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The China Lunar Exploration Program has released a new photo of the mysterious "gel-like" and "colored" substance found by its Moon rover.
Science & Energy

China Releases New Pic of Weird Substance Its Moon Rover Found

Michael Manga, a planetary scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, has a new theory as to what may be causing marsquakes.
Science & Energy

New Theory: Marsquakes Could be Caused by Frozen Groundwater

China just revealed the spacecraft it wants to use to ferry astronauts to the Moon. In other words, a new Space Race is heating up.
Moon

China Reveals Spacecraft Built to Ferry Astronauts to the Moon

A new NASA study reveals why the Milky Way's black hole is so tranquil: a powerful and unique magnetic field is holding it at bay.
Black Holes

Here’s What’s Keeping the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole at Bay

Unrestored tapes of the first Moon walk just sold for more than $1.8 million at auction — more than 8,000 times the price paid by their owner in 1976.
Moon

Someone Just Paid $1.8 Million for Videos of the First Moon Walk

Americans think monitoring asteroids and comets that could hit the Earth is way more imporant than crewed missions to Mars, according to a new poll.
Mars

Americans Don’t Really Care About Reaching Mars, Says Poll

A new paper argues that the “primary colonists” of Mars should be microbes like the ones which support life on Earth in order to terraform the Red Planet.
Science & Energy

Contaminating Mars With Microbes Could Kickstart Colonization

Australian astronaut Andy Thomas believes the spaceplane designed by Virgin Galactic is not well-suited to get humans to space.
NASA

Former NASA Astronaut: Virgin Galactic’s Space Flights Are “Dangerous”

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk uploaded a video on Tuesday showing the cavernous and unfinished inside of the space company's gargantuan Starship prototype.
Starship

Elon Musk Releases Video Showing Interior of Starship Prototype

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a break from studying the surface of Mars to look at the clouds floating in the Red Planet's atmosphere.
Off-World

See Pics of Martian Clouds Snapped From the Planet’s Surface

NASA is offering the public something truly unique: an opportunity to send thier names to the surface of Mars, "stenciled on chips."
Mars

You Can Now Send a Souvenir With Your Name on it to Mars

A Dutch astronomer and satellite tracker Ralf Vanderberg just spotted something extraordinary and rare: the U.S. Air Force's top-secret X-37B space plane.
Space

Amateur Astronomer Spots US Air Force Space Plane Lurking in Orbit

On Tuesday, NASA announced the nine companies it has contracted to help transport astronauts and cargo to the Moon within the next 12 years.
Moon

These 9 Companies Will Help NASA Return Humans to the Moon

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found evidence of "hydrated minerals" on the surface of Bennu, an asteroid millions of miles away.
NASA

A NASA Probe Just Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid

NASA’s Got Ambitious Goals for Crewed Space Exploration
NASA

NASA’s Got Ambitious Goals for Crewed Space Exploration

The ongoing government shutdown means that 95 percent of NASA's workforce is home on furlough during New Horizons' historic flyby.
NASA

Gov Shutdown Means 95 Percent of NASA Employees Aren’t At Work

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft has been cleared by NASA for full-scale production
NASA

NASA Clears “Dream Chaser” Space Cargo Plane For Full-Scale Production

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

To feed colonists on Mars, we'll need to find a way to produce food there — and a team of researchers thinkgs it knows the best wait to go about it.
Mars

Here’s How We Could Feed a Million People on Mars

For the first time, astronomers recorded the gravitational waves given off by the formation of a new black hole.
Science & Energy

Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves From Newborn Black Hole