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SpaceX is about to launch the final version of its Falcon 9 rocket for the...
SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, plans to launch a Bangladeshi communications satellite on Thursday.But the main attraction will be the final version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, called...
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SpaceX is about to launch the 'final version' of its Falcon 9 rocket for the...
SpaceX plans to launch Bangladesh's first geostationary communications satellite on Thursday at around 4:12 p.m. EDT.The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 mission will be the first to fly on a Falcon 9 Block 5...
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Elon Musk says this powerful new SpaceX rocket may be 'the most reliable ever...
SpaceX hopes to launch its new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket for the first time today.The mission was delayed after a last-minute launch abort on Thursday, but is now scheduled for lift off at 4:14 p.m....
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch more rockets than any nation on Earth this...
For the first time, SpaceX will attempt to launch the newest and final version of its workhorse rocket.The rocket, called Falcon 9 Block 5, has a giant booster that can be launched, landed, and...
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Astronauts may one day use this tube to eat, drink, breathe, and recycle poop...
Elon Musk and SpaceX have a goal of permanently colonizing Mars, but traditional life support systems run through food, water, air, and other supplies relatively quickly.Plants and bacteria can recycle...
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It's official: NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars for the first time in 2020
NASA is launching a car-size nuclear-powered rover to Mars in 2020.The space agency confirmed on Friday that the spacecraft will also carry a sidekick helicopter.To stay aloft in the thin Martian air,...
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Scientists just discovered NASA accidentally flew through a blast of alien...
Scientists looked at 20-year-old data from NASA's Galileo probe, which reached Jupiter in the 1990s.The researchers discovered that the robot had flown through water spraying out of Europa, an icy moon...
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The fastest-growing black hole in the universe eats a sun every 48 hours —...
A "supermassive" black hole swallowing up the mass of our sun every two days has been found by astronomers in Australia.The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics found the black hole by looking...
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A tiny satellite bound for Mars just snapped a photo of Earth that will make...
When NASA launched its InSight Mars lander on May 5, it also sent along two small, identical satellites, collectively called Mars Cube One.One of the backpack-size "CubeSat" spacecraft recently took a...
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An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is set to narrowly miss Earth...
An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is set to pass within half a moon's distance of Earth on Tuesday evening.The asteroid, dubbed 2010 WC9, will come closer to our planet than any asteroid of...
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Astronomers found new evidence that a giant ghost planet may lurk in our...
Scientists found surprising evidence that there may be a ninth planet in our solar system.In a new paper, scientists announced the discovery of an object, called 2015 BP519, that may orbit a hidden...
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Congress and Trump are running out of time to fix a $100-billion investment...
NASA has spent about $100 billion on the International Space Station, plus $3-4 billion a year to maintain its presence.The Trump administration wants to cut off NASA's space station access years ahead...
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China launches satellite to monitor, land on, and drive a rover on the dark...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the...
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Earth is a desert planet compared to these ocean worlds in the solar system
Earth seems to have a huge water supply, but it's relatively dry compared to other ocean worlds.Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa has about twice the volume of Earth's liquid water.Ganymede, the...
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A little-known feature in Google Maps lets you explore our local solar system...
Most people just use Google Maps to get directions from A to B, but it's also an incredible educational tool in its own right.Using Google Maps is a great way to learn more about the various cities and...
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The solar system has at least 8 giant, secret oceans where alien life may...
Scientists recently found even more evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is hiding an enormous ocean of saltwater.To say Europa's ocean is vast would be an understatement. If all of Earth's water —...
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SpaceX is about to launch 2 NASA satellites into orbit — here's how to watch...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will launch seven satellites on Tuesday.Two of the satellites are part of a NASA mission to detect slight changes in the Earth's gravitational field, which will give scientists...
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This detailed map of Jupiter might be the most complete picture of the planet...
The ancient Romans once said Jupiter was god of the sky. So it's perhaps no surprise that the largest planet in our solar system is kind of hard to see in its entirety.Sitting more than 365 million...
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The US military released a study on warp drives and faster-than-light travel....
The US Department of Defense funded a series of studies on advanced aerospace technologies, including warp drives.The studies came out of a program that also funded research into UFO sightings.One...
View ArticleForget Mars, there could be life on Venus
Scientists now think there could be microscopic life floating in the clouds of Venus. Their theory is surprising, considering how inhospitable the surface of Venus is. But in the clouds, the...
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