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NASA has been teasing that there are two yet-undiscovered Easter eggs on its Perseverance Rover. Anyone who wants to find them has until Easter to try.

NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered

By Dan Robitzski

The Solar Orbiter, a NASA and ESA spacecraft that's exploring the Sun, is kept safe from heat and radiation by a coating of charred, ground-up bones.

Science & Energy

NASA’s Sun-Exploring Spacecraft Contains Powdered Bones

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have found that a highly controversial spacecraft thruster prototype called the EmDrive may not produce any thrust at all.

New Tests Cast Doubt On NASA’s Physics-Defying Thruster Design

By Victor Tangermann

NASA showed off a picture of a peculiar Martian rock that was zapped with its rover Perseverance's onboard laser.

NASA Shows Off Photo of Rock With Laser Holes From Mars Rover

By Victor Tangermann

In a rare turn of events, China's National Space Administration (CNSA) exchanged information with NASA about its Mars orbiter, as SpaceNews.com reports.

China Shared Information With NASA About Its Mars Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is getting ready to gently lower the agency's Ingenuity helicopter onto the Martian surface below it.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Just Unfurled Its Legs

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and space enthusiast Jared Isaacman picked the two other lucky winners to join him on a trip to space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

A Contest Is Sending These Mere Mortals Into Orbit For Free

By Victor Tangermann

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.

NASA Offers $400 Million for Companies to Build New Space Stations

By Tony Ho Tran

The SpaceX Crew Dragon dubbed Resilience currently docked on orbit to the International Space Station "annunciated false emergency messages" yesterday.

Emergency Alarm Reportedly Goes Off on SpaceX Dragon Capsule Docked to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

To celebrate the occasion, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is stashing a small piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft under its solar panel.

NASA Hid a Small Piece of the Wright Brothers’ Airplane in Its Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has chosen the location to attempt a historic first with its Ingenuity Helicopter: the first time a manmade object to take flight on Mars.

NASA Chooses “Airfield” Location for Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

Watch This Awesome Video of Clouds Drifting Across the Martian Sky

Watch This Awesome Video of Clouds Drifting Across the Martian Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Senator Bernie Sanders suplexed tech billionaire Elon Musk in a Sunday tweet, excoriating the SpaceX CEO for pouring money into interplanetary space travel.

Bernie Sanders Slams Elon Musk for “Unsustainable” Greed

By Jon Christian

NASA's Space Launch System may well be the agency's last class of rocket that NASA will ever build, according to a new The New York Times essay.

The SLS Is Probably the Last Rocket NASA Will Ever Build

By Victor Tangermann

Thanks to a mountain of seismic data from NASA's InSight spacecraft, scientists finally took a precise measurement of the size of Mars' core.

Science & Energy

Scientists Finally Measure the Size of Mars’ Core

By Dan Robitzski

According to anonymous sources, president Joe Biden is eying Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for the role of NASA administrator, The Verge reports.

Science & Energy

Biden Reportedly Picks Former Astronaut as a New Head of NASA

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released recordings of its Perseverance rover driving on the surface of Mars. And it sounds rough.

Listen to the Sounds NASA’s Rover Makes As It Drives Around Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released a number of gorgeous digital renders of a SpaceX Dragon XL lunar resupply spacecraft rendezvousing with the lunar Gateway.

NASA Releases Beautiful New Renders of Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA recently released footage of the first dust devil, a tiny, traveling twister, spotted by the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Science & Energy

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Spotted a Tiny Twister on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

Blue Origin and NASA are developing artificial gravity by rotating the entire rocket and using centrifugal force, kind of like a carnival ride.

NASA and Blue Origin Developing Artificial Gravity Trick

By Dan Robitzski

In order to protect future Mars settlers from deadly cosmic radiation, researchers suggest building homes in underground tunnels called lava tubes.

NASA Using Navajo Language to Name New Mars Discoveries

By Tony Ho Tran

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

A meteor rocketed over Vermont and exploded with such a powerful blast that it shook buildings and registered as seismic activity.

Science & Energy

This Meteor Exploded So Violently That It Shook Entire Buildings Below

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance scooped up its first rock and soil samples, officially beginning the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Perseverance Is Now Officially Searching for Life on Mars

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has released an incredible video of the pictures its Perseverance rover took right before landing on Mars on February 18th.

First-Person Vid Shows Perseverance Hurtling Toward Mars Surface

By Victor Tangermann

In a clip uploaded to SoundCloud, we get to listen to "the first audio recordings of laser strikes on Mars," courtesy of NASA's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s New Rover Just Shot a Rock With Its Laser

By Victor Tangermann

NASA research reveals that Mars dust is whipping around the inner solar system, blasting spacecraft and even reaching Earth.

Science & Energy

Mars Is Spraying the Earth With Dust Storms, NASA Says

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has encountered a software glitch and had to put itself into a protective "safe mode" over the weekend.

Science & Energy

Software Glitch Shuts Down Hubble Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

After touching down in the Jezero Crater on February 18, NASA's Mars rover is getting ready for its big journey — and dropping off a special delivery.

NASA May Have Picked a Place to Fly the Mars Helicopter

By Victor Tangermann

If a new tweet means anything, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes set on a much higher-tech rocket fuel: antimatter.

Science & Energy

In Cryptic Tweet, Elon Musk Refers to Antimatter-Powered Rockets

By Jon Christian

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced Friday that the touchdown site of the Perseverance Rover will be named after sci-fi writer and pioneer Octavia Butler.

NASA Names Mars Landing Site After Sci-Fi Pioneer Octavia Butler

By Tony Ho Tran

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.

NASA: This Asteroid Will Get So Close It Could Smash Into Earth’s Satellites

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has spent the last week getting ready for work and stretching its seven foot robotic arm.

NASA’s Mars Rover “Percy” Stretches Its Arm for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

Russian cosmonauts currently stationed on board the ISS have started drilling holes near the infamous crack that formed in the station's Zvezda module.

Russian Cosmonauts Are Drilling Holes in the Walls of the ISS

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is preparing for a grounded voltage test of its all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane, which will prepare the team for actual test flights.

Advanced Transport

NASA Is Testing an All-Electric Airplane

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is getting ready to send the next batch of astronauts to the International Space Station on April 20 as part of its Crew-2 mission.

SpaceX Preparing Third Launch of Astronauts to Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are calling on NASA to rename the James Webb Space Telescope due to Webb's extended legacy and questionable human rights record.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Hated Gay People. Why Are We Naming a Telescope After Him?

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured a stunning photo of Venus during its flyby en route to the Sun—but there's something in it that has scientists excited.

This Photo of Venus Shocked Scientists. Here’s Why.

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted something rather strange on the Martian surface below: a deep pit, appearing in the form of a black spot.

NASA Spots Deep, Strange Hole on Mars

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 just released footage of its Perseverance Mars rover touching down on the Red Planet. The incredible video is a nail biter.

NASA Releases Video of Perseverance Touching Down on Mars

By Jon Christian

As of today, you can access dozens of RAW images from NASA's Perseverance Mars lander, with many more hopefully on the way.

In Reversal, NASA Is Now Releasing RAW Images From Perseverance

By Jon Christian

According to a new study by scientists from NASA and the German Aerospace Center, some Earthling microbes could survive the hostile conditions on Mars.

Black Mold From Earth Could Survive on Mars, NASA Says

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

If I were dropped in Jezero crater with a pressurized spacesuit, could I defeat NASA’s mighty Perseverance rover in mortal combat?

Could I Defeat NASA’s New Mars Rover in Hand-to-Hand Combat?

By Georgina Torbet

One of the latest photos released by NASA is a spectacular shot of the Perseverance rover as it descends on parachute through the Martian atmosphere.

NASA Releases Amazing Photo of Rover Parachuting to Mars Surface

By Tony Ho Tran

Researchers find clear evidence of a link between the radio waves emitted by certain cell phones and cancer in male rats.

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Less Powerful Than Many Smartphones

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

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has successfully landed in the Jezero crater, a region believed to be an ancient dried up river delta.

BREAKING: NASA Successfully Lands Perseverance Rover On Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Futurism reached out to a variety of planetary scientists to ask whether the donut looked like an accurate model of the Red Planet.

Here’s What Planetary Scientists Think of Krispy Kreme’s Mars Donut

By Jon Christian

When Perseverance lands, NASA engineers will need to start living and working on Mars time to make the most of the mission's beginning.

NASA Scientists Need to Live and Work on “Mars Time”

By Dan Robitzski

Here's how to follow NASA's daring Perseverance Mars rover landing this afternoon. It's the most difficult landing on the Red Planet ever attempted.

How to Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will attempt to land in some of the most challenging Martian terrain tomorrow. Luckily, it's prepared.

Tomorrow’s Mars Landing Will Be Hardest in NASA’s History

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA-sponsored report finds that the agency has fallen behind on its push to develop nuclear propulsion for spacecraft, threatening a 2039 Mars mission.

NASA Report Recommends “Aggressive” Funding for Nuclear-Powered Mars Mission

By Dan Robitzski

After a seven months of travel, NASA's Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars next week. The agency's InSight lander will be listening.

When NASA’s New Rover Lands, Its Other Lander Will Listen for the Impact

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.

Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

By Dan Robitzski

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts.

Prosthetics and Devices

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

Bill Nye released an open letter addressed to president Joe Biden in which he recommended the White House to deepen their commitments to NASA.

Bill Nye Implores Biden to Protect Earth From Dangerous Asteroids

By Victor Tangermann