5505 Results From "nasa"

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”
Science & Energy

Elon Musk: “A Big Rock Will Hit Earth Eventually”

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover
NASA

NASA is Finally Ready to Say Goodbye to its Opportunity Rover

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

DARPA's Subterranean Challenge is kicking off today, and robotics teams from across the nation are mapping underground environments with robots.
Robotics

These Robots Could One Day Explore Caves on Distant Planets

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is proposing to award a $2 billion prize to the first private space company to land Americans on the Moon.
Moon

Newt Gingrich Proposes $2 Billion Prize to Land on the Moon

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly announced Tuesday that he's running for Senate in Arizona — and positioned himself as a defender of science.
NASA

NASA Astronaut Runs for Senate, Warns Of “Retreat From Science”

NASA and SpaceX decided to proceed with plans yesterday for the first ever test flight, dubbed Demo-1, of SpaceX's Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.
Crew Dragon

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Test Flight

During a ceremony announcing Opportunity's death, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said the agency is "well on [its[ way" to discovering alien life.
NASA

NASA Chief: Space Agency “Well on Our Way” to Discovering Aliens

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

NASA commissioned SpaceX and Boeing to develop shuttles for crewed missions. Upcoming test flights may be delayed as NASA found several safety flaws.
Boeing

NASA Warns SpaceX and Boeing About Safety Flaws in Spacecraft

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 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”

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

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

An anthropologist is making the case that long space missions, like a crewed trip to Mars, would require crew members with senses of humor.
Mars

NASA Is Studying Whether a Mars Crew Would Need a Class Clown

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

Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars
Mars

Breaking: NASA’s InSight Lander Just Landed on Mars

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

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”

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.”