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"The trampoline is working," Musk said during a news conference on Saturday, a rebuttal to a jab by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin from 2014.
Off-World

Elon Musk Just Absolutely Roasted the Russian Space Program

A team of astronomers made several new discoveries about what stars go through as they're dying thanks to new images by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Science & Energy

Hubble Captures Heartbreaking Images of Dying Stars

Watch the Astronauts Give Their Kids Virtual Hugs Before Launch
Off-World

Watch the Astronauts Give Their Kids Virtual Hugs Before Launch

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine released a statement last week about how he's disappointed with SpaceX's efforts to return Americans to space.
NASA

Here’s Why Elon Musk is Feuding With the Head of NASA

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company's Starship rocket will only require $900,000 of fuel per launch and cost $2 million per mission overall.
NASA

Elon Musk: SpaceX Launches Will Cost 1% of Current NASA Launches

Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin called Venus a "Russian planet" on Tuesday at an industry exhibition taking place in Moscow.
Future Society

Head of Russian Space Program Says Venus Is a “Russian Planet”

On Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off a picture of the underside of the SN8 Starship prototype, featuring three massive Raptor engines.
Starship

Elon Musk Shows Off Underside of Gigantic New Starship Prototype

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to carry what will soon become the International Space Station's first privately-built airlock.
International Space Station

The ISS Is About to Get Its First Commercial Airlock

Scientists identified 24 distant exoplanets that all seem to have even better conditions for hosting life than Earth does.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: These 24 Exoplanets May Be Better for Life Than Earth

SpaceX is planning the first test flight of its Starship prototype as soon as next week if a Raptor rocket engine test goes according to plan.
Starship

SpaceX Is Planning Starship’s First Test Flight for Next Week

"I'm the chief engineer of the thing," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told CBS during a Tuesday interview. "Goes wrong, it's my fault."
Off-World

Elon Musk: “It’s My Fault” If Launch Goes Wrong

A team of researchers are suggesting we could use one of the most common organic polymers on Earth to construct shelters on Mars.
Mars

Scientists: We Could Build Mars Shelters Out of Insect Polymers and Martian Soil

Beijing-based private space mining company Origin Space is launching its first ever "space mining robot" in November on top of a Long March series rocket.
Space

Chinese Startup Launching Space Mining Robot in November

NASA's TESS satellite analyzed its first supernova, inadvertently revealing that astronomers made some wrong assumptions about the explosions.
Science & Energy

NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite Discovers Mysterious Supernova

Engineers are building experimental rovers that can vibrate intensely to escape from dangerous, wheel-clogging sand traps on Mars.
Mars

This Wiggly Mars Rover Is the Silliest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

New research reveals that a certain class of star gives off rhythmic pulsations that are similar to a person's heartbeat.
Science & Energy

Astronomers: Some Stars Have Something Akin to a Heartbeat

In a paper, NASA scientist Jeremy Schnittman argues that it's pretty unlikely planets that orbit black holes could harbor life.
Science & Energy

NASA Scientist Ponders Life on Planets Orbiting Black Holes

NASA's Mars InSight lander just detected some "peculiar sounds" thanks to its onboard seismometer that's capable of picking up on the tiniest of vibrations.
Science & Energy

NASA Mars Lander Detects Creepy “Dinks and Donks” Sounds

According to new research, acidic fluids may have long destroyed evidence of past biological life inside Martian clay on the Red Planet's surface.
Science & Energy

Acids May Have Destroyed Evidence of Life on Mars

SpaceX finally has a launch date to return astronauts from US soil to space since the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011: May 27.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Astronauts to Space Next Month