NASA’s Juno spacecraft will celebrate July 4 with a series of super-close Jupiter flybys
On Independence Day, while you’re grilling burgers and guzzling beer, Juno spacecraft will fire its main engine for half an hour and dip into Jovian orbit.
Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company Blue Origin is going to livestream its next rocket launch
On Friday, Blue Origin will show their rocket launch on a live webcast for the first time. Bezos tweeted the announcement on Monday.
India aims for a record by launching 22 satellites on a single rocket
Scheduled to launch from Sriharikota barrier islands on June 20, the rocket will deliver American, Indian, Canadian, and German satellites into orbit
Aliens have probably once existed, according to leading astrophysicists
Frank’s piece, titled, “Yes, There Have Been Aliens,” argues that, at some point before humans existed, there were probably aliens.
The ‘spacecraft cemetery’ is the final resting place for hundreds of rockets and satellites
Decommissioned objects in Earth's orbit can also be instructed to crash into a “spacecraft cemetery” once their service is complete.
NASA is teaming up with United Arab Emirates to gather data for a manned mission to Mars
NASA has announced a new agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concerning research for a trip to Mars.
NASA wants astronauts to have 3D printed pizza, and this startup is building a printer to make it happen
An Austin, Texas company, whose founders were commissioned by NASA to develop palatable foods for astronauts, has built a device that can 3D-print pizza.
The ESA’s space junk collection plan involves shooting large nets at derelict satellites
E.Deorbit will entail using either a net or a robotic arm to capture one of ESA's derelict satellites in low orbit and burn it up in an atmospheric reentry.
NASA just gave $100K to a company that wants to steer asteroids toward Earth
NASA has awarded funding to California-based company Made in Space to develop technology that may see asteroids become self-propelled spacecraft
To save Earth, Jeff Bezos wants to move heavy industry to outer space
To help preserve Earth, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos believes all heavy industry should operate only in outer space.
No Man’s Sky devs confirm delay; death threats ensue
No Man's Sky has been confirmed to be delayed by two months until August 9, and no matter how sad it is we shouldn't lower ourselves to death threats.
SpaceX will attempt yet another high-velocity rocket landing tonight. Here’s where to watch
SpaceX hopes to safely bring another Falcon 9 rocket home tonight after launching a Thai telecommunications satellite into a high-elliptical orbit.
India joins the space race, successfully launching its first reusable shuttle
On Monday, India's space agency announced the successful launch of a prototype of its reusable space shuttle.
This grabber claw was inspired by the terrifying mouths of sea urchins
Engineers at UC San Diego created a grabber claw inspired by the powerful mouths of sea urchins that could be used to collect samples of Martian soil.
MIT student designs gardening robots that could grow produce for astronauts on Mars
A NASA fellow and PhD student has developed a system of robots and AI that can autonomously grow crops in the harsh environments of space, including on Mars
Mice embryos can develop in space, Chinese scientists report
After spending just 80 hours aboard a Chinese research satellite this month, a batch of mouse embryos showed successful early-stage blastocyst development.
This new tool from MIT can debug a program in a minute
If you've got a minute, you've got enough time to find bugs in your Ruby on Rails-based Web application, thanks to a new tool from MIT.
Stephen Hawking wants to launch a swarm of nano-probes into outer space… with lasers
Stephan Hawking, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner announce Breakthrough Starshot, an ambitious project to reach Alpha Centauri
The Kepler spacecraft is back online, but NASA still has no clue why it went into emergency mode
NASA's exploratory spacecraft Kepler is back out of emergency mode, when burning fuel fast. Until the problem is solved Kepler's missions are on hold.
Two scientists propose using lasers to cloak Earth … from aliens
Scientists at Columbia University's Cool Worlds Lab say it's possible to effectively cloak Earth from aliens in other solar systems by utilizing lasers.
Boom! Virgin Galactic partners with supersonic jet startup on multi-plane deal
The Colorado-based startup Boom hopes to build affordable supersonic passenger jets and Richard Branson's Virgin Group wants to help it get off the ground.
NASA is sending a special zero-gravity 3D printer to the International Space Station today
NASA is sending a new version of Made In Space's 3D printer to the International Space Station today, on a scheduled launch of the Cygnus spacecraft.
Blue Origin plans to launch manned space missions by 2017, offer tourist trips by 2018
At a media-only event this week, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says he plans on operating manned missions to outer space by as soon as 2017.
Google to launch docuseries about moon race with executive producer JJ Abrams
Google has set a new docuseries from executive producer J.J. Abrams for release. The series, Moon Shot, focuses on the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition.