SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — the most powerful rocket in the world — is nearly ready
Heavy metal in space.
Tag: Space
Long-term exposure to mictrogravity can lower physical fitness down by half
And exercise doesn't fix it.
This is why space armor is becoming more important
Things are getting pretty dicey in outer space.
Morning glory seeds are hardy enough to survive in space, experiment reveals
Seeds -- the tiny bunkers of life.
Turns out you can make harder-than-concrete bricks on Mars simply by compressing soil
That's surprisingly convenient.
NASA is designing small away-from-home-ecosystems to make space exploration sustainable
Recycle everything!!!
From fiction to reality: scientists grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions
Interplanetary potato, yeah!
NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no “down”
Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.
Israeli company designs anti-radiation body armor to protect astronauts in space
+3 armor +25 radiation resist.
Earth-born methanogen bacteria species could survive in Mars’ crust, new study shows
Life can be surprisingly hardy.
NASA establishes first Space Technology Research Institutes to make Mars a self-sufficient colony
"Producing > packing" -- NASA.
First artwork to be made in space is now orbiting above all our heads
"A laugh star floating in space, above all our heads, is my attempt to create a contemporary metaphor for the ...
Tomorrow, India will launch a record-shattering 104 satellite missions
I can't even muster enough willpower to count up to 104.
NASA creates computers that can survive on Venus, 30 years after the last landings
They'll have to face boiling acids and extreme pressures.
JAXA’s mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether
Cleaning up is hard.
Wearing NASA’s new Starliner space suit is reason enough to become an astronaut
Guaranteed to maintain awesomeness even at 0 atm.
Microorganisms can survive in space and on other planets, safe behind dried-up biofilms
Worry and excitement, all in one paper.
New NASA phone app is basically ‘Plant Sims in Space’
Take a trip on the ISS and grow some plants.
Rubies and sapphires rain down on huge planet
Still a hellish planet, but a beautiful hellish planet at that.
Russian-launched Progress resupply module crashes on-route to the ISS
Nobody was hurt and no one is starving but it's never fun when this happens.
The GLEAM team shows us how space would look if we could see radio waves
Hint: it would be spectacular.
Astronomers may have discovered a new cosmic phenomena — and we don’t really know what it is
What we do know is that it blasts enormously powerful X-rays into the void.
A pair of astronauts have entered China’s Tiangong 2 space station, beginning the country’s longest manned space mission
China is making strides in its own space program.
China launches FAST, the largest radio-telescope in the world
Big country, big telescope.
Centaurs break apart to get rings, astrophysicists now believe
Not big enough to capture material, the centaurs supply their own.
ESA’s Gaia observatory sends back first star chart showing a billion new stars
Seeing is believing.
Scientists may have seen a black hole being born for the first time ever
Awww, it has your....mass.
Juno captures the closest-ever pictures of Jupiter we’ve seen — and its hair-raising voice
We've never seen anything like this before.
NASA plans to send an autonomous submarine into space — for a very good reason
The sub will be used to explore Titan's oceans.
Astronomers come back from a year on Mars… in Hawaii
NASA's year-long Mars simulation experiment has concluded today.
Stanford scientists map poverty… from outer space
Researchers have developed a method to identify impoverished areas using free information from satellite imagery.
Music company just played a vinyl record 28,000 meters above the Earth
You could say they hit a high note.
Too big to orbit: Jupiter is so massive it doesn’t actually orbit the Sun
They actually take one another for a spin.
This illusion can hack your brain into feeling the space around you
All you need is a brush and a rubber hand.
Vegetables grown on Mars could be healthier than their Earth-grown counterparts
Food grown on Mars has been officially declared edible.
Elon Musk warns that settling Mars will be harsh, even deadly for the first colonists
Mars will be very safe and very comfortable one day. But first it's going to be harsh and unwelcoming.
Hollywood’s Portrayal of Space: Part 1
Hollywood screenwriters and directors are in business to make a lot of money. For space movies, they make trailers packed ...
Lonely planet found in a family of stars
NASA astronauts have discovered a lonely planetary-like mass floating on its own, without a solar system. A young, free-floating world ...
Mammalian embryos develop in space for the first time
There's confidence that reproducing in space is indeed possible, based on previous research. The most recent experiment made by Chinese ...
Space laws: What happens if you commit a crime on the moon?
Well, technically if you're not a space pirate, you'll be prosecuted by the laws governing your home country. On the ...
The International Space Station’s incredible flower garden is in full bloom
This bright orange zinnia was grown in the Vegetable Production System (also known as the gloriously puny "Veggie"), a deployable ...
NASA posted a dazzling library of space sounds – and you’re free to use them
Apollo 11: Eagle Has Landed NASA's mission to better understand the Universe around us resulted not only in text, images ...
Astronaut food: what astronauts eat in space
Many of you reading this hope to one day be able to explore outer space; the thrill of discovery, entwined ...
Russia wants to fight gender inequality by hilariously planning an all-female mission to the moon
Russia is locking up six women together to simulate a trip to the moon and back. But no one is ...
