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Space Catapult Startup Will Soon Launch Into Action

Space Catapult Startup Will Soon Launch Into Action

By Patrick Caughill

Scientists Have Learned Why Neutron Stars Shine So Bright

Scientists Have Learned Why Neutron Stars Shine So Bright

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Life on Europa Could Survive off Nuclear Energy, Research Finds

By Chelsea Gohd

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Two Space Hotels Could Open as Early as 2021

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Today in Astronaut Fashion: A Unitard to Keep Your Back Healthy

National Space Council

The National Space Council Approves Four Recommendations for Reform

By Claudia Geib

Want to Follow Elon Musk’s Roadster Through Space? There’s a Website for That.

Want to Follow Elon Musk’s Roadster Through Space? There’s a Website for That.

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Dubai’s Astronaut Program Has Already Received 3,000 Applications

Elon Musk Is Arguing With Spaceflight CEOs on Twitter. Again.

Elon Musk Is Arguing With Spaceflight CEOs on Twitter. Again.

Trump Wants to Put the ISS in the Hands of Private Industry

Trump Wants to Put the ISS in the Hands of Private Industry

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We Just Found Out Asteroids Are Flying by Earth This Week — Here’s How Worried You Should Be

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Reconsidering Space Debris: Can Space Junk Be Useful?

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Congratulations, Elon Musk: Earth’s First Interplanetary Litterbug

By Patrick Caughill

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Pre-Rocket-Launch-Musk-vs.-Bezos-Passive-Aggressive-Twitter-Shade: Truly Great Theater

It’s Official: Extragalactic Planets Are Real. So What the Hell’s on Them?

It’s Official: Extragalactic Planets Are Real. So What the Hell’s on Them?

By Patrick Caughill

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

extragalactic planets

For the First Time Ever, Scientists Found Alien Worlds in Another Galaxy

By Chelsea Gohd

Japan Has Launched the Smallest Rocket Ever to Put a Satellite Into Orbit

Japan Has Launched the Smallest Rocket Ever to Put a Satellite Into Orbit

By Patrick Caughill

radio telescopes

Telecommunications Networks Could Help Scientists Sync Up Telescopes

Phoning Home: Is Intelligent Alien Life Really Out There?

Phoning Home: Is Intelligent Alien Life Really Out There?

By Seth Shostak

Rocket Lab Has Successfully Launched Its Electron Rocket Into Orbit

Rocket Lab Has Successfully Launched Its Electron Rocket Into Orbit

By Patrick Caughill

We Could Have an In-Orbit Satellite Repair Service by 2020

We Could Have an In-Orbit Satellite Repair Service by 2020

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Researchers Determine the Two TRAPPIST-1 Planets Most Likely to Support Life

We May Have Uncovered the Origins of The Most Mysterious Particles in the Universe

We May Have Uncovered the Origins of The Most Mysterious Particles in the Universe

By Chelsea Gohd

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Dark Energy Survey Discovers Remnants of Other Galaxies Within Our Own

By Chelsea Gohd

Google’s Lunar XPrize Is Over. Spaceflight Innovation, However, Is Not.

Google’s Lunar XPrize Is Over. Spaceflight Innovation, However, Is Not.

By Patrick Caughill

Titan Has Even More in Common With Earth Than We Thought

Titan Has Even More in Common With Earth Than We Thought

By Chelsea Gohd

Compact Nuclear Fission Reactors Could One Day Power Our Martian Colonies

A Key Evolutionary Step May Mean Intelligent Alien Life Doesn’t Exist in the Universe

A Key Evolutionary Step May Mean Intelligent Alien Life Doesn’t Exist in the Universe

By Alexandra Ossola

Colonize or Become Extinct: Is There Any Real Rationale for Colonizing Another World?

Colonize or Become Extinct: Is There Any Real Rationale for Colonizing Another World?

A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space

A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Are Tracing the Source of One of the Most Mysterious Signals in Space

Scientists Are Tracing the Source of One of the Most Mysterious Signals in Space

orbital laser stations

Researchers Propose Using Lasers to Zap Potentially Dangerous Space Debris

By Chelsea Gohd

Orbital Launches

In 2017, the US Led the World in Successful Orbital Launches

We Asked Experts Whether Elon Musk Can Really Send a Roadster to Space

We Asked Experts Whether Elon Musk Can Really Send a Roadster to Space

By Claudia Geib

China Has Lost Control of a Space Station. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry.

China Has Lost Control of a Space Station. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry.

Alien Megastructure

New Data Finally Reveals That, No, There Is No Alien Megastructure

By Patrick Caughill

Russia’s Missing Satellite Was Officially Attributed to Human Error

Russia’s Missing Satellite Was Officially Attributed to Human Error

By Patrick Caughill

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Get Ready to See the Largest Picture of the Universe Ever Taken

By Chelsea Gohd

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The Universe May Be Full of Habitable Worlds That Have No Sun

By Chelsea Gohd

Water May Be Trapped in Sponge-Like Martian Rocks

Water May Be Trapped in Sponge-Like Martian Rocks

By Chelsea Gohd

The Pentagon Ran a Secret Program to Find UFOs. Should We Expect Aliens?

The Pentagon Ran a Secret Program to Find UFOs. Should We Expect Aliens?

By Lou Del Bello

first interstellar visitor

Our First Interstellar Visitor Is Covered in a Layer Of “Organic Sunscreen”

By Chelsea Gohd

Elon Musk: We Should Already Have a Lunar Base

Elon Musk: We Should Already Have a Lunar Base

planet-hunting tool

ESPRESSO Is Our Most Powerful Planet-Hunting Tool Yet

By Chelsea Gohd

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These Are Real Images of a Star Going Supernova

By Chelsea Gohd

Voyager 1 Just Fired Its Thrusters for the First Time in 37 Years

By Patrick Caughill

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A Probe Detected a Mysterious Signal That Physics Can’t Explain

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Death From Space: Here’s How Gamma Rays Could Wipe Out Life As We Know It

Scientists Just Discovered Molecules that Could Tell us the Origins of Our Galaxy

Scientists Just Discovered Molecules that Could Tell us the Origins of Our Galaxy

Hawking’s Institute Is Using a Supercomputer to Uncover the Nature of Space and Time

Hawking’s Institute Is Using a Supercomputer to Uncover the Nature of Space and Time

By Chelsea Gohd

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Mysterious Signals From Space Continue to Baffle Scientists

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We Just Discovered 72 New Galaxies, Which Means Trillions of New Alien Worlds

By Kristin Houser

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Experts Say Some Organisms Thrive in Martian Soil

multiplanetary species

The Inside Scoop on Elon Musk’s Plan to Make “Insurance for Life as We Know It”

By Chelsea Gohd

Extreme Conditions of Alien Worlds Damage Spacecraft Irreparably

Extreme Conditions of Alien Worlds Damage Spacecraft Irreparably

By Chelsea Gohd

The World’s First “Space Nation” Just Launched a Satellite Into Orbit

A Telescope 100X Stronger Than Hubble Will Unveil Parts of the Cosmos We’ve Never Seen

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China’s Space Exploration Roadmap Reveals Plans for a Nuclear-Powered Shuttle

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The Latest Interstellar Messages Could Receive an Extraterrestrial Response in 25 Years

MIT Has a Radical New Design for a Martian City

MIT Has a Radical New Design for a Martian City

By Chelsea Gohd

We Just Discovered One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever

We Just Discovered One of the Closest Earth-Like Planets Ever

Stephen Hawking: We Need a New Space Age

Stephen Hawking: We Need a New Space Age

By Chelsea Gohd

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Jeff Bezos: “We Have to Go to Space to Save Earth”