Jupiter’s Europa might be a spiky, dangerous place to land a ship
As telescope technology and other observational tools has improved over the decades we’ve learned more and more about the planets and moons in our Solar …
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NASA’s Voyager 2 is about to break out of the Solar System
NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft have been cruising through space since 1977. For the past forty years or so they’ve been speeding along …
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch gave California residents another scare
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space Sunday evening, ferrying a satellite into orbit and then successfully landing its rocket back down on land …
There’s something wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most reliable pieces of hardware ever launched into Earth orbit. It’s been peering into the depths of …
Saturn’s iconic rings are raining thousands of pounds of material onto the planet every second
Some people love when it rains, but even the most devoted storm-lovers here on Earth would have a hard time dealing with the conditions on …
Michigan man’s doorstop rock turns out to be a $100,000 meteorite
You probably don’t have many incredibly valuable artifacts laying around your house, but if you did you almost certainly wouldn’t be using them as doorstops, …
After nearly 200 days, three ISS crew members land safely back on Earth
A trio of scientists who spent nearly 200 days in space have now landed safely back on Earth after departing the International Space Station. NASA’s …
Planet-sized object 8,000 light years away could be the first alien moon ever found
Spotting a planet orbiting a star 8,000 light-years away isn’t exactly easy, but modern telescope technology has allowed astronomers to accomplish such feats with shocking …
NASA issues statement walking back some comments by Russian officials on ISS leak
The story of the strange hole in a Russian vehicle attached to the International Space Station continues to get stranger. Just yesterday comments from the …
Japan’s asteroid probe sends lander to surface, delivers another ‘first’ photo
The Japanese asteroid probe Hayabusa-2 has already delivered some gorgeous images from its orbit around the asteroid Ryugu which it arrived at a number of …
Astronomers spot a new object orbiting the Sun that supports the Planet Nine theory
There are officially eight planets in our Solar System — yes, I know, Pluto was totally a planet, but not anymore — but that doesn’t …
Traveling to Mars could give you gut cancer, and that’s not good
Getting a manned mission safely to Mars would be the greatest space-age accomplishment of all time. Humans have never visited another planet, and while we’ve …
Creepy skull-shaped asteroid will cruise by Earth after Halloween
If you were planning on holding a Halloween bash on October 31st, you might want to reschedule. A very special asteroid is going to make …
Moon-faring robotics startup ispace is going to catch a ride with SpaceX
SpaceX certainly has a lot on its plate already, with its BFR rocket under construction, a deadline with NASA, and a space tourist program all …
Japanese probe sends back stunning new images from asteroid’s surface
It’s only been a couple of days since Japanese space agency JAXA showed off the very first images taken from an asteroid’s surface, but we’re …
Another Chinese space lab is going to fall back to Earth, but this time it’s under control
Remember back in April when China’s Tiangong-1 space station unceremoniously fell out of the sky, burned up in the atmosphere and rained a bit of …
Astronomers might finally know where that mysterious ‘Alien Probe’ came from
Late in 2017 our Solar System received a very peculiar visitor. Called Oumuamua, it was a comet (or was it an asteroid?) with a bizarre …
The tiny Mars moon Phobos might be the byproduct of a massive collision
Mars is a pretty important place these days, what with space agencies around the world doing their best to get there and SpaceX suggesting it’ll …
The first photos from the surface of an asteroid looks like something from a space horror movie
We’ve seen plenty of photos taken from the surface of places other than Earth. There’s the Moon of course, a huge archive of images snapped …
Gorgeous new Hubble photo shows hundreds of galaxies ready to be explored
To us puny humans, Earth is a pretty big place. There’s lots to see, do, and explore here on the planet where we originated. We …
Japanese asteroid probe sends hopping rovers down to space rock’s surface
At the end of August, Japanese space agency JAXA announced when it would attempt to deploy a pair of very special rovers to the surface …
Watch a big net snag a piece of space junk in first-ever test of new cleanup system
Mankind has made a real mess of planet Earth. Our trash is just about everywhere, from city streets to the most remote areas of the …
ESA space probe found dead, and gravity is the prime suspect
When the European Space Agency launched the SMART-1 probe back in the early 2000s it was designed to have a relatively short lifespan. The spacecraft …
Neil deGrasse Tyson says smoking weed in space is a recipe for disaster
Neil deGrasse Tyson is probably the most recognizable scientists alive today, and he also happens to have some pretty strong opinions on a variety of …
SpaceX’s first Moon trip passenger is billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, and he wants to bring others along for the ride
After a relatively brief period of teasing the announcement, SpaceX took the opportunity on Monday night to announce its very first paying passenger for a …
Watch SpaceX introduce its first Moon trip passenger live
SpaceX is already making headlines around the world for its efforts to make spaceflight more affordable for organizations like NASA as well as private companies, …
The first science image from NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter is mind-boggling
NASA’s TESS spacecraft — that stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, in case you had somehow forgotten — is an incredibly powerful tool for spotting …
SpaceX plans to reveal the identity of its first Moon trip passenger on Monday
SpaceX has long been bullish on the idea of selling seats on its spacecraft to private citizens who are willing to pony up enough cash …
Scientists hear dozens of mysterious radio signals beaming through space
Gazing into space with a high-powered telescope can produce some pretty impressive findings. Scientists regularly discover the presence of far-off worlds by staring at distant …
Hubble spies distant, dusty galaxy
NASA might still be waiting for its next-generation planet spotting telescope to get off the ground, but the aging Hubble is still doing a fine …
