Elon Musk presents Starship to the world
If you even casually follow space news you’ve no doubt already heard of SpaceX’s Starship. Starship — and the Super Heavy launch vehicle that will …
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Is there a black hole hiding right here in our solar system?
Way out on the edge of our solar system something big is lurking that has yet to be identified. Astronomers know it’s there because they …
NASA spots distant star being torn apart by a hungry black hole
Black holes are devastatingly powerful forces of nature, and nothing demonstrates their incredible might quite like seeing one tear apart a star. Recently, NASA’s sky-scanning …
Popping a champagne cork generates a tiny supersonic shockwave
When you pop the cork on a champagne bottle, the physics of the cork’s departure probably isn’t the first thing on your mind — it’s …
Astronomers spotted a planet that shouldn’t exist
When we imagine what other solar systems are like it’s easy to fall into a trap of assuming that our own system is a model …
Astronauts on the ISS are playing with slime while waiting for new cargo shipment
Earlier this week, Japanese space agency JAXA fired off a new resupply to the International Space Station. With such a busy week aboard the ISS …
ISS astronaut snaps incredible photo of incoming crew capsule
Earlier this week, the International Space Station welcomed a trio of new travelers. The mission brought NASA’s Jessica Meir, Russia’s Oleg Skripochka, and Hazzaa Al …
Can you spot India’s crashed Moon lander? Because NASA sure can’t
Earlier this month India was poised to make history. The Indian Space Research Organization eagerly awaited the day when its Chandrayaan-2 mission would send the …
Astronomers spot a trio of black holes on a devastating collision course
Black holes are one of the most interesting features of our universe. So incredibly dense that their gravitational pull can swallow up light itself, they …
Scientists just proved that life on Earth stretches back at least 3.5 billion years
Determining how far back in Earth’s history life took root has been an immense challenge for scientists over the years. Finding fossils dating back tens …
This black hole animation from NASA is glorious
Scientists may know more about black holes today than ever before, but that doesn’t make them any easier to see. By their very nature, black …
NASA boss floats vague notion of ‘space security’ during trip to Japan
NASA is looking forward to sending humans back to the Moon within the next five years, and despite some serious hurdles regarding budget and funding, …
Researchers want to know how the T-Rex could crush bones without busting its own skull
The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex was the ultimate food processor. It didn’t really mess around with tearing meat from bone in the way that smaller predators …
FDA expands recall of blood pressure meds due to cancer-causing impurity
In the ongoing effort to determine the origins of a potentially cancer-causing impurity discovered in prescription blood pressure medications, the FDA has announced that Torrent …
‘Alien’ comet from outside our solar system gets an official name
It’s now been a couple of weeks since an amateur astronomer stumbled across what appeared to be the second interstellar object ever observed by mankind. …
Watch a new trio of space travelers arrive at the International Space Station live
The International Space Station is about to get three new residents. Earlier this morning, the trio of space travelers launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft …
NASA will demolish a historic building where Apollo 11 astronauts lived after the Moon mission
Everyone has seen the footage of Neil Armstrong taking the first steps onto the lunar surface during NASA’s historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. …
Diet study says we’re still eating way too many bad carbs
Remember the old food pyramid from a couple of decades ago? You know, the one that showed you should essentially eat as much bread and …
Scientists sliced up a bunch of tapeworms to figure out how they regrow their bodies
Tapeworms might not be the cutest or cuddliest of creatures cooked up by Mother Nature, but what they lack in charm, they more than make …
NASA prepares to dump billions of dollars on Lockheed Martin for Orion capsules
Getting humans back to the Moon is going to be complicated, and NASA is juggling a lot of different projects right now in the hopes …
This video of Boston Dynamics’ creepy humanoid robot doing parkour is equal parts amazing and terrifying
Robots have always had certain advantages over humans. They’re typically made of more durable materials than the soft tissue covering human bodies and since they …
Japan and Russia are about to fire a pair of spacecraft to the International Space Station
The International Space Station is always a busy place. Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory perform experiments, make observations, and carry out all manner of scientific …
Scientists discover entirely new mineral hiding out in South Africa
We generally have a pretty solid grasp of what kinds of materials exist in Earth’s crust, but despite centuries of study, sometimes our planet throws …
Russia says it won’t tell NASA why a hole appeared in the International Space Station
The mystery of why a small hole appeared in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station last year is now somehow even …
Venus may have once been habitable, but a mysterious event changed that
Today, the planet Venus is incredibly hostile to life as we know it. With surface temperatures near 500 degrees Fahrenheit and a thick cloud layer …
Videos from ‘Storm Area 51’ show a bunch of stupid people doing very little actual storming
What started as a joke on Facebook — and eventually spawned a real-life gathering of alien hunters in the Nevada desert — quietly reached its …
Astronauts are breathing into weird little machines for science
Dealing with low gravity in space can take some getting used to for scientists who make their way to the International Space Station. They prepare …
Feast your eyes on this ‘dead’ nearby galaxy, thanks to Hubble
Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes, and the galaxies most pleasing to the eye are always in the most recognizable shapes. Dramatic spirals with …
‘Storm Area 51’ event results in a few dozen people acting weird in the desert
It has been building for months after a California man scheduled an event as a joke on Facebook, but the “Storm Area 51” mission began …
China releases new images of a bizarre substance found in a Moon crater
Earlier this month, the Chinese space agency revealed that the Yutu-2 rover it sent to the far side of the Moon months back found something …
