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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may be on its last legs as it continues to break down, but it's still capable of sending back...

Poor NASA scientists.You work your hardest on a brand new piece of scientific research, wait patiently for the scheduled launch date...

In a rather "War is Peace" style of naming, the United States' "LGM-118 Peacekeeper" was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)...

It's strange to think of a time in the past where accessible technology was somehow more convenient and speedy than what we currently...

With the new Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway and Mars 2020 Rover in the works and Mars colonization on the horizon (which is totally...

Rovers are so 20th century, and drones are so last year--NASA is looking to the future of space exploration and has a plan for...

When things are going well, we typically dispose of satellites that need to be taken out of orbit by landing them as far away from...

We're about to see a lot more Mars missions in the next few years, as space agencies and companies around the world prepare for the...

While SpaceX was most recently in the news for launching cars into space (and preparing to land a giant rocket on Mars soon), a...

There are two kinds of people on this planet. Some people thoroughly enjoy the cathartic experience of popping or cracking their...

Mars doesn't experience earthquakes (or rather, "marsquakes") in the same way Earth does, because Mars doesn't have appear to have...

Despite how little we know about dark matter, we can tell when it's there, from the way it impacts galaxies and causes strange...

Star Trek has lied to you.If at some point, human beings encounter an alien species, they almost certainly won't look like us, but...

Mercury is special among the planets in our solar system for a number of reasons (not least because Han Solo has been spotted frozen...

Once it's finally in space, the James Webb Space Telescope will be one of the most powerful telescopes in NASA's arsenal. Which is...

Mars, the closest planet to the Earth, is a barren wasteland.The world has no atmosphere, and its surface is covered in dust and rock,...

When SpaceX successfully launched their Falcon Heavy rocket last month, they didn't just launch a car into space. They made a pretty...

Supernovas pack a lot of punch, to put it lightly--they can outshine galaxies and expel more energy than our Sun's lifetime output,...

Imagine being NASA scientist Jill Tarter.Imagine dedicating yourself to the study of the stars, and to trying to find alien life...

Now that we're improving our exoplanet-finding techniques (which can be tough when distant starlight tends to drown them out), we've...