NASA

Not to scare you, but if anything were to take out our means of worldwide communication, like, say, an enormous solar flare, we'd all...

Like him or tolerate him, William Shatner is one of the biggest voices in science fiction culture. Playing Captain Kirk on the...

From this far away, it's eay to look up at the sun and think of it as merely a big ball of static light, kind of like a lamp or a...

The problem with exploring the planet Venus is that the planet's environment is pretty horrific. Once upon a time, the planet was...

When we think of probes on the surfaces of alien worlds, our minds often conjure images of either the Mars Curiosity rover or that...

Elon Musk must be very pleased with himself at the moment. His plans for commercial space flight are gaining steam, as his Falcon 9...

Batten down the hatches and brace for really bad news--something big is on the way, and it's not going to end well. Hurricane Harvey,...

Let's do some quick math here. Princeton and Yale's acceptance rate is about 6-7%, and Harvard's acceptance rate is around 5%. NASA's...

Space flight is a difficult business. On the one hand, a lot of tools and resources are needed for a successful mission that have to...

The problem with Terminator 2's opening scene is that it makes robot murderbots look incredibly cool. If given the chance, what...

Of all the imminent dangers around the world right now, one slightly less imminent danger that tends to get forgotten is the giant...

There are tons of reasons why we can't live on Mars just yet, even ignoring the unfinished challenge of actually moving some people...

Self-made teenage bitcoin millionaire Erik Finkman wants to launch YouTube into space. No, not the cat videos--Project Da Vinci, set...

Two major problems plague scientists who rely on satellites--first is the prohibitive cost, and second is the growing mass of junk...

3D printing is going to be a big part of space travel. Imagine if, instead of needing to take endless just-in-case resources and spare...

If you haven’t heard about the upcoming eclipse, you may have been living under a moon rock. On August 21st, a historic total solar...

Grab your tinfoil hats, folks, because we’re discussing NASA secrets. No, not greys and reptilians, we’re talking about secret...

Supersonic flight. It elicits images of a heavily outfitted pilot strapped in, bracing for the moment when they shatter the sound...

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...