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NASA has figured out a way to extend the mission of its interstellar Voyager 2 probe by another three years.

NASA Hack Squeezes More Time Out of Dying Voyager 2 Probe

By Victor Tangermann

Using old data, NASA has discovered that Venus' mantle may be "squishy" and full of volcanic activity, which could explain one of its biggest mysteries.

NASA Says Venus Is Being Remade by a Squishy Shell

By Noor Al-Sibai

A newly-detected green comet is about to do a flyby near Earth — and it may be visible to the naked eye if conditions are just right.

A Super Rare Green Comet Is About to Pass By the Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

With new tests, NASA is asking a bold question: What if the easiest way for rovers to land on Mars is to let it crash onto the surface?

NASA Testing Giant “Crumple Zone” Gadget That Would Let Rovers Crash Into Mars and Survive

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars helicopter has run into a bit of trouble 28 successful flights and well over an entire dusty Earth year into its mission on the Red Planet.

Navigation Sensor on Mars Helicopter Dead, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's plucky little Mars helicopter is once again having issues — but an ingenious workaround may have given it an extended lifespan.

NASA Is Now Running Into Serious Issues With Its Mars Helicopter

By Noor Al-Sibai

We're about to have a close call with a huge asteroid — but don't worry, it's not gonna turn out like "Don't Look Up."

A Giant Asteroid Is Careening So Close That You’ll Be Able to See It From Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has embarked on its 11th flight on the Red Planet's surface, flying to record heights, reaching altitues of almost 40 feet.

NASA Mars Helicopter Flies Super High, Spots Rover Way Down on Ground

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is making another pit stop on its exciting journey to probe the surrounding Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life.

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Reached a New Area and It’s Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

After spending over two and a half years on the surface of Mars, NASA's Insight Mars Lander is looking a little worse for wear.

NASA’s Mars Lander Is Dying

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken a series of photographs of gorgeous multicolored clouds, shimmering in the evening Sun on Mars.

Mars Rover Snaps Photo of Shimmering Multicolored Clouds

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight across the desolate Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experienced a bit of a software glitch.

Mars Helicopter Suffered Glitch During Flight, Forced Emergency Landing

By Victor Tangermann

During its sixth flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be examining nearby rock features before touching down on a different airfield.

The Mars Helicopter Has Survived Longer Than NASA Planned

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Helicopter has failed to get off the ground for its fourth flight, according to a Thursday tweet by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Fails to Make It Off the Ground for Fourth Flight

By Victor Tangermann

During its third heroic flight on the surface of Mars on April 25, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter managed to catch the Perseverance rover in the frame.

Mars Helicopter Snaps Photo of Mars Rover, Way Down on the Surface

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught Ingenuity's third flight on camera, showing just how far the little helicopter got on the Martian surface.

Amazing Video Shows Mars Helicopter Cruising Above Martian Surface

By Victor Tangermann

After its first groundbreaking flight on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is about to take off for the second time.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Much Longer Flight, Does Tricks

By Victor Tangermann

In the process of lifting off from the Martian surface, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter kicked up a real storm, as a new video shows.

New Vid Shows NASA’s Mars Helicopter Kicking Up Dust During Flight

By Victor Tangermann

According to Bob Balaram, Ingenuity's chief engineer at JPL, NASA's Mars helicopter has managed to shake off some dust that accumulated on its solar panels.

NASA Says Mars Helicopter Is Now Healthier Than It Was Before Flight

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has shown off the first high-resolution video of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter taking to the skies on Monday morning.

New Video Shows Mars Helicopter Flight in Higher Resolution

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have concluded that the Ingenuity Mars helicopter needs to have its flight control software reinstalled.

NASA Says Oops, Mars Helicopter Needs Software Update to Fly

By Victor Tangermann

In an email to Futurism, JPL media relations specialist Andrew Good confirmed that the "rainbow" spotted by Perseverance was the result of a lens flare.

NASA: That’s Not a Rainbow We Photographed on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's Hazard Avoidance Camera picked up what appears to be a perfect rainbow above the Red Planet's arid surface.

Science & Energy

NASA Releases Breathtaking Rover Photo of “Rainbow” on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has officially survived its first night alone after being deployed by the agency's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Night On Its Own

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers managed to hide a clever message in the red and white colors of its Perseverance rover's parachute that it used to successfully land on Mars.

NASA Hid a Clever Secret Message in Its Mars Rover’s Parachute

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers have stitched together a highly detailed 360-degree panorama of Perseverance's landing site in the Jezero Crater.

NASA Releases Incredible Panorama of Mars Rover’s Landing Site

By Victor Tangermann

NASA released the first ever microphone recordings taken on the surface of Mars, as picked up by one of the Perseverance Mars rover's two microphones.

NASA Releases First-Ever Recording of Sound on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's next-gen Mars rover Perseverance is outfitted with not just one but two microphones. We could finally get to listen to the sounds of Mars.

Why Isn’t NASA Releasing RAW Images from Perseverance?

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA has released the next photo sent to us all the way from Mars courtesy of its Perseverance mission, which successfully landed on Thursday.

Incredible Photo Shows NASA Mars Rover Hanging Below “Sky Crane”

By Victor Tangermann

Just minutes after touchdown was confirmed, NASA's Perseverance rover sent back two low-resolution images of the surface of Mars.

NASA Rover Releases First Photos From the Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

The "mole" attached to NASA's InSight Mars lander, which has been attempting to dig itself into the rocky surface, is giving up, according to NASA.

NASA’s Mars Mole Is Giving Up

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's four-wheeled rover called DuAxel can split into two separate two-wheeled rovers, and is intended to explore hard to reach places in faraway places.

NASA Shows Off Transforming Rover for Exploring Steep Cliffs on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Could Revolutionize Off-Planet Exploration

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is planning to watch newborn stars from high up in the Earth's atmosphere using a gigantic football stadium-sized balloon.

NASA Wants to Watch Newborn Stars From a Ginormous, Stadium-Sized Balloon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientist Max Coleman has been trying to figure out if its possible to grow radishes in lunar soil analogues in his kitchen.

NASA Experiment: Radishes Could Probably Grow in Lunar Soil

By Victor Tangermann

A team at NASA has figured out a way to stop touching your face during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: a pendant that scolds you every time you try.

NASA Invents Wearable That Scolds You For Touching Your Face

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Juno spacecraft took this dramatic image of Jupiter's "tumultous northern regions" during a close flyby on February 17, 2020.

Glorious NASA Photo Shows “Thin Bands” Running Across Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars 2020 rover rolled forward and backward for the first time inside a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, clearing small ramps.

NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Earns Its “Driver’s License”

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new 82 page investigation by NASA's Office of Inspector General, hackers got away with 500 megabytes of mission critical data.

Hackers Stole Data from NASA’s Robotics Lab

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space

NASA is Launching a GPS System for Space

By Victor Tangermann

NASA: Meteor Exploded Over Russia With 10x Energy of Atomic Bomb

NASA: Meteor Exploded Over Russia With 10x Energy of Atomic Bomb

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on sending an underwater drone to the deepest points of the Earth's oceans.

NASA’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Could Eventually Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's team at JPL just recorded the first sounds from the Martian surface ever to be heard back on Earth.

A World First: Listen to the Sounds of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and JPL have announced its InSight lander is officially collecting solar power on the Martian surface — completing yet another critical step.

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Fires up Solar Cells and Sends Selfie

By Victor Tangermann

nasa asteroids near earth object

We Just Found Out Asteroids Are Flying by Earth This Week — Here’s How Worried You Should Be

NASA Is Planning the First-Ever Interstellar Mission

NASA Is Planning the First-Ever Interstellar Mission

NASA’s Scout Space Monitoring System Gave 5 Days Warning of Passing Asteroid

NASA’s Scout Space Monitoring System Gave 5 Days Warning of Passing Asteroid

By Sarah Marquart

NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Rover is Being Built in Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Rover is Being Built in Virtual Reality

By Jelor Gallego

Searching for Life: NASA Evidence Shows Europa is Far More Earth-Like Than Thought

Searching for Life: NASA Evidence Shows Europa is Far More Earth-Like Than Thought

By Todd Jaquith

NASA Just Released Posters for Space Tourism

NASA Just Released Posters for Space Tourism