Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship
STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this weekend in…
“We’re Not Ready”: Scientists React To NASA’s Nuclear Fuel Stronger Than Plutonium As Space Race Risks Spiral Out Of Control
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA collaborates with the University of Leicester to test a new americium-241-powered Stirling generator.…
See that tiny dot? That’s us, from 290 million km away. Spacecraft spies Earth and Moon on its journey to asteroid
This image captured by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft shows Earth and our Moon from a distance of 290 million…
It’s official—NASA will accelerate the development of a 100-kW reactor on the lunar surface this year
Who hasn’t heard crazy theories about NASA? This agency has bold ideas and it is doing great discoveries…
Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week
Mars’ Valles Marineris stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the planet’s equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of…
How the U.S. space industry became dependent on SpaceX
SpaceX is valued at around $400 billion and is critical for U.S. space access, but it wasn’t always…
Rocket Lab launches five satellites for undisclosed commercial customer
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron placed five satellites for an undisclosed commercial customer into orbit Aug. 23.…
A hidden “Planet Y” may orbit far past Neptune
For centuries, humans have gazed into the night sky, wondering what lies beyond the planets we know. Each…
Ghost particles could lose cover as scientists use new algorithm
For more than a century, scientists have known that Earth is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays, charged particles…
Put a ring on it: Saturn trivia quiz!
Prepare to journey to the sixth planet from the Sun — Saturn, the celestial jewel of our solar…
SpaceX launches 50th Dragon spacecraft to ISS on resupply mission for NASA
ADVERTISEMENT SpaceX on Sunday launched a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission to the International Space Station from Cape…
A Physicist Wants to Turn Jupiter’s Largest Moon Into a Gigantic Dark Matter Detector
When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery.…