Last week was supposed to mark a major milestone for NASA's Commercial Crew program. Boeing's much-hyped Starliner was supposed to travel to the International Space…
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NASA is sending humans back to the Moon. That's a plan that's been in the works for some time now, but when the current presidential…
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Of all the objects astronomers have observed in space over centuries of scientific investigation, black holes are one of the most bizarre and mysterious. Objects…
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It's been over two months since India's mission to land on the Moon was cut short by a mysterious and unexplained failure of the Vikram…
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Size is always relative, and that's especially true when it comes to outer space. We're tiny creatures, so we think of the Earth as this…
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NASA's InSight lander is really starting to give scientists a headache. Most of the lander's high-tech sensors and systems are working just fine, and it's…
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For most of us here on Earth, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to forget about our jobs for a moment and enjoy some good food with…
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A cryogenic pressure test resulted in an explosion of a SpaceX Starship prototype in Texas on Wednesday. The blast produced a huge cloud of vapor…
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It's Friday. If you work an office job, you're probably doing your best not to should too large of a workload. Maybe you'll shuffle some…
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When you look up at the night sky you see a lot of stars that, in relation to our own planet, haven't moved a whole…
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NASA's Curiosity rover returned some seriously surprising data to Earth earlier this year, with readings of elevated methane levels that were hard to explain. Subsequent…
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Boeing's Starliner has seen many, many delays, cost overruns, and setbacks during its lengthy development. NASA is paying Boeing a fortune for its work on…
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NASA launched the Voyager 2 space probe in August of 1977. It's since spent nearly four decades making its way out of the massive bubble…
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Despite the countless scientific and technological advancements over the course of human history, there are still a few big questions we're no closer to answering…
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It's now been over a month since an amateur astronomer spotted what is now believed to be the second interstellar object ever observed by mankind.…
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It's been one heck of an exciting week for anyone who dreams of one day hearing about extraterrestrial life. In a recent op-ed, former NASA…
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While astronomers have only recently been able to spot a black hole directly, there's a lot that scientists think they know about them. For starters,…
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We often think of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, as being a self-contained collection of stars, planets, gas and dust. Sure, it's going to…
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Sometime within the next five years or so, NASA plans on sending humans back to the Moon. Looking to the future, NASA is laying the…
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NASA's Juno orbiter has been doing some really great work while in orbit around gas giant Jupiter. The spacecraft has taught scientists a great deal…
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With some of the most powerful imaging tools on Earth at its disposal, NASA and its scientists have captured countless lovely images of the cosmos…
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Of all the worlds in our solar system that may harbor some form of life, Saturn's moon Enceladus may be the most exciting. The moon…
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Way out on the edge of our solar system something big is lurking that has yet to be identified. Astronomers know it's there because they…
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Earlier this week, the International Space Station welcomed a trio of new travelers. The mission brought NASA's Jessica Meir, Russia's Oleg Skripochka, and Hazzaa Al…
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Black holes are one of the most interesting features of our universe. So incredibly dense that their gravitational pull can swallow up light itself, they…
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Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes, and the galaxies most pleasing to the eye are always in the most recognizable shapes. Dramatic spirals with…
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The Mars we often seen in photos from rovers and orbiters is dry, dusty, and barren, but there are parts of the planet that, when…
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