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A global team of scientists says they've detected water on the Moon using data the China National Space Administration provided.

Moon Water

Hydration station!

China Says Its Lander Has Detected Water on the Moon

If we treat the idea of straight space sex as an inevitability, we need to treat gay space sex the same way -- and urgently.

Close Encounters

We need to talk.

We Need to Talk About Gay Sex in Space

For the second time in a week, the International Space Station (ISS) has gotten close enough to an interstellar "debris cloud" to cause the team of astronauts aboard to take refuge in their exit spaceships. 

Space Junk

What's happening to the final frontier? 

ISS Astronauts Shelter in Escape Vehicles as Mysterious Debris Threatens Station

US-Russian relations have hit a new low after Russia conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test in orbit.

Blasting Satellites

The US is "not going to tolerate this kind of irresponsible behavior."

US Government Furious at Russian Anti-Satellite Test

The Moon's top layer of rocky soil, known as "regolith," likely contains enough oxygen for 8 billion people to survive for about 100,000 years.

Lunar Toil

This could change everything.

The Moon Has Enough Oxygen Buried Beneath Its Surface to Sustain Billions of People

Former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman says he feared drowning during a spacewalk, when a malfunction threatened to fill his spacesuit helmet with water.

Water Elemental

"I was less than thrilled at the thought of becoming the first astronaut to drown during a spacewalk."

NASA Astronaut Says He Almost Drowned During Spacewalk

Scientists at the University of Chicago say that they've successfully created a "strange" new state of matter in the laboratory called "superionic ice."

State Craft

"It was a surprise."

Scientists Say They've Created a "Strange" New State of Matter

China claims that it was testing a totally harmless, reusable spacecraft — and not a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile as was reported this weekend.

Go Fast

A spokesperson said that it was a "routine spacecraft experiment."

China Says It Was Testing a New Spaceship, Not a Hypersonic Missile

Uranus has a name that lends itself to butt jokes. But it's also immensely important to scientists, who have mixed feelings on the juvenile humor.

Myanus, Hisanus, Heranus...

"If the public thinks it's a joke, the next thought in that thread is 'Do they think it's a waste of money?'"

Here's What Uranus Scientists Think About Your Disgusting Jokes

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its launch site in French Guiana, where it will undergo final touchups before launching in December.

Almost Ready

All it needs is some final touchups before it's packed into a rocket.

NASA's Scandal-Plagued James Webb Telescope Arrives at Launch Site

Scientists still aren't positive what caused the earthquake-like tremors across New Hampshire, but the new best guess is a meteor exploding overhead.

Case Kinda Closed

Meteorologists may have finally found a culprit.

Meteor May Have Caused Huge Explosion Over New Hampshire, Scientists Say

New research conducted on five Russian cosmonauts confirms that traveling to space damages the human brain. Now scientists want to know why.

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