‘We were genuinely astonished’: This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth
This little plant is a lot tougher than it looks. Researchers exposed moss spores to the harsh environment…
NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Supply Contracts
NASA has selected Plug Power, Inc., of Slingerlands, New York, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., of Allentown,…
Falcon 9 rocket continues Starlink deployments with launch from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket rises from its Cape Canaveral launch pad, shrouded in ground fog, carrying 29 Starlink…
First next-generation Starship booster damaged in testing
MUNICH — The first booster in the new generation of Starship vehicles suffered significant damage during a Nov.…
Yes, the Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light
An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward.…
Ancient Underground Water Suggests Mars May Have Been Habitable Longer than Previously Thought
It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning…
Saturn’s Rings Are Ghosting Us This Weekend
Stargazers with backyard telescopes may notice something amiss in the night sky this weekend as a rare planetary…
China Installed A Zero-G Oven In The Tiangong Space Station
Chinese scientists have brought a tasty twist to spaceflight, as a newly…
Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for ‘confidential commercial customer’ (video)
Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a mystery customer on Thursday morning (Nov. 20). The liftoff, which occurred…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos — Colossal
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has come through yet again with an unprecedented image from our Solar System,…
Theia, the planet at the origin of the Moon, may have formed close to the Sun
If the Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, this has not always been the case. Indeed,…
Lawmakers call on NASA inspector general to investigate Goddard Space Flight Center as agency defends campus closures: Exclusive
The fight over NASA’s premier center for space and Earth sciences trudges on, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill…