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Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint

Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint

By Foster Kamer

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has peered into the sky for an epic time lapse — and caught the Red Planet's tiny moon Deimos.

NASA Rover’s New, Gorgeous Time Lapse Spots Tiny Martian Moon

By Victor Tangermann

A judge has awarded Blue Origin a "stay" after the Jeff Bezos-led space company sued NASA over losing the HLS contract to SpaceX.

Blue Origin Lawsuit Could Be Massive Setback to Starship Development

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX is sending a Japan-made robotic arm to the International Space Station that could give astronauts a (mechanical) hand.

SpaceX is Sending a Robotic Arm Assistant to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur told Insider about the unfortunate experience of being stationed on board the ISS while wildfires are raging across the world.

Science & Energy

Astronauts Alarmed by Huge Fires on Surface of Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is officially suing NASA over its decision to work exclusively with SpaceX on a lunar lander for its 2024 mission.

Bitter Jeff Bezos Sues NASA Over SpaceX Contract

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has backed up their astronaut after a state-owned Russian news agency claimed that she intentionally sabotaged them during a mental breakdown,.

NASA Defends Astronaut Accused by Russia of Space Sabotage

By Tony Ho Tran

A test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed indefinitely — capping off a particularly rough week of bad news for NASA.

Starliner Launch Delayed Capping Off NASA’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

By Tony Ho Tran

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

Russian state-owned news service TASS is conducting a smear campaign presumably to help the country's space program save face after the Nauka incident.

Russia Claims NASA Astronaut Had Mental Breakdown in Space, Damaged Equipment to Go Home Early

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency and NASA's Solar Orbiter just came eerily close to the surface of Venus, snapping a series of glorious pictures.

Awesome Video Shows Spacecraft Whipping Past Brightly-Lit Venus

By Victor Tangermann

After Perseverance tried and failed to collect rock samples on Mars, NASA insists that the blame lies squarely on the rocks' shoulders.

After Mars Rover Fails to Collect Rock, NASA Blames Rock

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is trying to figure out how to dispose of the International Space Station, the eventual conclusion to decades of invaluable research in microgravity.

International Space Station

NASA Is Trying to Figure Out How to Kill the International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just sent brainless bits of slime mold to the ISS to study how the single-celled organism's behavior is affected by microgravity.

Science & Energy

Europe Just Launched Brainless Blobs of Slime Mold to Space

By Victor Tangermann

Juno has created a gorgeous infrared map of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a flyby last month, including the first-ever glimpse of its north polar region.

NASA’s Juno Probe Creates Stunning Map of Jupiter’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered to help design a spacesuit for NASA's upcoming crewed missions to the Moon. But will SpaceX be able to deliver by 2024?

Elon Musk Offers to Make Spacesuits for NASA

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of scientists argue that once upon a time, the Gale crater on Mars was a mere series of ponds, according to Curiosity data.

Science & Energy

Scientists Say NASA’s Mars Rover Is on the Site of Ancient Ponds, Not a Huge Lake

By Victor Tangermann

James Oberg, a former engineer at NASA’s Mission Control Center, penned an op-ed criticizing what he describes as an “eroding” safety culture.

Former Employee Slams NASA For Not Taking Safety Seriously

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA’s Perseverance rover failed to collect its first ever rock samples from Mars to send back to Earth on Friday. Researchers believe the rock's to blame.

Mars Rover Tries to Collect Rock to Send Back to Earth, Fails Miserably

By Tony Ho Tran

After the harrowing near-tragedy on the International Space Station, Russia will launch an investigation to look for signs of damage.

Russia Will Investigate Whether Space Station Suffered Damage During Incident

By Dan Robitzski

The Moon naturally churns rocks from deep within its mantle back to the surface, and NASA wants to grab some for analysis.

Science & Energy

NASA Scientists Want to Obtain “Fragments” From Deep Inside Moon

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity rover has found something awesome on the surface of Mars: a small, naturally-formed stone arch in Gale Crater.

NASA Rover Finds Ancient Stone Arch on Martian Surface

By Jon Christian

As astronauts venture farther and farther into space, they may need a little pick-me-up in the form of psilocybin when they start to feel lonely.

Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space

By Dan Robitzski

After a Russian module fired its thrusters and sent the International Space Station rotating off course, a cosmonaut says not to worry.

International Space Station

Russia Says Don’t Worry, It’s No Big Deal That We Threw the ISS Into a Tailspin

By Dan Robitzski

In an open letter, Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos offered NASA billions of dollars to give his space tourism company a second Human Landing System contract.

Bezos Says He’ll Give NASA Billions of Dollars If It’ll Just Give Him a Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists found the first ever evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

NASA’s Hubble Finds Evidence of Water Vapor on One of Jupiter’s Moons

By Victor Tangermann

After a month-long saga, NASA says that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is back online after it switched to a backup computer system.

Good News: NASA Says It Managed to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has made its next big discovery: a patch of rock that "is probably exposed bedrock," according to an update.

NASA Mars Rover Found Bedrock That Looks Like Flagstones

By Victor Tangermann

After over a month of troubleshooting, NASA engineers have finally isolated the cause of a computer glitch that shut down the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA Says It’s Figured Out What’s Wrong With the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

Footage taken from the International Space Station's live feeds and widely shared on Reddit showed some unusual groupings of mysterious lights.

Video Appears to Show UFO Drifting Behind Space Station, But It’s Actually Something Hilariously Boring

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers are already dreaming up bigger and better ideas for Mars helicopters based on the surprising success of Ingenuity.

NASA Is Already Working on a Bigger, Better Mars Helicopter

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine gas in the Venusian atmosphere is a sign of explosive volcanic activity, not life.

Researchers: Signs of Life on Venus Actually Explosive Volcanoes

By Victor Tangermann

According to Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, cosmonauts are still trying to identify the source of a leak causing air to escape from the ISS.

Cosmonauts Are STILL Hunting Down the Damn Leak on the ISS, Russian Media Reports

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's groundbreaking Mars Helicopter has sent back some stunning color pictures it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos

By Victor Tangermann

NASA will attempt to switch to the Hubble Space Telescope's backup hardware some time next week after a glitch shut down operations.

There’s Officially Hope for NASA’s Broken Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

A probe sent by the United Arab Emirates to study the Martian atmosphere has caught beautiful and fleeting auroras on camera.

Amazing New Images Show Auroras on Mars

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

It has been four days since we've last heard from NASA about Hubble's condition after a glitch forced it to halt scientific operations on June 13.

The Hubble Space Telescope Is in Really Serious Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian astronaut and former space station commander Chris Hadfield urges NASA and other space agencies to partner rather than compete with China.

Former Astronaut Calls for NASA Collaboration With China

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have uncovered dozens more subterranean lakes near Mars' south pole, but some of their locations defy explanation.

Science & Energy

NASA Research Identifies Dozens of Underground Lakes on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to express his frustration in not being able to fly spacecraft "from one space station to another."

Elon Musk Criticizes NASA, Says Spaceships Should Fly Between Space Stations

By Tony Ho Tran

After a series of tests this week, researchers discovered that the Hubble Space Telescope's backup payload computer was also glitching.

Welp, the Hubble Backup Computer Just Broke Too

By Tony Ho Tran

Members of Congress tried to pass the buck for NASA's small budget for the Artemis missions, but Administrator Bill Nelson wasn't having it.

Head of NASA Slams Congress’s Hypocrisy

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists are still furiously trying to fix the main payload computer onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. But they may be closer to finding a fix.

NASA Says It’s Still Trying to Fix Damaged Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have recreated the conditions in Pluto's atmosphere in a lab to investigate what's behind the red spots observed by New Horizons.

Scientists Puzzled by Giant Red Patches on Pluto

By Victor Tangermann

NASA still has a few things it can try to revive the Hubble Space Telescope, but there's a chance the observatory is gone for good.

It’s Looking Possible That the Hubble Is Dead Forever

By Dan Robitzski

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 Hubble Space Telescope experienced an issue with its payload computer, forcing scientific operations to grind to a halt over the weekend.

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Just Glitched Into Safe Mode, Whoops

By Victor Tangermann

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

Help Name NASA’s Moon-Bound Manikin

By Dan Robitzski

NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

NASA Has Assembled a Megarocket to Take Humans to the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.

NASA Is Planning to Land on Far Side of the Moon for the First Time

By Tony Ho Tran

Congressman Louie Gohmert suggested in a bad-faith argument against climate change legislation, that the government should try to adjust the Moon's orbit.

Congressman Asks If Changing the Moon’s Orbit Could Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it is also planning to take a trip to Venus to get a closer look.

Europe Is Also Sending a Spacecraft to Explore Venus, a Blazing Hellhole

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a stunning 360-degree panorama of its surroundings while parked at the "Van Zyl Overlook" in the Jezero Crater.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Panorama From New Rover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA administrator Bill Nelson has some strong feelings on the topic of space junk, as evidenced in a recent interview with CNN.

NASA Head Slams United States for “Shameful” Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter nailed its seventh flight without facing any of the glitches that forced an emergency landing during its previous journey.

After Past Glitches, Mars Helicopter Nails Flight Number Seven

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with CNN, NASA administrator Bill Nelson chimed in on the topic of UFOs ahead of the release of a long-awaited report on the matter.

NASA Head Says He’s Talked to Pilots Who Encountered UFOs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA' Juno spacecraft took two stunning images of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede during a June 7 flyby.

NASA Spacecraft Takes Gorgeous Pictures of Jupiter’s Largest Moon

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is investigating an unprecedented "Rosetta Stone" explosion on the Sun to determine what causes different types of solar eruptions.

Science & Energy

NASA Is Investigating a Bizarre Explosion on the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

An economist examined the possible effects the discovery of aliens among our midst could have on global markets.

NASA Says It’s Going to Start Studying UFOs

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA finally managed to shake some of the dust off of the InSight lander's solar panels, buying it at least a few more months of life.

NASA Saves Dying Mars Lander With Ingenious Hack

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has announced it has selected two new missions to Venus, our planet's closest planetary neighbor.

NASA Is Officially Headed Back to Venus

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

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

New NASA Picture Shows Milky Way’s Violent, Energetic “Downtown”

By Tony Ho Tran