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Boeing won't be allowed ferrying astronauts to and from the ISS with its plagued Starliner spacecraft for its next mission.

NASA Says Boeing’s Busted Starliner Spacecraft Won’t Be Allowed to Carry Astronauts on Next Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be passing by Jupiter to "seed" the planet with "technological devices."

Professor Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Releasing Sentinels Around Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has an audacious plan to save a space telescope by using a rocket launched midair from a former passenger airliner.

Bonkers NASA Mission Next Year Will Drop Rocket Out of Plane, Blast Off From There

By Sharon Adarlo

Moss can survive several months exposed to the harsh environment of outer space, according to a new paper.

Scientists Intrigued by Moss Surviving on Exterior of Space Station

By Sharon Adarlo

according to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, there's something off about the latest image of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

Scientist Identifies Something Strange About New Image of Mysterious Interstellar Visitor

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing cluster of objects in the Kuiper belt, an enormous, donut-shaped region of icy objects beyond Neptune.

Scientists Discover Weird Structure in Outer Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's space company SpaceX suffered a major setback on Friday morning when a next-generation Starship booster prototype exploded.

While Grok Calls Him a Genius, Elon’s New Rocket Explodes While Just Sitting There

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb criticized NASA for repeating the "official mantra that 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet."

Professor Rages at NASA’s “Deceptive” Press Conference on Mysterious Interstellar Object

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its journey.

Amazing Telescope Photo Shows Comet Breaking Apart Into Huge Chunks

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA finally released an early "peek" at the observations of its spacecraft of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during a livestream today.

NASA Releases Long-Delayed Image of 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

China's Shenzhou-21 crew of astronauts is technically currently stranded on board the Tiangong without a usable spacecraft at their disposal.

Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Space With No Return Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is still not giving up hope that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien mothership and says it's too early to call it.

Harvard Scientist Suspicious About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins Fires Back at Critics

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be firing its "thrusters" to leave the solar system.

Harvard Astronomer Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Blasting Its Thrusters to Get Away From Us as Fast as Possible

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese officials revealed that astronauts had found "tiny cracks" in the "return capsule's viewport window."

Chinese Astronauts Alarmed After Finding Cracks In Their Spacecraft’s Window

By Victor Tangermann

The British Geological Society is warning that the Earth is about to get hit by the most powerful solar storm in over two decades.

Scientists Say the Largest Solar Storm in Two Decades Is About to Blast Earth

By Victor Tangermann

The MeerKAT radio telescope detected hydroxyl radicals from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, suggesting it's shedding a ton of water

Scientists Receive Interesting Signal From Mysterious Interstellar Object

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may have just broken up into well over a dozen pieces.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Have Just Exploded

By Victor Tangermann

In a controversial new paper, researchers argue that the acceleration of the universe's expansion has slowed down.

New Paper Claims Everyone Is Wrong, Universe’s Expansion Is Slowing Down

By Victor Tangermann

The White House mocked the space agency's since-abandoned commitment to sending the first woman and first person of color to the Moon.

White House Mocks NASA Commitment to Sending Women and Minorities to Moon… Which Was Made by the First Trump Administration

By Victor Tangermann

NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center's campus in Maryland being emptied.

NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used its camera to take high-resolution images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. We have yet to see them.

NASA Withholding New Images of Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is showing signs of "non-gravitational acceleration" as it reached its perihelion.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Showing Signs of “Non-Gravitational Acceleration”

By Victor Tangermann

China was forced to postpone the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station following a suspected collision with space debris.

Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft

By Victor Tangermann

Viral videos show Chinese astronauts enjoying a meal of roasted wings and steaks aboard the Tiangong space station.

China Installs Oven in Space Station, Astronauts Use It to Enjoy Succulent Barbecue Feast

Scientists were surprised to note that 3I/ATLAS brightened much faster than they anticipated during its perihelion last week.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Unexpectedly Started Brightening, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

A company recently agreed to purchase up to ten thousand liters of lunar helium-3 extracted from the Moon.

Mining Company Says It’s Identified Hugely Valuable Material on Surface of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent episode of the reality TV show "The Kardashians," Kim Kardashian said the Moon landings were faked. NASA is not impressed.

NASA Issues Horrified Response to Kim Kardashian

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has shown off intriguing renders of the interior of the Human Landing Systems (HLS) variant of its enormous Starship spacecraft.

SpaceX Releases Renders of the Inside of Its Enormous Lunar Lander

By Victor Tangermann

A software developer from Iceland has successfully hacked a satellite's flight computer to run a port of the infamous 1993 shooter.

Hacker Gets “Doom” Running on Satellite in Outer Space

Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Many NASA contractors and federal civil servants are not being paid during the ongoing government shutdown, which could lead to delays.

NASA Not Paying Moon Astronauts as They Prepare to Risk Their Lives

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that a quasi-satellite may be the "relic of an interplanetary mission by humanity from the 1960s."

Object Spotted Near Earth May Be Ancient Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

According to astronomer Avi Loeb, it's the perfect day to test whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is the remnant of an alien civilization.

Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Reaches Perihelion Today

By Victor Tangermann

A recent survey uncovered several mysterious objects in the night sky, photographed before the first satellite ever made it to space.

Scientists Find Strange Lights in the Sky in Photographs Before First Satellites Were Launched, Clustered Around When Nuclear Weapons Were Tested

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.

Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet

By Victor Tangermann

3I-ATLAS could be an alien craft slamming on its breaks to orbit Mars, noted astrophysicist Ari Loeb argues.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Slamming on the Brakes, Scientist Says

The astronomical community is horrified at plans made by a for-profit company to flood the night sky with sunlight.

Scientists Oppose Huge Array of Mirrors in Space That Shines Nighttime Sunlight on Wealthy Customers

Avi Loeb suggested that if 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, it may use its proximity to the Sun's powerful gravitational pull while hidden from us.

Astronomer Suspects Mysterious Object Is Up to No Good While It’s Hidden Behind the Sun: “If You Want to Take a Vacation, Take It Before Then”

By Victor Tangermann

China's Chang'e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon, discovered extremely rare water-rich minerals.CN

China Found Something Fascinating on the Far Side of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese rocket booster tumbled back down to Earth and exploded in a massive orange fireball as it impacted the ground.

Chinese Rocket Falls to Earth, Explodes in Epic Fireball

Some of SpaceX's classified military satellites are emitting a "mysterious signal" that could be violating international standards.

SpaceX’s Classified Military Satellites Emitting “Mysterious Signal”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists simulated the conditions of Mars in a lab to observe how blocks of carbon dioxide "dug" their way through the planet's dunes.

Scientists Investigate Evidence of “Burrowing” Under Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is getting ready to ditch SpaceX for its first attempt to deliver astronauts to the Moon's surface in over half a century due to delays.

NASA May Ditch SpaceX for Moon Landing Because It’s So Behind

By Victor Tangermann

Keck II telescope observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS found "evidence for a puzzling anti-tail extension" pointing at the Sun.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Sprouted a Tendril Reaching Toward the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Space armor is described as a series of lightweight tiles which protect craft and astronauts against "all untrackable debris."

Startup Reveals “Space Armor” to Protect Astronauts From Elon Musk’s Orbital Trash

Researchers have identified two theories explaining the mysterious gamma ray glow at the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers Ponder Strange Glow Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

The Milky Way contains a modest amount of alien civilizations, a new paper proposes — and there's a reason we aren't seeing them.

NASA Scientist Proposes Theory of Alien Civilizations Throughout Milky Way

By Frank Landymore

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature but requires extreme levels of pressure.

Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice

By Victor Tangermann

Using an $800 consumer satellite dish, researchers were able to pick up text messages, industrial data, military chatter, and more.

Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets

Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted “Dark Star” Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

By Victor Tangermann

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has seemingly managed to snap images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it made its flyby of the Red Planet.

NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have found that Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, signs of habitability.

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

By Victor Tangermann

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad."

Astronaut Traveling to Moon Next Year Says He’s Hoping to Take a “Short Nap” on the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astornomer Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could've sent off the Wow! Signal back in 1977.

Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System May Have Emitted a Signal, Scientist Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump has been making drastic cuts to its budget that may result in an astronaut's death.

Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

By Sharon Adarlo

Wormhole researchers suggest that LIGO and Virgo instead picked up the signals of a black hole collision in a different universe than ours.

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this week, the Sun unleashed a flurry of plasma and magnetic fields, or coronal mass ejection, at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

Sun Fires Energy Blast Straight at Mysterious Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be far more massive than previously thought.

Mysterious Object Screaming Toward Mars Is Huge and Far More Massive Than Scientists Thought, According to New Paper

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian satellite came back to Earth while carrying organisms, as part of a mission to test the theory that life was seeded from space.

Russia Tests Whether Life Could Spread Between Planets With Spacecraft Filled With Critters

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA revealed that its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon could launch as soon as February 5, roughly two months earlier than anticipated.

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann