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NASA Releases Close-Up Pictures of Comet from Another Star System

NASA Releases Close-Up Pictures of Comet from Another Star System

NASA has released new close-up images of 3I/ATLAS, a rare comet that originated from outside our solar system. The pictures...

Historic Mars mission and Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket’s major debut postponed due to weather

Historic Mars mission and Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket’s major debut postponed due to weather

This was supposed to be a historical moment for Blue Origin. The New Glenn rocket, which is 322 feet, is...

SpaceX to Launch NASA, NOAA Missions Exploring The Impacts Of The Sun

SpaceX to Launch NASA, NOAA Missions Exploring The Impacts Of The Sun

A New Dawn for Space Weather: NASA, NOAA, and SpaceX Join Forces in a Bold Tri-Mission at 7:30 a.m. EDT...

NASA Sounding Rocket Aims for Aug. 25 Launch

NASA Sounding Rocket Aims for Aug. 25 Launch

NASA plans a launch of another thrilling one carried out by its Wallops flight facility in Virginia. The target launch...

SpaceX Scrubs Crew 11 Launch Due to Cloud Cover, Eyes August 1 Liftoff Instead

SpaceX Scrubs Crew 11 Launch Due to Cloud Cover, Eyes August 1 Liftoff Instead

The planned launch of SpaceX’s Crew 11 mission was called off Tuesday morning due to poor weather conditions just moments...

SpaceX Dragon Undocks, Begins Fiery Descent Toward Sunday Ocean Splashdown

SpaceX Dragon Undocks, Begins Fiery Descent Toward Sunday Ocean Splashdown

After receiving an order from SpaceX ground control devices, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon ship was undocked from the zenith, or...

NASA and Space-X’s Crew 10 Ready to Repatriate Stranded Astronauts

NASA and Space-X’s Crew 10 Ready to Repatriate Stranded Astronauts

With the eyes of the world fixed on NASA and Space-X collaborated launch of Crew-10, anticipation builds for the conclusion...

Google tangos with NASA

Google tangos with NASA

You’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Google’s Project Ara, but Project Tango is starting to garner some well...

Are 3D printers the future of food for 12 billion people?

Are 3D printers the future of food for 12 billion people?

There are food shortages around the world. People die from hunger in all countries and regions. Keeping the seven billion...

Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day

Wringing out a washcloth in space is the coolest thing you’ll see all day

Some would call it a slow news day. We call it an epic day for space, for Canada, and for...

NASA PhoneSats use Android phones to send data from orbit

NASA PhoneSats use Android phones to send data from orbit

Earlier this week, NASA launched three smartphone satellites, called “PhoneSats”, into orbit. They rode into space aboard the maiden flight...

Tardigrades survive just about anything and scientists still don’t know why

Tardigrades survive just about anything and scientists still don’t know why

They can survive temperatures near absolute zero or as high as 300 degrees. The crushing pressure at the bottom of...

Space cowboy Alan Friedman turns the Sun into brilliant art

Space cowboy Alan Friedman turns the Sun into brilliant art

One doesn't have to work at NASA or SpaceX to explore the heavens. Telescopes have been publicly available for decades...

Dreaming of being an astronaut just got easier

Dreaming of being an astronaut just got easier

The childhood bed has been the place where many dreams of traveling through space have manifested. Since before Neil Armstrong...

NASA set to launch 13k square foot solar sail as early as next year

NASA set to launch 13k square foot solar sail as early as next year

The term "solar sailing" was first coined by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1964 book "Sunjammer" but the roots of...

NASA jumps the gun, tells us why the world didn’t end ahead of it not actually ending

NASA jumps the gun, tells us why the world didn’t end ahead of it not actually ending

When you're talking about why the world didn't end yesterday, the normal way to do so is to make sure...

Greetings from Mars: We’re NASA and we know it (Video)

Greetings from Mars: We’re NASA and we know it (Video)

Greetings humans, curiosity the rover had you watch live from the web its landing on Mars to try and decipher...

297-frame stop motion video of Curiosity’s descent

297-frame stop motion video of Curiosity’s descent

The world watched as NASA put another rover on Mars. It wasn't as much about the expedition - we've been...

Google top execs offer to save NASA’s Hangar One… to house their private jets

Google top execs offer to save NASA’s Hangar One… to house their private jets

It is said that most acts of kindness are done with ulterior motives in mind. The offer that Google's top...

Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning

Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning

Sky watchers on the US west coast all the way over to east Asia are in for a rare treat...