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Planetary scientist James O'Donoghue announced a definitive ranking of all the "ringed planet" emojis out there, based on which looked most like Saturn.
NASA

Former NASA Scientist Absolutely Shreds Planet Emojis

Six new studies were published today, detailing some of the discoveries made by NASA's InSight Mars lander, including evidence of a strange glow in the sky.
Mars

NASA Lander Detects Strange Glow In Sky of Mars

If a new tweet means anything, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes set on a much higher-tech rocket fuel: antimatter.
Science & Energy

In Cryptic Tweet, Elon Musk Refers to Antimatter-Powered Rockets

A system that can turn pee into drinking water on the International Space Station could also improve access to clean water on Earth.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say Pee-Drinking Machine Could Save Lives

China's lunar lander Chang'e-5 just beamed back color photos of the surface of the Moon — and they're a lot more beige than what you'd expect.
Moon

Chinese Lander Sends Back Color Pictures of the Moon

Astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule currently headed to the ISS brought a Baby Yoda doll along as a "zero-gravity indicator."
SpaceX

SpaceX’s Latest “Zero-G Indicator” Is a Baby Yoda

China is pushing back against all the criticism over the uncontrolled reentry and landing of its Long March 5B rocket on Saturday
Off-World

China: Actually, Our Hurtling Deathrocket Was Totally Fine

China's upcoming space station will have a telescope with 300 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope attached to it.
Off-World

China’s Space Station Will Have a Hubble-Class Telescope Attached

Cassini's observations that found Enceladus is expelling plumes of methane gas suggests the moon's oceans may be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms.
Moon

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon

A NASA clinical consultant says that sex in space will likely become far more common and even normal as space travel becomes more ambitious.
Off-World

Sex Positions in Space Will Be Amazing, Scientist Says

According to promotional videos shown off by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, China has a surprisingly similar vision to the Starship.
Starship

China Is Working on What Looks Like a Clone of SpaceX’s Starship

Uranus is giving off X-rays, according to a new study. Now scientists need to take a closer look and figure out what's actually causing them.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover X-Rays Blasting Out of Uranus

The SpaceX Crew Dragon dubbed Resilience currently docked on orbit to the International Space Station "annunciated false emergency messages" yesterday.
SpaceX

Emergency Alarm Reportedly Goes Off on SpaceX Dragon Capsule Docked to Space Station

A pair of physicists suggests that treating the Sun like a giant gravitational lens would give us a clear view of distant exoplanets.
Physics

Giant Telescope Could Spot Individual Continents on Exoplanets

NASA just paid Bell Labs $14.1 million to develop a 4G network — on the Moon.
Moon

The Moon Is Getting Cell Service

NASA is building a huge dish in California that it hopes will allow Mars astronauts to communicate with Earth — using high-powered lasers.
Mars

NASA: Mars Astronauts Will Use Lasers to Communicate With Earth

NASA has learned that Boeing did not perform a "full, end-to-end integrated test" of its astronaut-ferrying Starliner spacecraft with the Atlas V rocket.
Boeing

NASA: Boeing Skipped Crucial Software Test of Starliner Spacecraft

Google Earth just released a huge update to its time-lapse function, creating 3D, 35-year time-lapses of the entire planet.
Science & Energy

Watch Humanity Mold the Planet in Amazing Google Earth Time-Lapse

NASA announced on Monday that it has chosen private space station manufacturer Axiom Space to build the first space hotel for the ISS.
NASA

NASA Is Adding a Space Hotel to the Space Station

Professor and astrophysicist Adam Frank is not impressed by recent reports of UFOs.
Robots and Machines

Astrophysicist Says Alien UFO Theories Are Stupid