Watch the colossal Martian dust storm swallow the planet, and Opportunity along with it
By now you’ve surely heard about the massive dust storm currently raging on Mars. Our planetary neighbor is experiencing a pretty serious bout of cloudy …
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Here’s what NASA’s Opportunity rover saw as it was swallowed up by the Martian dust storm
Things are not looking great for NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars. The rover, which is nearing its 15th year, is currently stuck in a fierce …
Woman with vial of Moon dust is proactively suing NASA to prevent its seizure
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 …
Astronomers discover that the Sun has to deal with shrinkage
The Sun is big. By volume, the Sun could fit roughly 1.3 million Earths inside of it, but new research suggests that our friendly star …
How to stream NASA’s mysterious Mars announcement today
NASA regularly releases news, scientific papers, and new theories related to Mars, and typically it’s with very little fanfare. Scientists have lots of hardware working …
NASA’s New Horizons probe just woke back up
The last we heard of NASA’s New Horizons probe was when NASA released a set of photos taken at the farthest point any spacecraft has …
NASA found something on Mars and it’s holding a press conference on Thursday to tell everyone
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been on the Red Planet for a long, long time. Back in March it tallied its 2,000th Martian day, which …
Browse 20 years of Earth’s weather with NASA’s incredible Worldview tool
Whenever NASA shows off a stunning new image of Earth from space it’s fun to take a few minutes to soak in all the details. …
NASA spacecraft captures evidence of frozen methane dunes on Pluto
Pluto might not be an official planet anymore but that doesn’t mean the frozen world is any less interesting from a scientific perspective. The dwarf …
NASA releases gorgeous images from its brand new GOES-17 satellite
NASA’s shiny new GOES-17 satellite got off to something of a rocky start last week as officials revealed that the spacecraft’s cooling system is, well, …
Here’s what a NASA camera sees just before it dies
When NASA’s GRACE satellites headed skyward aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier this month, everything went relatively smoothly. That is, unless you were one …
NASA’s ‘impossible’ fuel-free engine actually is impossible after all
Nobody can beat the laws of physics. NASA is now learning that the hard way after testing an absolutely revolutionary new type of propulsion technology …
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 …
NASA scientists invented a new way for Curiosity to drill on Mars, and it actually worked
When you’re doing some home improvements and a tool breaks it can be a pretty frustrating experience. I mean you have to go all the …
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. …
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 …
I’ll never get tired of seeing the huge, awkward Super Guppy – the plane that carries planes
It’s not often that a piece of technology can still leave you in awe 50+ years after its creation, but that exactly the kind of …
There might be alien life in our solar system, but not the kind you might expect
Scientists say there’s a real chance we’ll soon discover proof of alien life in our solar system, but it’s not going to be the kind …
NASA spots Kilauea lava flows from space
When Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted late last week it wasn’t exactly the kind of massive, explosive event that you see in disaster movies starring Pierce …
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 …
If we want to find fossils on Mars, we need to bring something back
Scientists have a serious love affair with Mars. If (hopefully “when”) mankind sets foot on another planet, Mars is almost certainly going to be the …
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 …
SpaceX is going to start charging NASA a lot more for ISS resupply missions
NASA is going to have to shell out more cash for less cargo room in future resupply missions to the International Space Station. The information …
NASA and ESA want to bring Mars dirt back to Earth, but is that a good idea?
We’ve all seen it in the plot of cheesy sci-fi: Scientists find something in space that seems harmless so they decide to bring it back …
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 …
What in the world did NASA just spot in the Arctic sea ice?
Every year, NASA takes a high-flying trip over the Arctic to monitor the ice and gather information on the area where people almost never tread. …
This is the photo that conspiracy theorists say proves the Moon landing was a fraud
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. It was an incredible technological and scientific achievement for the human …
