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Researchers argue that the presence of long chain carbon molecules on Mars "cannot be readily explained" by non-biological processes alone.

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists watched as a star, once one of the brightest in the Andromeda galaxy, simply winked out of existence. They have a theory.

Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk appeared to have had a major change of heart, putting a Mars city on hold. He's been going through it ever since.

Elon Musk Going Through It After Putting Mars City on Ice

By Victor Tangermann

If we were to ever find alien life, breaking the news to the general public could be much more difficult than one might think.

If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues

By Victor Tangermann

As part of an effort to bring the study of space radiation in-house, SpaceX is now developing its own particle accelerator in Florida.

SpaceX Is Building Its Own Particle Accelerator

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk said "SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon," despite Mars being his top priority until now.

Elon Musk Announces Huge Change: Self-Growing City on Moon Now Top Priority at SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

A large asteroid or rocky space object is shown exploding in space, with bright fiery flames and debris scattering outward against a dark background. The explosion emits intense light and heat, illuminating the surrounding fragments.

Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth

By Victor Tangermann

The case that Venus is harboring enormous lava tubes continues to build. A recent paper suggests they could measure up to 0.62 miles across.

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

A close-up view inside a scientific enclosure containing a butterfly and several small plants. Various wires, connectors, and electronic components are visible around the interior.

Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity

A moderator at the r/aviation subreddit didn't look too kindly on a shot by astronaut Don Pettit, deeming it too "blurry" and taking it down.

Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was “Blurry”

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon didn't quite go as planned, forcing the agency to push back the launch.

NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a highly detailed computational model of Jupiter's atmosphere to peer below its thick clouds.

There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

An image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows its LED lights lighting up a hole it drilled into the surface of the rock.

This Photo of Mars at Night Is Straight Up Haunting

By Victor Tangermann

A former NASA staffer says the agency is failing the planet as the Earth's climate approaches a devastating point of no return.

Former NASA Employee Issues Desperate Plea to Head of Agency

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists have determined that Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in a seriously thick icy shell that measures 18 miles deep.

NASA Says Europa Is Covered by a Thick Icy Shell

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Moon astronauts will be using a new spacesuit to explore the lunar surface. Unfortunately, experts say, it has problems.

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Plagued With Issues

By Victor Tangermann

As Reuters reports, Elon Musk is hoping to merge his AI startup, xAI, with SpaceX — a baffling plan that raises plenty of questions.

Elon to Merge SpaceX and xAI

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the Moon officially entered quarantine in preparation for their journey.

Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Some experts aren't convinced of NASA's reassurances that the Orion spacecraft, which will house its Moon astronauts, is safe to use.

Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Vast has opted to build a smaller Haven-1 commercial space station. The company said it recently passed a milestone.

Private Space Station Being Assembled for Launch

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA astronaut has revealed a tantalizing clue about what went down during the first medical evacuation in the space station's history.

Astronauts Give Crucial Clue About NASA’s Emergency Space Evacuation

By Victor Tangermann

A stunning video shared by Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui shows gorgeous auroras blanketing the Earth's night sky.

Stunning Footage Shows Space Station Drifting Through Aurora’s Dazzling Lights

By Victor Tangermann

Four astronauts were airlifted to a hospital in San Diego via helicopter after the International Space Station's first medical evacuation.

Astronauts Helicoptered to Hospital After Mystery Evacuation From Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

A paper proposes a theory that outer space acts like viscous fluid, which if true explains discrepancies in what we observe in the universe.

Outer Space Is a Viscous Fluid, New Paper Claims

By Sharon Adarlo

Startup GRU (Galactic Resource Utilization) Space has opened reservations for people who want to stay in the first hotel on the Moon.

Moon Hotel Now Taking Reservations

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers found that the brain "shifts upward and backward within the skull following spaceflight," a new wrinkle for future space travel.

Astronauts’ Brains Are Being Displaced

By Victor Tangermann

For over two decades, millions volunteered their computers to help UC Berkeley scientists in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

Asteroid Behaving Strangely

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers claim to have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to discover an entirely new type of celestial object: dubbed "Cloud-9."

Scientists Weirded Out by Cosmic Bones in Distant Space

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, NASA has been forced to cut a mission to the International Space Station short due to a "serious medical condition."

NASA Announces Emergency Evacuation From Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced that it was forced to postpone a January 8 spacewalk, citing a "medical concern." Many questions remain.

Astronaut on Space Station Suffers Medical Issue

By Victor Tangermann

A ufologist's Freedom of Information Act inquiry about documents related to interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was mysteriously shut down.

CIA Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Records on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers discovered an extremely hot galaxy cluster in the region that was far hotter and older than current theories allow.

Scientists Discover Impossible Object in Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump administration is shutting down NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's library — NASA's largest — and threatening to destroy books.

NASA Reportedly Shutting Down Its Largest Library, Throwing Materials Away

By Victor Tangermann

Three symmetrical jets jutting out of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS are showing up in Hubble observations, puzzling astronomer Avi Loeb.

Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Space startup Max Space unveiled plans for an inflatable space station that can expand to a whopping 12,300 cubic feet.

Bonkers New Space Station Expands to Full Size From Single Capsule

By Victor Tangermann

FAA documents revealed that three aircraft were in far greater danger than SpaceX let on of its Starship debris field.

Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers

By Victor Tangermann

For future Moon missions, South Korean scientists created a small rover with a special wheel that can expand and contract like kinetic art.

Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronomer Avi Loeb argued that other objects like interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS could be useful for reaching out to aliens, if they exist.

We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Over the weekend, NASA conducted a dress rehearsal for its scheduled February launch date of its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.

Astronauts Suit Up for Their Journey to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.

This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.

James Webb Spots First Ever Supermassive Black Hole to Be Yeeted Out of Its Home Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

A venture capitalist is warning investors that the AI robots sector could be experiencing the start of a financial bubble.

Investors Warn That Humanoid Robots Are the Next Financial Bubble

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA failed to reestablish contact with its MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars and hasn't received any signs of life since December 4.

NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

By Victor Tangermann

A "detection of a wobbling high-altitude jet" in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb intrigued.

Scientists Say They’ve Found Another Anomaly About 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of Chinese companies are trying to unabashedly rip off SpaceX's Starship launch platform.

China Is Absolutely Obsessed With Copying SpaceX’s Starship Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Over a month after its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, observations still clearly show 3I/ATLAS' "anti-tail."

3I/ATLAS Still Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX Starlink internet satellite had to power up its thrusters to ensure it wasn't smashed by a Chinese satellite.

SpaceX Furious at China, Saying It Almost Destroyed One of Its Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

The spider-like formation could be evidence of epic eruptions of water that blast through Europa' surface.

Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa

By Frank Landymore

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth in just over a week from now, coming within 167 million miles.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth

By Victor Tangermann

A consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on Mars.

Scientists Say the Time Has Arrived to Land Astronauts on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

In an update this week, NASA announced that it had lost signal of its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft.

A NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Just Mysteriously Went Offline

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese astronauts clambered outside the company's space station to inspect damage to one of its spacecraft.

Chinese Astronauts Clamber Outside Space Station to Inspect Damaged Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet and tropical.

Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array detected significant amounts of methanol and hydrogen cyanide in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

3I/ATLAS Is Carrying Ingredients for Life, NASA Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin showed off a device that it claims can store energy from hot Moon dust inside a battery. We have questions.

There’s Something Very Weird About Blue Origin’s Device That Generates Electricity From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

Last month, the European Space Agency used five of the science instruments attached to its JUICE spacecraft to examine 3I/ATLAS.

New Image Shows Signs of Activity on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have found that the surface of 3I/ATLAS' nucleus could be dotted with erupting "ice volcanoes."

3I/ATLAS Appears to Be Erupting in Ice Volcanos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has acknowledged Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome sustaining severe damage following a botched Soyuz launch last week.

NASA Responds to Russia Accidentally Blowing Up Its Only Astronaut Launch Facility

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found signs that mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is radiating a "heartbeat" pulse of light that repeats every 16.16 hours.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object Appears to Be Pulsing in a “Heartbeat Pattern”

By Victor Tangermann

A Soyuz rocket launch has dealt significant damage to Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome, leaving Russia without the ability to launch astronauts.

Severe Accident Destroys Russia’s Ability to Launch Astronauts Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31

China Launches Emergency Mission to Its Space Station, Putting NASA to Shame

By Victor Tangermann