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The successful landing of NASA's InSight probe on Mars set the internet ablaze Monday afternoon. Here's what the world had to say about the mission.
Mars

The World Reacts to the Success of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander

With the 8,200 pounds of research, supplies, and hardware contained in a Northrup Gruman resupply rocket sent to space, there were also 12 bottles of wine.
International Space Station

This Startup Is Aging Red Wine on the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir hopes she's the next Moonwalker — but she isn't thrilled with NASA's emphasis on putting a woman on the Moon.
Moon

Retired Astronaut: Sending a Woman to the Moon “Sounds Like a Stunt”

The Milky Way might be home to two black holes and not just one — and researchers have a plan for detecting Sagittarius A*'s "hidden friend."
Science & Energy

Our Galaxy Might Have — Two! — Black Holes at Its Center

NASA's Mars Insight Lander just flexed its arm to find the right spots to place its scientific instruments.
NASA

NASA’s InSight Lander Just Flexed Its Arm and Took a Selfie

A newly discovered monster galaxy fills a gap in astronomers' understanding of galactic formation soon after the birth of the universe.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Find Evidence of A “Monster Galaxy” Like No Other

Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Didier Queloz is "convinced" that aliens exist — and that we could find signs of extraterrestrials before 2050.
Off-World

Scientist Wins Nobel Prize, Then Announces Belief in Aliens

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.
Mars

This Nuclear Reactor Could Be Shipped to Mars by 2022

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine published a bold essay  outlining the space agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon.
Moon

NASA Head: “This Time, When We Go to the Moon, We Will Stay.”

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at Bennu on Monday, a huge milestone in the agency's effort to return asteroid samples to Earth.
Science & Energy

NASA’s First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission Just Reached Its Target

The InSight team at JPL have discovered that the spacecraft landed at a four degree angle in a large, sand-filled impact crater.
Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Landed in a “Large Sandbox” at a Slight Angle

The latest space supply mission to the ISS will include “mighty mice,” rodents genetically engineered to grow larger muscles than normal.
SpaceX

SpaceX Is Sending Super-Muscular Mice to the Space Station

U.S. President Donald Trump offered NASA unlimited funding if it meant the agency could send a crewed mission to Mars by the end of his first term.
Mars

Trump Offered NASA an Unlimited Budget if It Sent Humans to Mars

NASA administrator Thomas Zurbuchen argues that extraterrestrial life may be out there, given recent discoveries of off-world water and organic molecules.
NASA

NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought

Google claims its quantum computer just completed a task in minutes. The same task would've taken a conventional computer 10,000 years.
Quantum Physics

Google Claims to Have Achieved “Quantum Supremacy”

Medical experiments conducted on astronauts in orbit could have far-reaching implications for medicine back home on Earth.
Medical

Medical Experiments in Space Could Fight Aging on Earth

The Moon’s surface could electrocute future astronauts as they plan to visit areas hit by very little charge-negating sunlight.
Moon

Moon’s Surface Could Electrocute Astronauts, Scientists Warn

China has successfully launched its Tianwen-1 — Heavenly Questions — mission to Mars, including an orbiter, lander, and a rover.
Mars

China Successfully Tests Mars Lander in Giant Drop Test

The year 2019 was filled with weird, comical, and truly "WTF" moments that had us scratching our heads. Here's the craziest science and tech news of 2019.
Science & Energy

JFC: The Most WTF Science and Tech Moments of 2019

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presented new details about the company's gigantic Starship rocket prototype at SpaceX's test site in Boca Chica, Texas on Saturday.
Starship

SpaceX Unveils Massive Starship Prototype Design