
NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens
A new investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena could have bigger impacts on atmospheric science than on astrobiology
A new investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena could have bigger impacts on atmospheric science than on astrobiology
“Decolonizing” the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) could boost its chances of success, says science historian Rebecca Charbonneau
Although modest in scope, a NASA research project reflects shifting attitudes toward the formerly taboo subject of UFOs
The suits, supplied by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, will be used in NASA’s upcoming Artemis lunar missions and will protect space travellers from micrometeoroids, moon dust and even vomit...
The spacecraft will arrive in lunar orbit in mid-November to help prepare for a future moon-orbiting outpost
Rolling up an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, the rover starts crucial rock sampling.
We now know that plants survive but fail to thrive in lunar soil
A structure that links amino acids suggests that early organisms could have been based on an RNA-protein mix
Russia will move forward with lunar exploration without its European partners
An influential panel’s recommendation makes the ice giant a likely destination for a flagship space mission
The icy nucleus of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) wide
A high-speed fireball that struck Earth in 2014 looked to be interstellar in origin, but verifying this extraordinary claim required extraordinary cooperation from secretive defense programs...
Axiom Space’s visit to the International Space Station is a milestone for commercial human spaceflight
More than 100 employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center were surprised when a test project allowing them to add their pronouns to their agency identifiers was abruptly canceled...
Although the space-junk strike on March 4 will probably be harmless, such events may soon become more common—and dangerous
In the next five years, the nation hopes to launch a robotic craft to an asteroid, two lunar missions and an orbital observatory
Space agencies are partnering with car manufacturers to custom build new rovers—or retrofit commercial vehicles—for future missions to the moon and Mars
The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 is projected to linger in our planet’s vicinity for the next 4,000 years
Despite efforts to reduce light pollution from the satellites, their disruptions of astronomical observations are increasing at an alarming pace
The successful unfurling of the five-layered, tennis court-sized assemblage is a major milestone for the new observatory
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