New Horizons beams back a new revelation about Ultima Thule
When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zoomed by the twin space rocks known collectively as Ultima Thule earlier this year, the images it sent back seemed …
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NASA needs help from the private sector to land astronauts on the Moon again
When NASA first landed astronauts on the Moon several decades ago, it was an entirely government-driving affair. The U.S. was in the midst of a …
What is this weird stuff all over Uranus?
Each of the planets in the Solar System has a unique personality. Earth is a bustling hub of weird life forms, Jupiter is a massive …
You need to look very closely to see China’s Chang’e 4 lander in this stunning Moon photo
China’s space agency has had a busy year thus far, with a successful Moon landing and rover deployment as well as some pretty neat experiments …
This is the Kepler space telescope’s last image after nearly a decade of work
It’s now been a few months since the Kepler space telescope bit the dust, but the work it did will still have an impact for …
NASA lost contact with two mini Mars spacecraft and they don’t know exactly why
NASA’s Mars InSight mission is moving along nicely, with the robotic lander preparing for many months of research that will tell scientists more about the …
NASA’s InSight robot had to install a protective shield because Mars is windy
It’s now been over two months since NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars. The landing went as smoothly as anyone could have hoped, and …
Here’s what the polar vortex looks like from NASA’s heat-mapping satellite
You don’t have to live in the U.S. Midwest to have heard about the polar vortex, but if you do you’ve no doubt felt its …
NASA’s mission to ‘Touch the Sun’ just reached a major milestone
NASA had a big year in 2018 with several bold new missions to study various features of our Solar System, and one of the most …
NASA offers best look yet at surface of space rock Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has already had quite an eventful year. After initially arriving at the space rock known as Bennu in early December, the …
Curiosity snaps a selfie before heading off to new adventures
NASA may be on the edge of its seat as it waits to see if its aging Opportunity rover will wake back up from its …
NASA is sending a desperate message to wake up Opportunity on Mars
Just last week NASA celebrated the beginning of the Opportunity rover’s 16th year on the Martian surface, but all is not well with the six-wheeled …
NASA reveals best-yet image of twin space rocks Ultima Thule
NASA’s 2019 started off with a bang as its New Horizons probe zipped by the most distant object mankind has ever tried to visit, a …
NASA is now being sued by the owner of an Apollo 11 lunar sample bag
When Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon and handed over the first samples of lunar material ever gathered by human hands it was a …
NASA’s Opportunity rover enters its 16th year on Mars, but it’s still dead quiet
Today, NASA is celebrating the monumental achievements of the Opportunity rover as it tallies a full 15 years on the planet Mars. The rover landed …
There’s a new fake Moon landing theory, and it’s dumber than you could possibly imagine
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July of 1969, but that’s not what some would have …
NASA swaps out astronauts for first manned flight on Boeing’s new ship
Last year was a huge year for private spaceflight, with a steady stream of very successful launches and huge progress being made on more ambitious …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted fresh rainfall on Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA’s Cassini orbiter has been dead for well over a year now, but its incredible discoveries continue to trickle in as researchers pore over data …
The International Space Station will release its SpaceX cargo ship this weekend
Both SpaceX and NASA are eager to get the Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth now that it has fulfilled its duties in bringing much-needed …
NASA announces delay of SpaceX Crew Dragon test launch
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is one of the spacecraft that NASA will eventually use to ferry astronauts into space, but it’s not quite there yet. Unfortunately, …
NASA says one of Hubble’s best cameras is busted
We’ve seen a lot of amazing shots from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over the years, but the high-powered stargazer is now experiencing some unplanned downtime. …
Amateur scientists just found a new planet, and it might even be habitable
NASA’s Kepler space telescope is dead. It ran out of fuel back in October of last year, but the incredible wealth of data that it …
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 …
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 …
NASA’s New Horizons discovers Ultima Thule is not one object, but two
The past two days have been incredibly exciting for NASA and its New Horizons spacecraft. The probe made its much-anticipated flyby of the mysterious Solar …
NASA gives the thumbs up for production of Dream Chaser space plane
Sending supplies and other cargo to the International Space Station is something that has to happen on a regular basis in order for crew to …
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 …
