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  • 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 20 hours 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 1 day 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 2 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 2 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 8 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 11 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 13 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 15 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 19 days 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 19 days 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 19 days 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 20 days 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 20 days 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 27 days 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 27 days ago Read More
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base as the International Space Station (ISS) intersects the flight path on May 9, 2024 in Lompoc, California.

    The Sun Is Swatting Starlink Satellites Like Flies

    NASA scientists found that geomagnetic storms are shortening the lifespan of Starlink satellites.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • SpaceX Starship Flight 8 takes off from Orbital Launch Pad A at Boca Chica beach on March 06, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.

    SpaceX Starship Suffers 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly' While Returning To Earth

    Starship's ninth test flight actually made it to space, but the private space company lost control of the massive rocket before it broke up during re-entry.

    By Ryan Erik King 1 month ago Read More
  • A closeup of a U.S. Space Force uniform

    What Exactly Does The U.S. Space Force Do?

    It's the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces, and it's not like outer-space aliens are invading (at least, that we know of). So what does the Space Force do?

    By Nicholas Werner 1 month ago Read More
  • A case holding lunar rock and debris recently collected from the Moon by China's space program that is part of a display at the National Museum of China is seen on March 2, 2021 in Beijing, China.

    China Handing Out Moon Rocks To Everyone But NASA

    This era of non-cooperation between the two space agencies stems from a law passed by Congress in 2011.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • NASA's Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon

    New GPS-Like System For The Moon Could Be An Astronaut Version Of Waze

    Spanish tech conglomerate GMV unveiled a GPS-like system for the Moon last week called LUPIN.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights after sunset atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Trump's $6 Billion NASA Funding Cut Jeopardizes Race To Moon Against China

    Any crewed lunar exploration program is a protracted and expensive effort that requires steadfast leadership, the antithesis of the Trump White House.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • A family spends time together on the shore near the Starship Flight 3 Rocket a day before its scheduled launch at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica beach on March 13, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

    Starbase, Texas Now Officially Company Town For Elon Musk's SpaceX

    It's now within the realm of possibility that SpaceX could be paid in crypto company scrip because Elon Musk is now in control of a company town.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • NASA's Orion Capsule is drawn to the well deck of the U.S.S. Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

    NASA Is Ditching The Military To Privatize Astronaut Rescue

    Is saving money on splashdown safety the right priority for NASA?

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
  • Members from China's Manned Space Agency and visitors watch as the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft onboard the Long March-2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 30, 2023 in Jiuquan, China.

    U.S. Blocking Countries From Hitching Ride With Rival Moon Base Project, China Claims

    A top official in the China National Space Administration criticized the U.S. for interfering in its efforts to attract countries to plans for a moon base.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
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