New accountability report finds NASA has been paying Boeing huge bonuses for failing
Between its various ongoing Mars missions, orbiters studying asteroids and other planets, and a Moon trip on the horizon, NASA spends a lot of money. …
Between its various ongoing Mars missions, orbiters studying asteroids and other planets, and a Moon trip on the horizon, NASA spends a lot of money. …
New exoplanet discoveries have been happening at a breakneck pace over the past several years thanks to scientists who now have more powerful observational tools …
Mars, like any other rocky world, has its fair share of craters. These scars of ancient impacts give the dusty surface of the planet some …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe is giving scientists an even better look at the surface of the space rock known as Bennu now that it’s moved …
Boeing has a serious problem on its hands. After a pair of fatal crashes that claimed hundreds of lives, the company’s 737 Max jetliner has …
NASA desperately needs a way to get its astronauts into space without paying for pricey seats aboard Russian rockets, but the agency’s two best hopes …
If you’re the kind of person who has trouble sleeping after seeing something incredibly creepy, go ahead and just click away right now. Okay, now …
As NASA and other organizations begin to lay the groundwork for crewed missions to places other than an orbiting space station or even the Moon, …
If you’ve been craving some fresh, delicious home-baked bread, you might want to hold off for just a little while, or at least double-check the …
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will be its most ambitious trip to the Red Planet yet. The Mars 2020 rover is absolutely packed with the latest …
Being chosen to be part of a crew aboard the International Space Station is an incredible honor, and while heading to the orbiting laboratory means …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been orbiting the space rock known as Bennu since the start of the year. It caught up with the asteroid in …
For residents of many southern U.S. states, alligator sightings are a common occurrence. The large reptiles love bodies of water of all sizes, and it’s …
In a bulletin that will make many people do a double-take, the Food and Drug Administration just issued a very serious warning for individuals considering …
So, NASA wants to go back to the Moon. It’s wanted to do it for a while now and has been slowly piecing together how …
Like everything else in the universe, galaxies are born, live, and ultimately die, and thanks to incredibly powerful tools like the Hubble Space Telescope, we …
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an incredibly useful tool that allows scientists to image areas of the planet’s surface with ultra-sharp detail. It has revealed …
Of all the places in our solar system (besides Earth, of course), Jupiter’s moon Europa might have the best chance of hosting life. Scientists studying …
NASA’s Cassini mission officially ended way back in 2017. It was then that the spacecraft plunged into Saturn, destroying itself in a blaze of glory, …
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is finally nearing the end of an absolutely incredible journey. The spacecraft has been peering deep into space for well over …
Studies focusing on potential links between consumption of red meat and overall life expectancy have long suggested that eating a lot of red meat — …
Bad weather can be a death sentence for a scheduled rocket launch, but SpaceX didn’t mind a bit of fog getting in the way on …
When you’re planning on taking a trip it pays to plan ahead, and one of the first things you should do is check the weather …
If you end up in a county jail, chances are you’re not having the greatest of days to begin with. Inmates who found themselves behind …
If you’re hoping to one day wake up to news that life has been found hiding out on some distant planet, researchers from the University …
Space groups like NASA and the ESA track a huge number of near-Earth objects on a daily basis, and many of them have a chance …
Like all life on Earth, we owe a lot to the Sun. Without it, we wouldn’t be here, but it also has the power to …
Keeping children on a course for healthy eating is a challenge, and convincing a crabby youngster to chomp on some broccoli is often an exercise …
The fuel that powers most spacecraft today is incredibly toxic to living organisms. That’s normally not a big issue when you’re sending something into space, …
Scientists studying the behavior of ice in Antarctica got some help from native wildlife in a new study that focused on the causes of massive …