SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch for second time, now targeting June 4th
SpaceX has had a very, very busy year thus far. The company’s steady diet of rocket launches has gone exceedingly well — aside from a …
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Chinese ‘UFO’ found crashed in a forest turns out to be space trash
With that incredibly strange UFO report and jaw-dropping video from the US Navy still fresh in everyone’s minds, news out of China that a UFO …
NASA astronaut reveals how complicated it is to poop in space
Spending a few months aboard the International Space Station is a privilege that only a tiny fraction of people will ever experience. We can only …
Is Pluto really just a giant comet?
Pluto has had a pretty interesting past few decades. Long considered the ninth official planet, astronomers who redefined what “planet” really means decided to reclassify …
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 destroyed this photographer’s camera, but not before it captured an awesome shot
Photographing a rocket launch is a tricky thing. Getting a great shot from a distance is easy, but if you want a truly world-class photo …
Watch SpaceX deliver NASA’s gravity-sniffing GRACE satellites into orbit today
SpaceX is continuing its rapid-fire schedule of rocket launches today with a dual-purpose mission to deliver satellites for both NASA and its communications client Iridium. …
China inches closer to Moon exploration with launch of new satellite
China really, really, really wants to explore the Moon — more specifically, the dark side of the Moon. The country has been steadily moving towards …
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite just took a photo that will make you feel so, so tiny
NASA’s newly-launched TESS — that stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in case you were wondering — is an incredibly powerful piece of hardware. It …
Yes, there might actually be a ‘Planet Nine,’ and the evidence is mounting
Lots of us grew up learning that there were nine planets in the Solar System. In the early 2000s we were told a different story, …
This ‘singing’ space cloud is where stars and planets are born
Long before our Sun formed it was nothing more than a bunch of material floating listlessly in a large cloud of gas, dust, and debris. …
Watch SpaceX launch its upgraded Falcon 9 ‘Block 5’ for the very first time today
SpaceX has had an incredibly busy year so far in 2018. The company started the year by showing off its Falcon Heavy for the first …
Search for aliens heats up as scientists prepare huge survey of the sky
The never-ending search for extraterrestrial life is about to get a big boost thanks to a new research effort from the Breakthrough Listen project. Breakthrough …
Astronomers identify massive asteroid leftover from the early Solar System
Scientists believe that the Earth has been around in some form for roughly four and a half billion years, and the Solar System is only …
Wild new theory may explain why some aliens never leave their home planet
If you’re looking for reasons why mankind hasn’t found aliens yet, you can come up with a whole bunch of them. We’ve never left our …
Watch NASA’s Mars InSight lander launch into space live on Saturday morning
Watching NASA launch new gadget into space is always a fun way to spend an hour, but if you hope to catch a live glimpse …
NASA’s next Mars mission launches on Saturday, and you can watch the pre-launch briefing live today
NASA is just a couple of days away from the launch of its next mission to Mars. The “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and …
NASA builds nuclear reactor for space that’s capable of providing power for 10 years
Exploring space, traveling to other worlds, and making observations of far-off planets is humanity’s next big challenge. We’re already accomplishing some of those feats, but …
NASA just discovered something new in 20-year-old Galileo data
Normally when NASA publishes exciting new discoveries it’s thanks to data that just arrived from one of its many pieces of high-tech space hardware. NASA’s …
Boeing makes a fool of itself by calling out SpaceX, saying the Falcon Heavy just isn’t big enough
When SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this year, it earned the title of “most powerful operational rocket.” That little “operational” modifier is pretty …
Watch Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin successfully launch its New Shepard rocket and totally stick the landing
SpaceX has dominated headlines so far in 2018 thanks to the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy and numerous Falcon 9 missions, but it’s not …
The European Space Agency’s new Mars orbiter just snapped its very first photo, and it’s gorgeous
The European Space Agency’s fancy new Mars orbiter only arrived at the Red Planet a few weeks ago, but it’s already delivering some really fantastic …
Going to Mars is going to cost a lot of money that NASA doesn’t have
If you’ve been following space, science, or even general technology news over the past few years you’ve heard a whole lot about Mars, as well …
The European Space Agency just released the most detailed map of the Milky Way ever constructed
You might think of our Solar System as a pretty special place — and considering it’s produced the only known example of life, that’s probably …
How and when to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend
It’s been a little while since skywatching enthusiasts had something to get excited about. Considering how jam-packed with celestial eye candy 2017 was, it’s been …
Watch SpaceX deliver NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite into orbit live
Monday was supposed to be the day that NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite rode into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, but the launch was scrubbed …
Astronomers are looking for the Sun’s long-lost twins by checking the ‘DNA’ of stars
We sometimes think of the Sun as a pretty special star, but only because of the fact that Earth happens to be in the perfect …
Astronomers discovery trio of gas giant planets orbiting distant stars
SpaceX’s launch of NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite may have been delayed, but that’s not stopping scientists from using the hardware they already have to make …
SpaceX forced to delay launch of NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite
NASA’s powerful, planet-hunting satellite TESS was supposed to launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Monday, but plans were nixed at the last moment …
NASA’s 3D flyover of Jupiter’s North Pole is absolutely terrifying
Back in early March, NASA released some really stunning images that the Juno probe captured of Jupiter’s poles. The pictures were created using the spacecraft’s …
NASA just released a ‘Moon tour’ video in stunning 4K
Visiting the Moon is an incredibly rare privilege. Just 12 people have ever been there, and your chances of joining those ranks are essentially zero. …
