Does Ultima Thule have moons? Scientists want to know
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sped past the peculiar asteroid binary known as Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day, and it collected an incredible amount of …
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Astronaut says he accidentally dialed 911 from space
In space no one can hear you scream and, as it turns out, no one can respond to your 911 calls either. Dutch astronaut André …
The Milky Way is on an unstoppable collision course with a neighboring galaxy
Our Solar System has remained largely unchanged for billions of years, and it’s likely to remain that way for a long time to come, but …
China’s lunar probe sends back its first photos of the far side of the Moon
It’s not all that often that China breaks entirely new ground when it comes to space science but that’s exactly what the country did earlier …
NASA’s first planetary defense mission will send a spacecraft crashing into an asteroid
The relentless march of technology is allowing scientists to consider the possibility of human exploration of the Solar System and beyond but, even as we …
New Horizons isn’t done yet, and NASA is searching for its next target
New Horizons gave NASA an amazing New Year’s gift when it sent back gorgeous images of the distant Solar System object Ultima Thule, which we …
NASA declares New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule a huge success
While most of us were popping the corks on bottles of champagne, NASA engineers were holding their breath as they watched the calendar flip to …
Scientists think they know where the early universe’s dark matter has been hiding
Most of the mass in the universe is made up of a kind of matter that none of us have ever seen. It’s called “dark …
Scientists just launched a balloon in Antarctica that will study distant stars
We’re all pretty familiar with spacecraft like the Hubble telescope giving us lovely glimpses of distant stars, but you don’t have to strap a telescope …
NASA’s asteroid probe just entered orbit around Bennu in a record-breaking maneuver
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe arrived at its target, a large space rock known as Bennu, in early December. The spacecraft’s mission will take several years …
NASA’s New Horizons zoomed past Ultima Thule, and now we wait
NASA kicked off the new year with a midnight flyby of the most distant Solar System object ever visited by a manmade spacecraft. New Horizons …
Nancy Grace Roman, ‘mother’ of the Hubble telescope, dies at 93
Nancy Grace Roman, who began working with NASA in 1959 and is credited as a major force behind the effort fund and deploy the Hubble …
Watch NASA’s New Horizons flyby live stream right here
NASA is celebrating the new year in the best way it knows how, and that just so happens to be with a live stream. Scientists …
China will start off 2019 by landing on the Moon
Many of us like to start off a new year by doing something special. Oftentimes it’s setting a lofty goal we’d like to achieve over …
NASA wants you to celebrate New Years with its New Horizons space probe
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it’s about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to …
Watch a NASA astronaut relearn how to walk after nearly 200 days in space
It’s only been about a week since three of the crew members aboard the International Space Station flew back down to Earth aboard Russia’s Soyuz …
What does it mean if the hole in the ISS was drilled from the inside?
There isn’t much contest for the most bizarre space news story of the year. If anyone were to give away such an award it would …
Russia says the mysterious hole in its Soyuz rocket may have been sabotage
We already knew that Russia was in the midst of an incredibly deep investigation into the origins of a strange hole that was found in …
NASA’s New Horizons is poised for a historic New Year’s Day flyby
It was back in August that NASA showed off images from its New Horizons spacecraft which had just spotted its next flyby target sitting a …
An asteroid shaped like a giant hippopotamus just flew by Earth
The holiday season means seeing friends and family that you might not see all that often throughout the rest of the year, and the same …
Hubble snaps gorgeous image of epic ‘holiday wreath’ in space
Science never stops for NASA but while space observation and research continues regardless of the season or special occasions, the space agency still likes to …
This bright, hazy blue blob is the brightest comet to visit Earth in 2018
For astronomers, spotting things at huge distances is all part of the gig, but sometimes our Solar System takes care of the hard work by …
This Mars crater will definitely have a white Christmas
As we creep ever closer to December 25th, there are plenty of people in the United States and abroad that are hoping there’s at least …
SpaceX shows off Crew Dragon’s integrated solar panels for the first time
SpaceX is already leading the charge in commercialized spaceflight with a packed schedule of launches and partnerships with countless space agencies and private companies, but …
NASA spotted a young star in the middle of a violent outburst
Spotting a distant star is fairly easy for astronomers thanks to modern telescope technology, but finding stars in different stages of their lives can still …
SpaceX and Blue Origin just cancelled their rocket launches… again
Yesterday — Tuesday, December 18th — was supposed to be a marquee day for space agencies and private spaceflight companies around the world. A total …
Astronomers spotted the most distant object in the Solar System, named it ‘Farout’
You’ve really got to hand it to space scientists. They regularly deliver mind-blowing news that tells us more and more about the universe we live …
NASA says Saturn’s rings are disappearing right before our eyes
Of all the planets in our Solar System, you’d have to agree that Saturn is the most immediately recognizable. With its iconic rings, you can …
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is now halfway through its lengthy stay in Jupiter orbit
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has delivered the best glimpses of Jupiter ever, and it’s just getting started. In a new blog post, NASA celebrates the halfway …
Hubble spots a distant planet that is literally being vaporized
We usually think of planets as having a certain level of permanence but for worlds that reside within very close proximity of a star existence …
