-inspiring and action-packed stunt: catching its Electron rocket mid-air using a massive helicopter.

This Startup Is Catching a Rocket With a Flippin’ Helicopter!

By Victor Tangermann

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin told Chinese state media that "Soyuz is irreplaceable, because America doesn't have any spacecraft."

Head of Russian Space Program Claims That the US “Doesn’t Have Any Spacecraft”

By Victor Tangermann