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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.
Off-World

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

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.
Off-World

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

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shown off the latest view of the space company's Starship spacecraft — and it's enormous.
Starship

Elon Musk’s New Photo Shows Staggering Size of SpaceX’s Starship

NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror wings, or side panels, deployed and latched successfully.
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Officially Started Unfolding Its Huge Golden Mirror

NASA research reveals that Mars dust is whipping around the inner solar system, blasting spacecraft and even reaching Earth.
Science & Energy

Mars Is Spraying the Earth With Dust Storms, NASA Says

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

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

Clay samples from Mars suggest that the Red Planet once experienced a long-lasting era of temperate, habitable conditions.
Science & Energy

Clay Dug Up by NASA Mars Rover Makes It Seem Like Red Planet Could’ve Supported Life

What would happen if the International Space Station was circling the planet at the altitude of an airplane? This video shows what that would look like.
International Space Station

Amazing Video Shows What the ISS Would Look Like If It Flew at the Height of a Jetplane

Japanese researchers say we'll probably need their newly designed Moon base with artificial gravity if humans are going to live on the Moon.
Moon

Japanese Team Invents Moon Base With Artificial Gravity

According to anonymous sources, president Joe Biden is eying Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for the role of NASA administrator, The Verge reports.
Science & Energy

Biden Reportedly Picks Former Astronaut as a New Head of NASA

NASA announced on Monday that the controversial spacecraft has been loaded with a propellant it’ll use for its thrusters to move around while in orbit.
James Webb Space Telescope

The Mighty James Webb Space Telescope Is All Fueled Up for Launch

A meteor exploded over the skies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day — causing a boom the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT.
Science & Energy

Pittsburgh Shaken by Exploding Meteor

Astronomers are counting down the days until the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope — and anxiety surrounding the long-awaited launch is rising.
Science & Energy

Scientists Incredibly Anxious About Space Telescope Launch

In a Medium post, NASA engineer Evan Hilgemann explores what its actually like to drive a Mars rover. It's simpler than one might think.
Mars

A Guy Who Drives NASA’s Mars Rover Is Dishing About the Experience

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.
Mars

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

Crypto miners finally made at least one eco-conscious decision this week when they shut down temporarily to avoid overloading Texas' electric grid.
Cryptocurrency

Texas Gets So Hot That Crypto Miners Call It Quits

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.
NASA

NASA Offers $400 Million for Companies to Build New Space Stations

Photographer and astronomer Andrew McCarthy has shared a stunning new image he took of the International Space Station transiting in front of a sunlit Moon.
Moon

Amazing Shot Captures Space Station Flying Directly Across the Moon

While scouring images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft of Pluto's surface, a team of astronomers made a tantalizing discovery: ice volcanoes.
Off-World

Tantalizing Discovery Hints at Possibility of Life on Pluto

NASA scientists say they can hunt for alien civilizations by looking for industrial pollutants like nitrogen dioxide in exoplanets' atmospheres.
Pollution

NASA Is Hunting Alien Civilizations by Looking for Their Pollution