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NASA recently discovered an exoplanet the size of Neptune that whips around its star nearly once per week, all while being bombarded by solar storms.
Science & Energy

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Whipping Around Star Every Week

NASA announced today that it's renaming its Washington, DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black engineer in the space program.
NASA

NASA to Rename HQ After “Hidden Figures” Engineer Mary W. Jackson

Researchers found an incredibly rare explosion that they think was caused by two black holes merging while orbiting an even larger one.
Science & Energy

When Two Black Holes Collided, NASA Spotted Something Very Surprising

Nearly a week after it was supposed to launch, Boeing still isn't sure what's behind the propulsion system issues with its Starliner prototype.
Boeing

Something Is Really Screwed Up With Boeing’s Starliner Prototype

A new render by SpaceX enthusiast Erc X on Twitter shows the two giant stainless-steel Starship spacecraft meeting in space for a refueling session.
Starship

Elon Musk-approved Render Shows Two Starships, uh, Exchanging Fluids

A new study suggests that Mars could still have active volcanoes, and recent eruptions could have happened 50,000 instead of billions of years ago.
Science & Energy

Study: Mars Could Still Have Active Volcanoes

Officials had to chase away a six foot alligator from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
NASA

NASA Had to Chase an Alligator Off the SpaceX Launchpad

A new Washington Post report paints an extremely troubling picture of Blue Origin's work culture, from rampant sexism to condescending micromanaging styles.
Blue Origin

A Guy Quit Blue Origin and Sent Jeff Bezos a Memo That Tore the Company to Shreds

"The Accident," a bizarre and likely ancient brown dwarf, hints at an entirely new class of celestial objects hiding in plain sight within the Milky Way.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Discover Extremely Strange Deep Space Object

As a Chinese rocket plummets to Earth after launching a space station module, the US military is taking a bold "wait and see what happens" plan of attack.
Off-World

Plummeting Chinese Rocket Crashes Into Indian Ocean

Astronauts stationed on board the International Space Station threw their own zero-gravity pizza party, as seen in a clip by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Off-World

Picky Astronauts Refuse to Put Pineapple on Space Pizza

The Zhurong rover has officially finished its 90-sol mission to explore Utopia Planitia on the martian surface — but it's going to keep working.
Mars

China Declares “Mission Complete” for Mars Rover Zhurong

After their initial return was delayed due to inclement weather, the astronauts of the Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft are slated to splashdown in the dark.
Crew Dragon

Crew Dragon Astronauts Stranded in Space by Weather Will Splashdown in Dark

To make room for Russia's new International Space Station module Nauka, the old module Pirs was retired. Video shows it incinerate as it fell to Earth.
Off-World

Haunting Video Shows Space Station Module Burning as It Falls

In a matter of weeks, NASA is planning to conduct a "demonstration" of the Crew Dragon with four of the five current ISS crew members on board.
Crew Dragon

NASA Planning Mysterious Test With ISS-Docked SpaceX Crew Dragon

A team of NASA researchers have developed a ventilator for treating COVID-19 patients in just 37 days and is requesting the FDA for fast-tracked approval.
NASA

NASA Develops Ventilator to Treat Coronavirus Patients

NASA just cleared SpaceX the go-ahead for its historic launch scheduled for May 27. "We are go for launch!" NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.
Crew Dragon

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission for Liftoff

A team of MIT researchers are suggesting that we could use a "dynamic orbital slingshot" to get an unprecedented up-and-close look at interstellar objects.
Science & Energy

NASA Wants to Chase Interstellar Objects With “Orbital Slingshot”

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken got a tremendous view during their spacewalk on Monday. "Not bad for a view while working."
Crew Dragon

NASA Astronaut Says SpaceX Crew Dragon Looked “Awesome” During Spacewalk

Space Force leaders are worried that nobody will take them seriously if the branch were to take a bigger role in investigating reports of UFOs.
Future Society

Space Force Leaders Are Too Embarrassed to Study UFOs