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Mars

NASA Thinks Its Opportunity Mars Rover Might Be Truly Kaput

By Kristin Houser

NASA has selected five final designs for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Someday, we might use them construct our dwellings when we live on Mars.
Mars

Here Are The Finalists For NASA’s Mars Habitat Design Competition

By Victor Tangermann

It's a vision in which humankind has gone off world, built an orbital economy, and then watched it slowly disintegrate, like your hometown after the factory closed. It's hard to say if it's plausible, but it's emotionally resonant.
Off-World

In “Ad Astra,” Off-World Colonies Are Crumbling Strip Malls

By Jon Christian

The European Space Agency is about to test if an astronaut on board the International Space Station is capable of taking control of Moon rovers from space.
Mars

Astronauts Are About to Take Control of a Mars Rover, From Space

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is hard at work on a "factory" that'd let future Mars missions — or even colonists — extract rocket fuel from Martian soil.
NASA

NASA Scientists Think They Can Extract Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil

By Jon Christian

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions
Falcon

NASA Certifies SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to Launch Its Top Missions

By Kristin Houser

After four years of study, NASA concluded that 3D printing works just as well in space as it does on Earth. Deep space missions may be in the future.
NASA

NASA: Objects 3D Printed in Space Perform Well Enough to Support Missions

By Dan Robitzski

Debris created by India's anti-satellite test are still circling the Earth four months later, putting spacecraft and other satellites in danger.
Off-World

Debris From the Satellite India Blew Up Still Polluting Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers found a "large excess of mass" under the Moon's largest crater called the Aitken basin near the South Pole.
Moon

Astronomers Discover “Deep Structure” Under Moon’s Largest Crater

By Victor Tangermann

To some, collecting resources from other planets or asteroids instead of using up the Earth could be the key to ensuring that we — and our planet — survive.
Off-World

Billionaires Are Dead Serious About Moving Factories to Space

By Victor Tangermann

MOZI 2, a solar-powered drone with a wingspan of 15 meters, just successfully completed its maiden flight, according to Chinese media reports.
Drones

This Strange Solar-Powered Drone Could Save You in a Disaster

By Kristin Houser

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology
Exobiology

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology

By Kristin Houser

New NASA research shows that meteoroid strikes are digging up and vaporizing the Moon's already-scarce stores of surface water.
Moon

Meteoroid Strikes Smash Water out of the Moon’s Surface

By Dan Robitzski

A massive 164-foot asteroid called 2006 QV89 has a one in 7,000 chance of bashing into the Earth on the morning of September 9, according to the ESA.
Off-World

It’s Unlikely, but a 164-Foot Asteroid May Hit Earth in September

By Victor Tangermann

By analyzing data from Cassini spacecraft's last flyby in 2017, scientists found that Saturn's largest moon Titan has an entire lake district.
Moon

Saturn’s Moon Titan is Covered in Earth-Like Lakes

By Victor Tangermann

After two days of testing, NASA is confident its four-pound Mars Helicopter is ready to begin its journey to the Red Planet.
Mars

Mini Helicopter Destined for Mars Aces Flight Tests

By Kristin Houser

A pair of musicians-turned-programmers used a John Coltrane record to train a neural network, and the result is provocative.
Artificial Intelligence

Jazz Generated by a Neural Network Is Absolutely Terrifying

By Jon Christian

Using a highly sensitive algorithm, German astronomers have discovered 18 new exoplanets, including one that "could offer conditions friendly to life."
Science & Energy

Newly Found Exoplanet “Could Offer Conditions Friendly to Life”

By Kristin Houser

Update: Vid Appears to Show SpaceX Capsule Exploding During Test
SpaceX

Update: Vid Appears to Show SpaceX Capsule Exploding During Test

By Victor Tangermann

An experiment called BioRock is figuring out whether bacteria could turn space rocks into farmable soil for future off-world settlements.
Biology

Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks

By Dan Robitzski

Latest

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo