Seeds just sprouted on the Moon for the first time in history
In a development that will likely have huge implications for the future of space travel, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar lander successfully managed to plant and …
In a development that will likely have huge implications for the future of space travel, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar lander successfully managed to plant and …
NASA may have landed on the Moon decades ago, but that doesn’t mean we know all that much about our nearest celestial neighbor. We’re regularly …
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 …
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 …
Dreams of a lunar colony where people walk around on the dusty surface inside of big domes will remain a dream for a while longer. …
Much of the focus for NASA and many other space organizations around the world has been on Mars for a while now. Sending a crewed …
Getting your hands on a piece of the Moon is pretty darn difficult for most of us. Some lunar missions have brought samples back from …
As we’ve known for several months now, NASA is headed back to the Moon. The administration will be sending all manner of instruments to the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Nothing’s better on a warm summer day than taking a nice jump into a calm lake. You just feel at one with nature when you’re …
NASA obviously has a huge interest in mankind exploring space, so it would make sense that the administration’s newly-appointed chief shares the same interests. In …
The Moon has captured the hearts and minds of humans for, well, pretty much as far back as we know. It appears each night like …
The United States and Russia aren’t the only two nations working hard at realizing their space-faring dreams. China has quickly ramped up its high-flying ambitions …
We’ve all been taught from a very young age that the Earth has just one natural satellite. The Moon is there, it’s easy to see …
NASA stands at the very edge of an incredibly exciting time in space exploration. Mankind has discovered incredibly interesting things on Mars as well as …
Last year, the United States got treated to an awesome skywatching event in the form of a total solar eclipse that traveled from one side …
In the never-ending search for life beyond Earth, astronomers tend to look far, far away, but it seems our closest neighbor may have once been …
If you’re staring at the sky on a clear night it’s usually pretty easy to spot the Moon, but we often forget that it’s sometimes …
Scientists continue to peer deeper into the galaxy in the search for exoplanets that may host alien life, but our best chance of finding extraterrestrial …
It’s common knowledge that mankind has caused the dramatic warming of the Earth — nobody besides conspiracy nuts and politicians looking for contributions from energy …
It should go without saying, but material from the Moon is pretty rare here on Earth. The Apollo astronauts brought a whole bunch of lunar …
If you’ve ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day just be glad that you didn’t live on Earth 1.4 billion years …
China really, really, really wants to explore the Moon — more specifically, the dark side of the Moon. The country has been steadily moving towards …
Humanity has been staring at the Moon for thousands of years. We’ve gazed at its surface through telescopes and even visited it ourselves. With a …
Science headlines are regularly filled with stories about new discoveries on Mars, observations of Jupiter and Saturn, and even stunning revelations about far-away exoplanets that …
Researchers studying far-off exoplanets do their best to determine the composition of those alien worlds based on the tiny bits of data they have available …