How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars
In June a four-person crew will enter a hangar at NASA’s Johnson Space [...]
Axiom’s Second Flight Paves the Way for a Commercial Space Station
Last night, an Axiom Space mission carrying a private crew blasted off from [...]
Voyager 2 Gets a Life-Extending Power Boost in Deep Space
NASA engineers have come up with a power-saving strategy to eke more time—and [...]
This Private Moon Lander Is Kicking Off a Commercial Lunar Race
A boxy, 7.5-foot-tall spacecraft is making its final approach to the moon, where [...]
SpaceX’s Starship Explodes During First Orbital Test Flight
SpaceX’s Starship—a spacecraft that might one day transport people to Mars—has completed its [...]
The ‘Bad Astronomer’ Takes You on a Tour of the Cosmos
In the early 2000s, Phil Plait wrote his first book, Bad Astronomy, which debunked [...]
The Art of Capturing Meteorites’ Mineral Mosaics
When Neil Buckland, an artist based in Seattle, met a geologist named Tony [...]
A European Space Probe Sets Its Sights on the Jupiter System
Jupter’s frozen moon Europa and a couple of Saturn’s satellites have gotten lots of love from [...]
The Big Bang’s Afterglow Reveals Invisible Cosmic Structures
Nearly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the primordial plasma of the infant [...]
NASA Is Getting Really Serious About Tracking Air Pollution
When meteorologist John Haynes moved to Washington, D.C. 20 years ago, he could [...]
How Do People Live in Orbit? Ask the Space Archeologists
Archaeologists have probed the cultures of people all over the Earth—so why not [...]
What Time Is It on the Moon?
In 2025, astronauts will begin returning to the moon, eventually building bases and space stations, [...]