Space

The Fermi Paradox may finally have an answer.   Between claims that humans aren't the first civilization to call the Milky Way home...

If you're reading this you've probably seen a lunar eclipse before, but as amateur and professional astronomers know, it's not a "seen...

Next week, SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket containing important cargo to resupply the International Space Station, which they've...

The image of a toy marble with a colorful streak running through the center of it is a common one. And it's easy to see that streak as...

There's a lot of parallels between ocean voyages and space voyages, mostly revolving around their shared trait of "trained...

This small cube which resembles a Borg cube may not seem like much (unless you've seen enough Star Trek: The Next Generation to be...

Mars is called the Red Planet because it's predominantly red, of course. But that hasn't stopped NASA from taking some blue...

When Einstein's theories overturned some of the fundamental ideas of Newtonian physics (and how scientists viewed the universe), it...

The hunt for exoplanets is not just about charting a map of the universe for astronomers to hang on their walls. At some point in the...

A couple weeks ago, NASA grew concerned that their aging Mars rover Opportunity could be in danger, as it lay right in the path of...

Humans may be destined to wipe out all other life in the cosmos, but we're sure stumbling at the first hurdles when it comes to...

According to NASA, over 78 percent of confirmed exoplanets were discovered using the transit method, which involves analyzing how much...

In a big announcement that includes plenty of assurances that we're not currently in danger of an asteroid impact, NASA has a new...

With everything from groundbreaking discoveries in exoplanet science, to bold plans to grow plants on Mars in a modern utopia that...

When discussing space travel, there's a reason we typically focus on Mars and less so on Venus — the second planet in our solar...

Back in the 1960s, scientists using NASA's Mariner spacecraft noticed something on Mars that they couldn't explain: a large and...

Until we have an actual drone flying around Mars, our best shots of Martian landscapes come from still photos taken by rovers or...

If you're wondering how much we know about black holes, the answer is... less than you think.   With new discoveries being made...

Earth's closest neighbor is going to be even closer soon, and this should give stargazers a reason to be excited.During July 2018,...

Getting a rover or orbital probe to Mars takes an extraordinary amount of power and top-of-the-line technology from modern space...