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  • Side view of a box truck transporting CERN's BASE-STEP trap, carrying 92 antimatter particles out of the lab
    1

    CERN Scientists Take Antimatter On Its Very First Road Trip

    This is an important step toward enabling other research facilities around Europe to participate in antimatter research.

    By Justin Hughes 3 hours ago Read More
  • NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, is seen as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, Friday, March 20, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
    13

    NASA Wants Twice-Yearly Flurry Of Missions To Build Moon Base

    NASA is gradually becoming a government-funding chamber of space commerce.

    By Ryan Erik King 4 days ago Read More
  • Steering wheel and interior of the Ferrari Luce.
    15

    NASA Helped Ferrari Make The Luce EV's Acceleration Less 'Disturbing'

    Supercar performance isn't just about the technology or the numbers, but how that performance is "perceived by the human being."

    By Nico DeMattia 5 days ago Read More
  • An artist's impression of a TransAstra capture bag seizing an asteroid in space
    10

    Private Company Wants To Bag House-Sized Asteroid For Resources

    Science fiction might be becoming science reality: Putting a big net up in space, then using it to catch asteroids, and mine them for valuable materials.

    By Ryan Erik King 6 days ago Read More
  • A controlled detonation on Feb. 5 at a remote test site at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
    10

    NASA Says Screw All This, Is Just Going To Blow Fuel Up Now

    NASA is saying this all with a straight face and pretending this is serious work regarding safety, not merely something it wanted to do because why wouldn't it.

    By Nicholas Werner 6 days ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of internet satellite constellations in Earth orbit
    5

    FCC Chairman Defends SpaceX By Cyberbullying Amazon In Battle Over One-Million Satellite Constellation

    Carr's point appears to be that companies shouldn't be using public comments to fight with each other in the regulatory domain.

    By Nicholas Werner 11 days ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of the Dragonfly rotorcraft flying over the surface of Titan
    9

    NASA Is Making A Nuclear-Powered Dragonfly Helicopter Straight Out Of Dune

    The mission is hoping to give humanity its best look ever at Saturn's moon Titan.

    By Nicholas Werner 13 days ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of an asteroid collision in space
    38

    NASA Rammed An Asteroid Hard Enough To Change Its Trajectory, Maybe We're Not All Doomed

    The spacecraft slowed down the system's 76,000 mph orbital speed... by two inches per hour. We're going to have to punch a lot harder if we want to save Earth.

    By Nicholas Werner 14 days ago Read More
  • A portion of the night sky filled with stars
    7

    Teen Discovers 1.5 Million Unidentified Space Objects Based On NASA Data

    In recognition of his work, Matteo Paz won the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, which includes a $250,000 prize that he's putting toward college.

    By Justin Hughes 18 days ago Read More
  • The NASA logo at the entrance to Kennedy Space Center
    6

    Senate Lays Out Its Biggest Plans For NASA In Years, Accelerating Moon Race And Delaying ISS Termination

    For a while, NASA's future looked to be on shaky ground, but this new proposal seems like a fresh vote of confidence.

    By Nicholas Werner 21 days ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars
    1

    Mars Rover Finally Gets Martian GPS (Sort Of), One Step Closer To Autonomous Planetary Exploration

    Just like the Scarecrow of Oz, it turns out the rover was smart all along, it just didn't realize!

    By Nicholas Werner 30 days ago Read More
  • The Orion spacecraft from the Artemis I mission at its maximum distance from Earth
    7

    NASA Slows Down To Speed Up Moon Landing Plans, Will Now Actually Test Lunar Landers Before Using Them

    The changes announced today are very welcome news and put the agency in a much better position to successfully land without killing any astronauts.

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission
    33

    NASA Officially Classifies Boeing Starliner Failure As A Maximum-Level Type A Mishap

    Despite it all, NASA doesn't want to give up on Boeing, and the Starliner project is moving ahead in a reduced capacity.

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • Rendering of the star tracker system on a Starlink satellite detecting other objects in orbit
    8

    SpaceX Comes Up With Yet Another New Business Model, Privatized Space Traffic Control

    Starlink has been in a closed beta of this system with other operators, and now, it's opening up to any other operator who wants it, for free. Well, "free."

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • A replica of Luna 9 at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow, Russia
    7

    Lost Soviet Moon Probe Sparks Quarrel After Two Research Teams Claim Find In Different Locations

    Luna 9 touched down on the Moon on February 3, 1966. Exactly where is still a mystery.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • The asteroid Bennu partly covered in shadow
    8

    NASA Finds Building Blocks Of Life On Frozen Asteroid

    The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin.

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • The Crawler-Transporter 2, also known as the CT-2, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
    16

    These Are The Massive Diesel Engines That Move NASA's 6.6-Million-Pound Crawler-Transporter

    To get its Artemis moongoing spacecraft to the launchpad, NASA uses a giant vehicle powered by huge diesel engines that originally had a very different mission.

    By Brad Brownell 1 month ago Read More
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 takes off
    27

    Space Babies Are Going To Be Harder To Make Than You Think

    Space is full of radiation, which is bad for both babies and non-babies alike, but we also have to worry about how microgravity affects the human body, too.

    By Collin Woodard 1 month ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of an astronaut using a smartphone to take a selfie on the Moon with the Earth behind
    13

    NASA Will Let Artemis Astronauts Bring Smartphones To Take Moon Selfies

    What smartphones do the astronauts actually use? Are these Android users or Apple stans?

    By Nicholas Werner 2 months ago Read More
  • Astronaut Alberto GutiĆ©rrez looks back at Earth during the NS-38 mission. (January 22, 2026)
    33

    Blue Origin Is Changing Trajectory To Compete In Earth Orbit And On The Moon

    It won't just be a way for celebrities to go on a star safari anymore: it's ready to get deeply involved in the orbital economy.

    By Nicholas Werner 2 months ago Read More
  • A map of the planned and actual routes the Perseverance Mars rover took during its AI-planned route on December 10, 2025
    8

    Mars Rover Can't Escape AI Even On A Whole Separate Planet

    Driving the rover remotely in real time isn't possible due to the vast distance between the planets.

    By Justin Hughes 2 months ago Read More
  • The Headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, with a Falcon 9 booster in March 2024.
    34

    SpaceX Files Federal Request To Launch 1 Million AI Data Center Satellites Into Orbit

    Orbit is only getting more and more crowded as different private companies and sovereign nations attempt to establish a footing on the celestial high ground.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • Artist's rendering of satellites orbiting the Earth
    24

    Now It's A MechaSpace Race: China Wants To Put AI Data Centers In Space, Too

    This combines two of the most important races the countries are engaged in, the space race and the AI race.

    By Nicholas Werner 2 months ago Read More
  • The #24 BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP of Sheldon van der Linde, Dries Vanthoor, Robin Frijns, Rene Rast drives during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway on January 24, 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
    1

    NASA To Improve Machine Learning With Endurance Racing Data

    IMSA mentioned machine learning for diagnostics, wireless networking and RFID applications as a potential area for discussion.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • NASA's recently acquired F-15s parked at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA
    16

    Two F-15s Refuse To Retire, Join NASA's Quesst For Civilian Supersonic Instead

    Not content to watch these young whippersnapper planes take all the glory, the F-15s will be kitted out with sensory and data collection gear.

    By Nicholas Werner 2 months ago Read More
  • Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on the launch pad
    28

    Blue Origin Plans TeraWave Satellite Internet Service 6,000 Times Faster Than Starlink Will Be

    That amazing improvement will come courtesy of two major departures from Starlink's model.

    By Nicholas Werner 2 months ago Read More
  • Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return from their 9 month stay on the ISS
    12

    Astronaut Suni Williams Retires After Spending 608 Days In Space

    There isn't much money in getting stuck in space, as Williams only received an extra $1,430 for her 9-month extended work trip.

    By Collin Woodard 2 months ago Read More
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