Space
Blue Meteorite Crystals Reveal the Sun’s Wild Youth
Ancient relics confirm our solar system’s tempestuous origins
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Space
What to Expect for Friday’s Record-Breaking Lunar Eclipse
The upcoming total eclipse of the moon will be the longest of the 21st century
Space
Scientists Definitely Have Not Found Life on the Moon
Earth’s Moon may have once been habitable—but that does not mean it was ever inhabited
Space
Signs of Life on Europa May Be Just beneath the Surface
New maps suggest evidence of alien life in the icy moon’s buried ocean could be surprisingly easy to find
Space
Watch a Baby Exoplanet Being Born
New observations reveal an infant alien world coalescing from gas and dust around a young star
Space
Breezes Could Help Power Landers on Mars
Wind turbines could produce significant amounts of electricity for robots exploring the Red Planet’s surface
Space
How Theoretical Physicists Can Help Find Aliens
To be successful, scientists searching for extraterrestrial beings may need to revisit some fundamental assumptions about the nature of life itself
Space
NASA Defers Launch of James Webb Space Telescope Again—This Time to 2021
The postponement brings the project's total estimated lifetime cost to $9.66 billion—and further delays are possible
Space
Ingredients for Life Found on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
A new look at old data from NASA’s Cassini orbiter shows complex organic molecules are gushing from the tiny moon
Engineering
Could the Self-Repairing Star Wars Droid L3-37 Come to Life?
We're not that close to making self-modifying robots, expert says
Space
Massive Dust Storm Engulfs Mars
The sunlight-sapping global storm has taken NASA’s Opportunity rover offline, perhaps forever
Space
NASA Offers New Plan to Detect and Destroy Dangerous Asteroids
The federal government's five-point strategy is a roadmap for dealing with threatening near-Earth objects
Space
Gravitational “Echoes” Could Reveal Colliding Wormholes
A unique signature in gravitational wave observations could show that hypothetical tunnels through space-time actually exist
Policy & Ethics
Trump Orders “Space Force,” Signs Space-Traffic Policy
The President’s proposal could create a new branch of the armed services meant to assure “American dominance” in space
Space
Weird Low-Light Bacteria Could Potentially Thrive on Mars
The photosynthetic organisms subsist on redder, lower-energy light than other species, and could be a new source of fuel and air for interplanetary outposts
Space
As Massive Storm Rages on Mars, Opportunity Rover Falls Silent
Dust clouds blotting out the sun could be the end of the solar-powered probe
Space
Poll: Climate Change, Global Leadership Should Be Top Priorities for U.S. Space Program
A majority of Americans in a new national survey expressed support for a vision of space exploration largely at odds with the federal government’s present plans
Space
Surprise! Jupiter’s Lightning Looks a Lot Like Earth’s
Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals thunderbolts around the giant planet’s stormy poles
Space
Pluto Has Dunes, but They’re Not Made of Sand
Images from NASA’s New Horizons probe reveal mysterious mounds made of frozen methane or nitrogen
Space
Pioneering NASA Astronaut Don Peterson Dies at 84
In 1983, Peterson performed the first spacewalk from a space shuttle
