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The eight "mighty mice" NASA sent to space have returned to Earth from the ISS, potentially bringing with them insights on humans avoiding muscle loss.
NASA

NASA’s Super-Muscular Mice Return to Earth From Space

NASA has awarded a Phase 1 grant for a Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the far side of the Moon that could one day be deployed by wall-climbing robots.
Science & Energy

NASA Funds Giant Radio Telescope Concept on Far Side of 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

Engineers on Reddit are sharing some not-so-kind thoughts about Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after a student asked for their honest opinions.
Science & Energy

The Engineering Subreddit Is Tearing Elon Musk Apart

NASA built an autonomous robot named BRUIE that may be able to hunt for signs of life on distant ocean worlds like Europa.
Science & Energy

Here’s the Robot NASA Wants to Use to Hunt Aliens on Ocean Worlds

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves
Robotics

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves

Billionaire and space enthusiast Jared Isaacman picked the two other lucky winners to join him on a trip to space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
Off-World

A Contest Is Sending These Mere Mortals Into Orbit For Free

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

Despite last last minute warnings from the FAA, SpaceX went ahead and launched its first high-altitude Starship prototype in December.
Starship

Report: SpaceX Ignored FAA Warnings Before Massive Starship Explosion

In a last-resort move to free up the InSight Mars rover's digging probe, NASA engineers programmed the rover to thwack it with a shovel.
Mars

NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel

An experiment that probed the star Betelgeuse for signs of dark matter didn't turn anything up, but it will help refine future attempts.
Science & Energy

MIT Scientists: Nearby Star Appears to Be Cranking Out Dark Matter

Elon Musk-led space company SpaceX signed a contract with NASA on Friday for supplying the Gateway, a space station orbiting the Moon, with cargo.
NASA

NASA Hires SpaceX to Supply Lunar Gateway Space Station

A team of physicists are investigating a radical quantum theory of time which posits that there is an asymmetry between time and space.
Off-World

Is This Startup Working on an Actual Warp Drive?

Space agencies around the world are collaborating to make high-security facilities to study asteroids and Mars rocks for signs of life.
Science & Energy

Space Agencies Acknowledge That Asteroids Could Host Life

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 taking many precautionary measures to ensure that the coronavirus outbreak doesn't have a chance to spread among its employees and astronauts.
Viruses

NASA Worried Astronauts Could Spread Coronavirus on Space Station

Japanese aerospace agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi explained during a press conference from aboard the space station that "Dragon is the best."
SpaceX

SpaceX Better Than Shuttle or Soyuz, Says Astronaut Who Flew All Three

According to industry sources, Jeff Bezos will focus more on his spacefaring efforts, spending more time at his space startup Blue Origin.
Off-World

Did Jeff Bezos Step Down at Amazon to Focus on a Space Empire?

Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket at its testing site in Texas today, including an autonomous booster landing.
Blue Origin

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Pulls Off Spectacular Test Launch

China's space station is preparing for the first crewed missions to launch and assemble its next space station, Tiangong-3.
Off-World

Chinese Astronauts Prepare To Assemble Space Station in Orbit