It's now been several months since China admitted that it had completely lost control of its Tiangong-1 space station, explaining that without the ability to…
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Any time you hear a scientists talk about the origins of the universe it always begins the same way. "It all started with the big…
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SpaceX has already had a very busy year. Its Falcon Heavy launch not only exceeded just about everyone's expectations, but also reinvigorated interest in everything…
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Scientists have long attempted to paint a detailed picture of what the universe looked like in the immediate aftermath of the big bang, and new…
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Humanity has been staring at the Moon for thousands of years. We've gazed at its surface through telescopes and even visited it ourselves. With a…
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It's only been a couple of weeks since Elon Musk and SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy into space, toting Musk's own bright red Tesla Roadster…
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Drones might be all the rage amongst hobbyists and techies here on Earth, and NASA seems to have caught the bug. The agency is currently…
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Scientists have long assumed that the earliest life on Earth required a few basic prerequisites including water and an energy source — in this case,…
Read MoreResearchers studying far-off exoplanets do their best to determine the composition of those alien worlds based on the tiny bits of data they have available…
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Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and, because of that, it's been photographed many, many times. We've seen the planet's swirling cloud…
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SpaceX is the undisputed king of commercial spaceflight at the moment, thanks in large part to its highly efficient method of landing and reusing its…
Read MoreSpaceX is still riding high on a wave of public hype from its Falcon Heavy launch, but even as Starman sails through space the company…
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With the exception of Saturn and its iconic rings, Jupiter is probably the most recognizable planet in our Solar System. Its long, thick stripes are…
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Victor Buso is a locksmith. He spends his days fiddling with locks and keys, and in his spare time he stares into the heavens in…
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It's now been a couple of weeks since Elon Musk and SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy into space. Its payload, a Tesla Roadster with the…
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With the Falcon Heavy mission completed, SpaceX will return to its regularly scheduled Falcon 9 launches, starting today with a departure from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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After weather forced SpaceX to delay the launch multiple times, Elon Musk's aerospace company launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket into space on February 6th.…
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Mars is a big, dusty, dry ball of rock, sand, and dust... we think. Believe it or not, despite the fact that NASA has several…
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You don't have to look far for fresh news about Mars, Saturn, or Jupiter these days, but Neptune doesn't always get the same kind of…
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NASA's Kepler space telescope was launched for the purpose of finding new objects, like planets, far off in space, and it has done its job…
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Remember when we first heard that a Tesla Roadster that's speeding through space at 25,000 mph would not crash into Mars, but instead just fly past…
Read MoreAn incredibly old Martian relic will soon be headed back from the planet where it originated thanks to the Mars 2020 mission. The space agency…
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Money might not grow on trees, but it most certainly does fall from the sky. Meteorite hunting might sound like a quirky pastime but it…
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There was a lot to like about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch last week, like the fact that it was the heaviest commercial rocket to ever…
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Last week's launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy was incredible for so many reasons, not least of which was Elon Musk's extremely low expectations for the…
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Hey, so, remember that really bizarre cigar-shaped asteroid that flew through our Solar System late last year? It whipped around the Sun and back out…
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NASA has a whole lot of fancy image-gathering hardware on Earth and in space, and we've seen countless of stunning snapshots taken from here on…
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