Science Space SpaceX's first private flight will put a 29-year-old cancer survivor into orbit Would you accept a free trip to space? By Shawn Knight , February 22, 2021, 11:57 AM 13 comments
Science Space Touchdown: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover lands safely on the Red Planet The Perseverance rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars By Shawn Knight , February 19, 2021, 11:10 AM 33 comments
Science Space At 132 astronomical units, 'Farfarout' is the most distant object we've ever found in the solar system For comparison, Pluto is only 39 astronomical units away By Shawn Knight , February 15, 2021, 10:15 AM 13 comments
Science Space NASA could hunt extraterrestrials by looking for signs of pollution Pollution could be key to finding aliens By Shawn Knight , February 12, 2021, 12:08 PM 12 comments
The Web Industry More than 10,000 people are now using Starlink's Internet service Starlink's "Better Than Nothing Beta" is off to a solid start By Shawn Knight , February 5, 2021, 10:42 AM 16 comments
Science Space NASA spacecraft carrying sample asteroid material preps for Earthbound journey If successful, it'll be the largest amount of extraterrestrial material brought back from space since the Apollo era By Shawn Knight , January 27, 2021, 10:07 AM
Science Space Unexpected soil conditions force NASA to abandon key InSight lander objective Mars soil behaved differently than anticipated By Shawn Knight , January 15, 2021, 12:46 PM 15 comments
Science Space NASA's SPHEREx space telescope gets the green light to continue development Meanwhile, the James Webb Space Telescope still hasn't launched By Shawn Knight , January 6, 2021, 10:24 AM
Science Space NASA shows off the best images of Earth taken from the ISS this year There have been 20 continuous years of life on the ISS By Rob Thubron , December 31, 2020, 7:05 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Science James 'Scotty' Doohan's ashes have been hidden on the International Space Station for 12 years All thanks to a famous game developer By Rob Thubron , December 28, 2020, 7:19 AM 12 comments
Science Space Great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn is just a few days away The great conjunction of 2020 By Shawn Knight , December 18, 2020, 2:59 PM
Tech Culture Science Former Israeli government official claims "Galactic Federation" of aliens is working with US in secret "Aliens" By Rob Thubron , December 9, 2020, 10:54 AM 34 comments
Tech Culture Science The first-ever space mission to clean orbital junk will use a giant claw The European Space Agency has greenlit ClearSpace-1 and expects it to launch in 2025 By Humza Aamir , December 1, 2020, 8:38 AM 13 comments
Science Space The iconic Arecibo space telescope is being decommissioned as it nears collapse Repairs would be too dangerous By Rob Thubron , November 20, 2020, 5:17 AM 22 comments
Science Industry 'Launcher' is a rocket startup with just 8 full-time employees And 10 Ukraine-based designers By Cohen Coberly , November 9, 2020, 3:01 PM
Science Space Hubble spies 16 Psyche, an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion That's a lot of nickels! By Pete Flint , November 4, 2020, 8:22 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture Space Valve CEO Gabe Newell will launch a garden gnome into space for charity It's not as flashy as a Tesla Roadster, but it'll do By Cohen Coberly , November 3, 2020, 3:19 PM 8 comments
Science Space NASA pings distant Voyager 2 probe for the first time in seven months Voyager 2 is more than 11.6 billion miles from Earth By Shawn Knight , November 3, 2020, 1:16 PM 9 comments
Science Space NASA has found water on a sunlit area of the Moon Is this reason enough for a return to the Moon? By Shawn Knight , October 26, 2020, 1:26 PM 19 comments
Science Space NASA shares images of asteroid sample collection process 200 million miles from Earth A time capsule from the early solar system By Shawn Knight , October 22, 2020, 9:04 AM
Science Space Nokia to build a 4G network on the moon A long way to travel for a good signal By Rob Thubron , October 19, 2020, 9:39 AM 14 comments
Science Space Eight nations sign NASA's 'Artemis Accords' principles for moon and space exploration No lunar wars, please By Rob Thubron , October 14, 2020, 8:05 AM 12 comments
Industry Tech Culture SpaceX to soon launch a public beta of its Starlink satellite broadband The company now has over 700 satellites in orbit By Humza Aamir , October 8, 2020, 8:47 AM
Science Space This time-lapse shows a supernova exploding brighter than five billion suns One year compressed into 30 seconds By Cal Jeffrey , October 2, 2020, 2:57 PM 13 comments
Science Space Researchers present additional evidence to support claim of liquid water on Mars Further evidence that liquid water may exist on Mars By Shawn Knight , September 29, 2020, 2:48 PM