Russia Wants To Beat SpaceX At Its Own Game
Despite ultimately losing the "space race" to the United States, followed by decades of dirty looks and blank stares from the then-Soviet Union, Russia is…
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The Fastest Stars In Our Galaxy Are Invaders
We're pretty familiar with our own Solar System, but the galaxy that we reside in is absolutely enormous. The Milky Way is thought to have…
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The Scariest Part Of An Asteroid Hitting Earth Probably Isn't What You Think
If you have a lingering fear of an unseen space rock slamming into our planet and wreaking havoc on an unimaginable scale, your nightmare scenario…
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A Distant Galaxy Is Starving To Death, And Astronomers Are Loving It
As NASA and other space agencies from around the world set their sights on exoplanets and destinations within our Solar System that could host life,…
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NASA Has A Plan For Preventing Asteroid Strikes, And It's Going To Test It
The threat of an asteroid striking Earth is pretty scary — and not just in all the ways Hollywood movies have depicted — but human…
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Japan Wants To Put A Man On The Moon By 2030
With NASA's focus on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and as many exoplanets as it can spot, it's easy to forget that our closest neighbor — the…
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Mysterious 'Planet Nine' Might Not Actually Exist After All
Skywatchers have been theorizing and dreaming about a mysterious unknown planet hanging out at the edge of our Solar System for many years. Sifting through…
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An Asteroid Is Definitely Going To Hit The Earth, Expert Warns
Space is a dangerous place to be, and since the Earth is in space, every living thing on the planet is at risk of eventually…
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Stephen Hawking Wants Humanity To Leave Earth As Soon As Possible
Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been extremely vocal in recent months about his feelings that humanity needs to get off of Earth as soon as…
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NASA Just Found 10 New Earth-Like Planets
NASA's Kepler space telescope has been floating in space since early 2009, and it's already outlived its planned mission window by a handful of years,…
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NASA Wants To Probe Uranus In Search Of Gas
We hear a lot about Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and that's because we have extremely fancy hardware floating around and, in some cases, cruising on…
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Elon Musk Is Planning A City On Mars, And Here's Why
If there's one thing you can definitively say about Elon Musk it's that most certainly does not lack ambition. The boss of SpaceX, Tesla, and…
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Scientists Discovered Evidence That Jupiter Is Way Older Than Anyone Thought
Jupiter is one of the most interesting places in the Solar System for a number of reasons. It's massive ball of gas, covered in rolling…
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NASA's New Mars Rover Is Completely Insane
Thus far, NASA has landed a total of four rovers on Mars, and while the conversation surrounding sending humans to the red planet is a…
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Watch NASA Announce Its New Astronaut Class Live Right Here
Today, NASA will reveal its newest astronauts by formally introducing the 2017 astronaut class, and you can watch it happen live. The event, which will…
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Scientists May Have Found Evidence Of A Parallel Universe
The idea that we might be living in just one of an infinite number of universes has been fodder for scientific debate and sci-fi movie…
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NASA's Newest Photo Of Jupiter Will Blow Your Mind
Lately, NASA's Cassini orbiter has been delivering some stunning photos from its trips around Saturn, but that's not the only fancy camera floating around a…
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Saturn's Stunning North Pole Actually Changed Colors
NASA's Cassini orbiter was the first to deliver a really clear look at the eye-catching, hexagonal storm swirling on Saturn's north pole, so it's only fitting…
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Scientists Eyeing Possibility Of Moon Vault For Storing Human Sperm
With mankind slowly marching towards a future where human space colonies are a reality — and with our brightest minds telling us we need to find a…
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A New Gadget On The ISS Broke, And Now Astronauts Have To Walk In Space To Fix It
The International Space Station is one seriously advanced piece of technology, packed with gadgets and various hardware that allow the on-board astronauts to carry out…
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NASA's Meteorite-Resistant Space Fabric Is Like Futuristic Chainmail
NASA is usually so busy showing off all the awesome stuff it finds out in space that it's easy to lose track of the cool…
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Scientists Are Worried That Humanity Just Keeps Sending Junk Into Space
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space…
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Scientists Rank All The Ways An Asteroid Can Kill You
Tonight, a particularly large asteroid is going to cruise by Earth at its closest point in 400 years, and while we humans are going to…
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Watch A Massive Asteroid Cruise By Earth Live Tonight
Tonight is a big night for skywatchers thanks to the relatively close approach of a large asteroid called 2014 JO25. The rock is slated to…
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Astronomers May Have The Data They Need To Prove 'Planet Nine' Exists
It's been a while now since astronomers began openly discussing the possibility of a ninth planet in our solar system — and no, it's not…
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NASA Finally Thinks It Knows Where All Of Mars' Water Went
The idea that Mars was once covered in vast oceans is a relatively new theory in the grand scheme of things, but the support evidence has…
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NASA's Juno Probe Outdoes Itself With Stunning New Jupiter Photos
It's only been a few days since one of the photos sent back by NASA's Juno probe took our breath away, but now even more of…
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