NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030
NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership…
Infinity galaxy baffles scientists: “How can we make sense of this?”
Most supermassive black holes sit in the “downtown” of a galaxy, and they grow by pulling in gas…
Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station’s microgravity environment
The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial…
NASA Deploys Orbital Telescope Designed to Do Something Incredible
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stuffed with cargo carried…
A-23A turns BLUE as Nasa scientists issue stark warning
A colossal Antarctic iceberg separated from the Filchner Ice Shelf nearly four decades ago is displaying vivid signs…
NASA Just Parked a Spacecraft 1 Million Miles from Earth, and Almost No One’s Talking About It
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has officially reached the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1) after a…
‘Backward and upward and tilted’: Spaceflight causes astronauts’ brains to shift inside their skulls
Spaceflight doesn’t just change your perspective — it shifts the actual position of your brain inside your skull,…
This stunning Orion Nebula photo will make you want to grab a telescope this week
Astrophotographer Joel Martin captured a gorgeous view of the Orion Nebula (M42) shining 1,500 light-years from Earth, revealing…
Alone in space, a Chinese astronaut heard a sound he was never supposed to hear
More than twenty years ago, Yang Liwei — China’s first man in space — reported hearing an eerie…
Why the Moon Looks “Two-Faced,” Scientists Finally Have the Answer
Scientists may have finally cracked a decades-old mystery about the Moon’s uneven surface. A new analysis of dust…
Voyager 1 spacecraft on verge of passing major milestone after nearly 50 years
Nasa’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a remarkable milestone that puts the vastness of space into perspective…
Mars Had an Arctic-Sized Ocean, and We’re Just Now Finding Out, Say Scientists
Long thought of as a dry, barren world, Mars may once have shimmered with shades of blue. A…