Boeing unveils its new line of advanced — and snazzy — blue spacesuits
Boeing just revealed its snazzy blue spacesuits designed for NASA astronauts aboard the company’s upcoming CST-100 Starliner spaceship.
Valley that shows signs of flooding may be key to identifying past life on Mars
Mars has a new hot spot for exploration, according to researchers who’ve identified a region that shows signs it was once flooded with water.
Mark Watney wasn’t wrong: Researchers discover potatoes really can grow on Mars
Preliminary results suggest that astronauts will be able to propagate potatoes in Mars-like soil and conditions.
Russia’s deputy prime minister insists gun-toting robot is not a Terminator
Russia’s deputy Prime Minister took to Twitter last week to praise and defend his country’s gun-toting space robot, FEDOR.
NASA's ice-world robots can reach, launch, and melt in search of life
NASA is developing an array of robotic ice tools that may help uncover the frozen secrets of alien worlds.
Help astronomers find aliens, get an awesome model exoplanet as a reward
The Planet Foundation wants your help observing nearby exoplanets for life, seeking support via a Kickstarter campaign launched this week.
Ay caramba! Scientists think they’ve found Bart (and hidden ice) on asteroid
Scientists have discovered a variety of landslides on the Texas-sized asteroid Ceres. Among the geological flow features was a familiar face.
Scientists say ‘mini-nukes’ could explain why some satellites mysteriously fail
Researchers raised a concern about small particles that could pose a big threat if they collide with orbiting spacecraft.
Massive telescope will let us gaze deeper into the galaxy than ever before
The ELT will boast a main mirror that’s 128 feet in diameter, which will make it the largest telescope on Earth once complete.
Huge collection of Carl Sagan’s personal correspondence up for auction
Hundreds of documents from Carl Sagan's office are being auctioned off by RR Auction with an estimated sale price of $3,000.
ESA’s new plan for cleaning space debris uses a magnetic space tug
ESA is looking into magnetic attraction for space debris and derelict satellite removal and to keep swarms of satellites in close formation.
Europe and Japan unveil their orbiters for a joint mission to Mercury
BepiColombo is a joint mission to study Mercury, the least explored rocky planet and the one closest to the Sun.
Heart of brightness: Astronomers map the inside of a supernova
Thanks to computer models and 30-year-old data from a supernova, astronomers have been able to map the inside of this event.
Students are locked in a Beijing bunker for a space isolation experiment
Students in the isolation experiment will be expected to live self-sufficiently, recycling everything from human waste to plant clippings.
With exoplanet discovery, our nearest sun-like star just got more interesting
Four Earth-sized planets orbit our nearest Sun-like star, Tau Ceti, two of which are potentially habitable.
Part of a disembodied lung just arrived at the International Space Station
ISS astronauts will attempt to grow a lung, which researchers will use to study how lung tissue is affected by longterm spaceflight
Next-gen lunar station will be built by United States and Russia
NASA and Roscosmos have announced Deep Space Gateway, a lunar station concept that would place a space station in an orbit close to the moon.
Lava tubes on Mars could provide shelter for streets and towns, study says
Using high-resolution satellite data, researchers have found that lava tubes could provide space for homes, streets, and even communities.
Want to see galaxies in full color from your backyard? Check out this telescope
The Unistellar telescope enhances the image of objects in the sky by accumulating and amplifying the light that they’re emitting.
Here’s how scientists know the ‘Oumuamua’ asteroid isn’t from our solar system
An unusual asteroid has visited our solar system, but it wasn't born here. Astronomers used orbital calculations to determine its origin.
An unpredictable blinking star appears to be a planet eater
According to a new study, Astronomers think they have an explanation for the unpredictably blinking star RZ Piscium. It eats planets.
NASA’s new X-ray navigation could guide robots through deep space
In a first, NASA has demonstrated X-ray navigation in space, paving the way for autonomous spacecraft in deep space.
No, an alien megastructure doesn’t explain that mysterious star
The mysterious "Tabby's Star" is more likely surrounded by dust than encircled in an energy-absorbing alien megastructure, new study finds.
Hello, moon! The lunar surface is set to have 4G network in 2019
At long last, astronauts on the moon may have access to their very own 4G network thanks to a partnerships between a few tech giants and a team of “part-time” scientists.
NASA releases first images of Jupiter’s bizarre geometric storms
Bizarre geometric storms measuring several thousands miles across, surround a massive cyclone on each of Jupiter's poles.
A.I. spots thousands of unidentified craters on the moon
Thousands of previously unknown craters have been spotted on the moon thanks to an artificial intelligence program designed by researchers at the University of Toronto.
A.I. outperforms astronomers, predicts whether exoplanets will survive
At its core, the search for exoplanets is the search for habitable exoplanets and AI may now help make that hunt easier. Using machine learning algorithms, the researchers were able to calculate how well exoplanets could survive in stable orbits, outperforming scientists who made a career out of stuff like this.
NASA (again) delays launch of the world’s most powerful telescope
NASA has once again delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope -- the largest and most expensive space telescope in history. The new target launch is March 2021, and the cost of the project has ballooned to $9.6 billion.
Astronomers make huge exoplanet discovery haul in record time
In a paper published online this week in The Astronomical Journal, an international group of scientists reported that dozens of planetary candidates have been identified by measuring light fluctuations using K2, the mission that followed up NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
Mars is as near to Earth as it’s been in 15 years, so Hubble took some photos
For the past 28 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured some of the most iconic images of outer space. Now, as Mars and Saturn have swung by the Earth in recent months, the legendary telescope has snapped a handful of beautiful images to add to an already impressive collection.
Spacesuit-inspired streetwear collection celebrates NASA’s 60th birthday
Streetwear designer Heron Preston celebrated Nasa's 60th birthday by releasing a line of spacesuit-inspired streetwear, including hoodies, jackets, pants, hats, belts, socks, and a backpack. To promote the collection, he launched a stylish mannequin up to the stratosphere.
Astronomers finally confirm general relativity around a supermassive black hole
For the first time, astronomers have confirmed Einstein’s century-old theory of general relativity in action near a black hole. An international team of professional sky-gazers and observed gravitational redshift around a supermassive black hole.
Winners of NASA’s habitat competition offer a glimpse of Martian living
To get a better understanding of what habitats might look like on Mars, NASA partnered with Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois for its 3D-Printed Habitat Centennial Challenge competition. The agency recently announced the five winners of the latest phase.
Omega Centauri hosts 10 million stars and probably not an ounce of life
Omega Centauri is a sight to behold. It contains some 10 million stars, making it the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way. And at about 16,000 light years away, it is visible to the naked eye and a prime object of observation for professional astronomers. But does it host life?