Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet
In its most recent discovery, NASA’s Perseverance rover is surveying the curvilinear flow of a wild river that bears…
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What Can Ground Squirrels Teach an Astronaut? How to Hibernate
Even with so many future space research missions slated for takeoff this half-decade, a new line of space suits…
Fungal-Made Structures Could Be the Best Solution to House Humanity On Mars
PICTURED: Fungal mycelium grown into an arch form in silca-rich sandy soil meant to replicate Martian regolith. PC: Rothschild…
TONIGHT: Watch NASA Slam A Spaceship Into an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense
At 7:14 PM U.S. Eastern Time tonight, a small American spacecraft will smash itself to pieces against the asteroid…
More Space Telescopes: Nancy Grace Roman to Search For Dark Matter and Exoplanets in 2027
PICTURED: A high-resolution illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope against a starry background. PC: NASA’s Goddard Space…
Tomorrow the James Webb Telescope Will Show the World What It Can Do
In just over 24 hours, the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images will be shown to the public. On…
NASA Administrator Reminds World it Needs Americans and Russians to Operate the Space Station
PICTURED: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. In a hostile interview with Der Spiegel, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stood his ground…
The Solar System May Have Had Dozens More Planets if a Young Jupiter Hadn’t Swallowed Them
PICTURED: NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40th close pass by the giant planet…
Perseverance Captures Video of Martian Solar Eclipse While Beginning Exploration of River Delta
PICTRURED: The larger moon of Mars, Phobos, passes in front of the Sun for around 40 seconds. It’s the…
2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut
Exponential growth in the public and private space sectors are increasing the number of launches yearly, and 2022 promises…
A Christmas Miracle: James Webb Space Telescope Was Launched and is Working
PICTURED: Ariane 5 with the James Webb Space Telescope launches from ELA-3 in French Guiana. PC: ESA. Story at…
To Nudge an Asteroid NASA to Rely Not on a Missile But a DART
PICTURED: Illustration of the DART spacecraft flying into the asteroid Dimorphos. PC: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben. Can slamming an…
Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Nears Launch Date: Promises to Unravel Deepest Secrets of the Universe
PICTURED: The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that fold up around…
Perseverance Rover Drills Up Nothing: Why?
PICTURED: An image taken by the rover of the borehole made in the recent failed extraction. PC: NASA/JPL-Caltech. MARS.…
After Months, NASA Perseverance Rover to Begin Search for Life in Jezero Crater
PICTURED: a topographical satellite map of the next few years of Perseverance’s search for life on Mars. Photo credit:…
Widespread Support Arrives for Biden’s Nomination for NASA Director
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. April 15th, 2010. PICTURED: then-U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives introductory remarks during an Obama-era space…
SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit
PICTURED: A view of the two elements of Gateway – power and propulsion element (PPE) and the habitation and…
Perseverance Mars Rover Will Touch Down on the Red Planet in a Week’s Time
At 3:55pm EST on February 18th, NASA will commence its 9th Mars landing operation in an attempt to drop…
Astronaut Grows Radishes on the International Space Station for the First Time
PICTURED: The Plant Habitat-02 radish growing station aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kate Rubins. ISS, November 30th,…
TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
PICTURED: The Mini-Bee asteroid mining spacecraft. This prototype will enter space to test the Trans Astronautica mining technologies sometime…
