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Scientists have known for a while that the isolation astronauts face in space can mess with their minds. As we start to look toward...

Titan, Saturn’s largest Moon, has the potential to be an ideal location for human colonization and exploration within our Solar...

You may know about Voyager 1's primary claim to fame as the farthest spacecraft from Earth (and the carrier of one of the fabulous...

By January 1st, 2019, the United States will have a new military branch: The Space Corps. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it...

When you read the transcript of the first Moon landing, two things come to mind: first, that the whole thing was a lot more...

Many scientists will wholeheartedly agree that climate change is the most pressing threat facing humans today. Legendary theoretical...

After launching “Micius,” the first quantum technology satellite into space, China is about to realize quantum entanglement...

  Fans of the Drake Equation can rejoice, because NASA just announced that the Kepler spacecraft, which has been scanning the stars...

We're sure that a great lot of you would jump for joy at the chance to visit Mars. A largely unexplored alien planet with the...

Get ready to meet your new space heroes.After a record-breaking open application that saw over 18,000 people apply to become...

Antarctica is a terrifying place when you get past the lovable penguins: it's the world's largest desert, yet it's also the coldest...

Glen Swanson has made a career in space—all while keeping his feet firmly here on Earth. In his former role as a NASA historian at...

What do you get when you give a bunch of science nerds access to an enormous budget and a mandate to design an effective Mars...

The Cassini space probe has been on quite the journey through our Solar System--since its launch in 1997, it has endured 20 years of...

With films like The Mars Generation hyping up human exploration of the Red Planet and Elon Musk planning the new SpaceX Martian...

For many of his fans, Chris Hadfield has made space feel closer to Earth than ever.    In 2013, Hadfield became the first Canadian...

In the middle of tremulous times here on planet Earth, NASA has offered us a way out. Well, at least a look out.NASA just launched a...

The human brain is frustratingly slow compared to digital alternatives. We store memories in confusing and bizarre ways, and while...

Feathers, flags, footprints, and feces: These are just some of the hundreds of thousands of pounds of things humans have left behind...

Could we actually live longer if we lived in space? We wouldn't try that just yet, but NASA is out to answer that question...