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  • UFO fans

    UFO Obsessives Are Not Happy That The Pentagon Has Been Deceiving The Public For Decades

    When conspiracy theories are inevitably debunked, the debunking is quickly counter-debunked, usually with a fresh ratcheting of the whole conspiracy framework.

    By Matthew DeBord 8 hours ago Read More
  • A woman standing with a large Martian meteorite

    You Can Buy The Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found (And A Sick Dinosaur Skeleton Too)

    Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

    By Daniel Golson 15 hours ago Read More
  • Technicians in self-contained atmospheric protective ensemble suits start to conduct initial checks on the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1) after its landing Dec. 3, 2010, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

    Trump Megabill Tosses $1 Billion At Space Force's Boeing Spaceplane

    The $1B dedicated to the X-35B is part of a $11.3B budget increase for Space Force amid the White House leaving civilian spaceflight on a shoestring budget.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 day ago Read More
  • A Boeing ESS satellite for the U.S. Space Force orbits the Earth (computer rendering)

    Boeing Is Building Next-Gen Satellites To Control America's Nukes

    These satellites are the sort of thing you really hope that nobody ever has to use. But if the very worst ever happens, you'll really, really want them to work.

    By Nicholas Werner 2 days ago Read More
  • Lockheed Martin's proposed ascent vehicle ascends into Mars orbit (computer rendering)

    Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover's Samples To Earth If NASA Can't

    While originally conceived as an in-house job, NASA has since realized that its version of the plan would cost at least $7 billion.

    By Nicholas Werner 4 days ago Read More
  • NASA's logo atop a stand at a facility

    NASA's Most Experienced Staff Are Taking Trump's Buyouts

    In a classic case of trying to lose weight by cutting off your own head, it appears that over 2,500 employees are preparing to depart the space agency.

    By Nicholas Werner 5 days ago Read More
  • A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon Project Kuiper is prepared for the launch of the first production satellites from Space Launch Complex 41 on April 9, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    Disaster Looms As President Trump Plans To Defund Satellite Crash Avoidance Service

    The U.S. Space Force and the entire private space industry are telling Congress this is a recipe for disaster.

    By Ryan Erik King 5 days ago Read More
  • SpaceX has a history of disregarding environmental concerns as it rushes forward with an unprecedented number of launches. The private space company faced scrutiny from the New York Times last year. The newspaper detailed how a Starship launch reduced a nest of a fragile migratory bird species to a yellow smear of egg yolk and destroyed nine nests in total. It wasn't a one-off incident, but a worrying trend at SpaceX's Texas facility. In response, Musk posted on X,

    Air Force Halts SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Tests To Save Seabirds From Potential Blasts

    The U.S. Air Force announced last Thursday that it's suspending plans for testing hypersonic rocket delivery systems on a remote Pacific atoll.

    By Ryan Erik King 7 days ago Read More
  • The International Space Station

    NASA Plans To Leave The ISS After 2030 - Here's What Will Come Next

    The ISS has been operational for well over two decades, but its days are numbered. Here's what the plan for human habitation in space is after 2030.

    By Justin Hughes 10 days ago Read More
  • Entirely accurate depiction of the new interstellar visitor

    Object Spotted From Outside Solar System The Same Day As In The Documentary Film 'Independence Day'

    The object is likely a 12-mile wide asteroid or comet from way, way out of town that just happens to be passing through our neighborhood, but you never know...

    By Nicholas Werner 13 days ago Read More
  • Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center

    Texas Tries To Use 'Big Beautiful Bill' To Steal Space Shuttle Discovery From The Smithsonian

    Texas Senators are trying to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the Smithsonian to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

    By Justin Hughes 14 days ago Read More
  • A rocket launching

    Space Funeral Craft Crashes, Ejects 166 Remains At Sea

    When your space-obsessed loved ones die, you can spend $3,500 to send their cremated remains out into orbit.

    By Amber DaSilva 15 days ago Read More
  • Representative Lauren Boebert

    Lauren Boebert Giggles Her Way Through Faked Moon Landing And A Few Other Top Conspiracy Theories

    Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert isn't going to turn down a chance to do the conspiracy thing, even if she probably thinks it's all an inside joke.

    By Matthew DeBord 15 days ago Read More
  • A NASA artist's rendition of the Relay 1 satellite

    Scientists Detect Radio Burst From Deepest Space, Then Realize It's Just A Satellite, Then Realize The Satellite Was Signaling From Beyond The Grave

    Space is a vast, weird place, and even our brightest minds are still only just scratching the surface of all it has to tell us.

    By Nicholas Werner 18 days ago Read More
  • F-117 Nighthawk

    Lockheed's Infamous Skunk Works Actually Tested Metal That Was Part Of A UFO Con Job

    Lockheed Martin's supersecret lab that developed stealth technology wound up getting a mysterious, possibly extraterrestrial metal fragment from the military.

    By Matthew DeBord 18 days ago Read More
  • he Artemis 1 moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft sit poised on Launch Pad 39B November 13, 2022 as the countdown for the third launch attempt continues at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    NASA Plows Forward, Testing A Moon Rocket That The White House Is Trying To Cancel

    Despite the White House's desire to cancel the Space Launch System, the Artemis program's primary launch vehicle, NASA continues to test the rocket.

    By Ryan Erik King 18 days ago Read More
  • From left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin Jnr, the crew of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing mission are subjected to a period of quarantine upon their return to earth.

    Inhaling Moon Dust Is Somehow Less Toxic Than Urban Air Pollution

    Without the looming threats of long-term health issues, NASA could use moon dust to build its base on the surface.

    By Ryan Erik King 21 days ago Read More
  • A Long March-2F rocket blasts off into the sky

    China Is Close To Being Able To Refuel Satellites On-Orbit (And Maybe Already Has)

    Up until now, satellites have not even been designed with refueling in mind, because, well, it wasn't possible. That will change if China can prove otherwise.

    By Nicholas Werner 23 days ago Read More
  • The explosion of a SpaceX Starship during a static fire test

    SpaceX Lights Up Texas Night With Massive Starship Fireball

    Elon Musk touts the SpaceX Starship as the spacecraft that will deliver humanity to Mars, but the massive rocket has rarely made it to space without exploding.

    By Ryan Erik King 26 days ago Read More
  • Honda reusable rocket

    Honda Launches A Reusable Rocket And It Didn't Even Explode

    Honda, the automotive, motorcycle, small-engine, and robotics company, pushed Japan several steps closer to its outer space ambitions.

    By Brad Brownell 28 days ago Read More
  • UFO enthusiasts

    The Department Of Defense Has Spent Decades Encouraging Americans To Believe In UFOs

    The Pentagon wanted to keep its Cold War weapons programs top secret, turning to the oldest trick in the book to distract friend and foes alike: misdirection.

    By Matthew DeBord 1 month ago Read More
  • SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launches from the pad

    Why Does SpaceX's Starship Rocket Keep Exploding?

    Why do SpaceX's Starship rockets keep blowing up? The answer is a bit more intentional than you might expect.

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • A image of text imposed over an photo of Buzz Aldrin standing in front of the Apollo Lunar Module

    How Volkswagen Joined In On 1969's Apollo Fever

    If you bought the July 25, 1969 issue of the New York Times, a cheeky ad from Volkswagen celebrated the moon landing by poking fun at itself.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • The NASA logo at the Mary W. Jackson headquarters in Washington, DC

    NASA Starts Asking Employees To Take Buyouts Or Retire Early

    This all comes a few weeks after the Trump administration's 2026 federal government budget proposal writ large, which includes a full 24% funding cut for NASA.

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • A long-exposure photograph of the night sky with streaks caused by stars and satellites

    Vantablack Paint Might Have A Legitimate Use Case In Space

    Surrey NanoSystems, Vantablack's creator, announced that it's tackling the reflectivity of satellites that threatens ground-based astronomical research.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • Boeing and NASA teams work around NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft after it landed uncrewed at White Sands Space Harbor, on September 6, 2024 at White Sands, New Mexico.

    How NASA Plans To Deal With Death In Space

    No American space mission has left the remains of a lost astronaut floating in the final frontier, but NASA has a plan if it happens.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

    If Musk Really Did Strand Astronauts In Space Over His Feud With Trump The U.S. May Have To Turn To Russia To Get Them Back

    NASA's emergency option isn't a desirable one; Russia.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
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