Space & PhysicsMay 2, 2016
How NASA's Next Big Telescope Could Take Pictures of Another Earth
A “starshade” flying alongside the WFIRST observatory could deliver images of potentially habitable worlds decades ahead of schedule
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Space & PhysicsMay 1, 2016
We Need More Space Probes to Venus
Space agencies have paid too little attention to the most Earth-like planet in our solar system
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Space & PhysicsApril 29, 2016
Astronaut Moviemakers Share Their Views of a Beautiful Planet
The newest IMAX movie filmed in orbit highlights Earth’s precariousness
ComputingApril 29, 2016
Software Error Doomed Japanese Hitomi Spacecraft
Space agency declares the astronomy satellite a loss
Space & PhysicsApril 28, 2016
SpaceX May Launch Private Mars Mission as Early as 2018
The company is said to be demonstrating technology to land large payloads
Space & PhysicsApril 26, 2016
New Horizons Has Big Plans beyond Pluto
An extended mission for the space probe would take it to a small Kuiper Belt object in 2019
Space & PhysicsApril 26, 2016
Can Starshot Work?
The answer lies in overcoming known and yet-to-be discovered hurdles—it'll be a wild ride
Space & PhysicsApril 12, 2016
Kepler Planet-Hunting Spacecraft Bounces Back after Glitch
The planet-hunting telescope has resumed communication with Earth and may be able to start science research again soon
Space & PhysicsApril 12, 2016
$100-Million Plan Will Send Probes to the Nearest Star
Funded by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner and with the blessing of Stephen Hawking, Breakthrough Starshot aims to send probes to Alpha Centauri in a generation
Space & PhysicsApril 5, 2016
NASA’s Decaying Spaceflight Facilities Preserved in Photos
In Abandoned in Place photographer Roland Miller takes readers on a tour of the right stuff turned to relics
Space & PhysicsApril 4, 2016
Blue Origin Launches and Lands Rocket for the Third Time
Jeff Bezos's private spaceflight company sticks another vertical landing in unmanned test
Space & PhysicsApril 1, 2016
NASA Announces the Science Experiments That Will Ride on the Most Powerful Rocket Ever
In 2018 the Space Launch System will carry 13 shoebox-size CubeSats into deep space