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Steve Jurczyk was catapulted from third-in-line to acting leader of NASA when Biden took office. Here's some of what we know about him and his leadership.
NASA

Seven Facts About the New Head of NASA, Steve Jurczyk

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese researchers published a paper today in Science Robotics that revealed new data about the lunar surface gathered by the Yutu-2 rover.
Moon

The Moon’s Backside Is Surprisingly Sticky, China’s Rover Finds

By Tony Ho Tran

The James Webb Telescope is now aligned and ready for action — which, in the case of this social media-famous spacecraft, includes taking selfies. 
James Webb Space Telescope

Rejoice! The Webb Telescope Has Released Yet Another Selfie

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA’s Big Moon Surprise Is That Lunar Soil Contains Water
Moon

NASA’s Big Moon Surprise Is That Lunar Soil Contains Water

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.
Mars

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

By Tony Ho Tran

A wonderful shot by NASASpaceFlight photojournalist Nic Ansuini appears to show a chagrined face atop one of SpaceX's Starships prototypes.
SpaceX

Photographer Spots Tiny, Annoyed Face Welded Onto SpaceX Rocket

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has released the next photo sent to us all the way from Mars courtesy of its Perseverance mission, which successfully landed on Thursday.
Mars

Incredible Photo Shows NASA Mars Rover Hanging Below “Sky Crane”

By Victor Tangermann

Finding evidence of water on the Moon is a tantalizing prospect — but only meaningful insofar as we're able to actually make use of it.
Science & Energy

There’s One Big Problem With NASA’s Moon Water Announcement

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX will launch NASA's SPHEREx mission — an orbital telescope that will probe newly-forming galaxies for answers on how the universe began.
NASA

SpaceX Launching NASA Telescope to Find Habitable Alien Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has had enough of sanctions. He's cutting the US off from Russian-made rocket engines.
Off-World

Russia Mocked for Cutting US Off From Its Outdated Rocket Engines

By Victor Tangermann

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.
Off-World

Ancient Russian Rocket Debris Suddenly Explodes in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space corporation Roscosmos, said that he's planning to assign cosmonauts to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX

Russia Admits Defeat, Says It’ll Launch Cosmonauts on SpaceX Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

If we treat the idea of straight space sex as an inevitability, we need to treat gay space sex the same way -- and urgently.
Off-World

We Need to Talk About Gay Sex in Space

By Tony Ho Tran

After years of testing and development, NASA is ready to start assembling the spacecraft that will visit the metallic asteroid Psyche.
Science & Energy

NASA Ready to Start Building Its Asteroid-Bound Psyche Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has to prematurely shut down a critical "hot fire" test of the engines meant to one day carry the Orion spacecraft to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Bungles Critical Engine Test For New Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

The Moon's top layer of rocky soil, known as "regolith," likely contains enough oxygen for 8 billion people to survive for about 100,000 years.
Moon

The Moon Has Enough Oxygen Buried Beneath Its Surface to Sustain Billions of People

By Noor Al-Sibai

From rockets to space telescopes, space enthusiasts showed up in full force this year for their Halloween costumes.
Off-World

Here Are the Coolest Space-Themed Halloween Costumes We Could Find

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit means we'll never see photos of it again.
James Webb Space Telescope

This Might Be the Last We Ever See of the James Webb Space Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

International Space Station crewmembers dug into radishes that were the first non-leafy green veggies to be grown and consumed on the ISS.
NASA

NASA Let Astronauts Feast on Space-Grown Vegetables

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced that Reid Wiseman would be its 17th Chief Astronaut. He previously logged lots of time in space and served as deputy Chief Astronaut.
NASA

NASA Names Its New Chief Astronaut

By Dan Robitzski

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.
Artificial Intelligence

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo