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A new report from the Harvard Kennedy School found that China’s rapidly gaining steam in the realms of AI, 5G, quantum computing, biotechnology, and more.
Future Society

Harvard Warns That Chinese Tech Is Rapidly Overtaking American Capabilities

SpaceX founder Elon Musk hinted that Starship will likely be ready to land astronauts on the Moon before the projected 2024 launch date. 
Moon

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will “Probably” Land Humans on Moon Before 2024

The International Space Station is maneuvering out of the way of space junk, which was created after China destroyed a derelict satellite in 2007.
Off-World

ISS Forced to Dodge Debris From Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon

A NASA satellite from 1964 is going to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for an extremely fiery retirement at some point this weekend.
Science & Energy

A NASA Satellite From the 1960s Is About to Die

China's space program is finally preparing to loan out its newly-retrieved lunar samples to scientists for their research.
Moon

China Is Now Letting Scientists Study the Rocks It Took From the Moon Last Year

After about a year, NASA and Roscosmos have just about narrowed down the source of the ongoing air leak on the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

NASA Says It’s Almost Found the Leak on the International Space Station

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft got an up-close look at the asteroid Bennu as it crumbled apart and left a trail of debris and particles in its wake.
Science & Energy

NASA Got an Up-Close Look at an Asteroid Crumbling Apart

Elon Musk says that he thinks SpaceX can help NASA reach its ambitious goal of sending human astronauts to the Moon by 2024.
Moon

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can Still Land Astronauts on Moon by 2024

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars
Mars

Chinese Mars Rover Reportedly Touches Down on Surface of Mars

NASA announced it's soliciting commercial companies to collect space resources, including Moon "dirt," an effort to create a marketplace for space rocks.
Moon

NASA Wants to Pay Private Companies to Bag Moon Dirt

This Bizarre Hell Planet Might Be the Most Brutal Ever Discovered
Science & Energy

This Bizarre Hell Planet Might Be the Most Brutal Ever Discovered

During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch the Perseverance rover in the frame.
Mars

Mars Helicopter Snaps Photo of Mars Rover, Way Down on the Surface

As astronauts venture farther and farther into space, they may need a little pick-me-up in the form of psilocybin when they start to feel lonely.
Chemistry

Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space

NASA astronomers spotted a galaxy some 500 million light-years away that looks suspiciously like Darth Vader’s TIE fighter spacecraft from 'Star Wars.'"
Science & Energy

NASA Amused by Galaxy That Looks Like a TIE Fighter

Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is now, officially, a bonafide astronaut.
International Space Station

Billionaire Playboy Boards International Space Station

China released a series of new photos of the surface of Mars from its Zhurong rover this morning -- and took a victory lap in state media.
Mars

China Releases New Photos From the Surface of Mars

NASA is using a kind of heavy-duty metallic glass to develop rovers that can explore colder environments than ever before.
Science & Energy

NASA Is Making Moon Rover Parts Out of Metallic Glass

A team of researchers have recreated the conditions in Pluto's atmosphere in a lab to investigate what's behind the red spots observed by New Horizons.
Off-World

Scientists Puzzled by Giant Red Patches on Pluto

OSIRIS-REx took such a big bite out of the surface of Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, it's "mouth" is jammed open, with bits of asteroid rubble falling out.
NASA

NASA Spacecraft Grabbed Too Many Asteroid Chunks and Now They’re Drifting Into Space

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”
Off-World

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”