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NASA just sent a tiny spacecraft to scope out an orbiting moon base
Big lunar ambitions
NASA's moon megarocket is supposed to launch soon. Here's the holdup.
Not all systems "Go."
Strange Martian rock reveals Mars' wildly different past
A curious discovery on the red planet.
By Mark Kaufman
Mars rover confronts spindly, crooked finger rocks
Exterrestrial desert has some weird rubble
NASA just inflated its new-age spaceship heat shield for Mars
Space scientists think they've figured out how to pull more drag out of literal thin air.
NASA says it will spend nine months studying UFOs
But don't bet on the discovery of intelligent alien life.
By Alex Perry
Mars rover films dust devil mayhem as it explores the red planet
That's a lot of vortices.
By Mark Kaufman
How NASA's Venus probe will survive hell and make unprecedented discoveries
"We haven't seen anything yet."
By Mark Kaufman
A micrometeoroid hit NASA's giant Webb telescope, but it took it like a champ
The big guy has already picked itself up and dusted itself off.
By Amanda Yeo
NASA taps SpaceX for five additional missions through 2030
SpaceX is NASA’s only provider capable of "safe, reliable, and cost-effective human space transportation services."
NASA spacecraft zooms over Jupiter's swirling clouds at 131,000 mph
It swooped darn close.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet
A Martian bird's eye view
NASA spins a spiral galaxy soundtrack. What exactly are we hearing?
It's a space jam.
The most mysterious asteroids in the solar system
A spacecraft is en route for the first-ever reconnaissance of these ancient objects.
By Mark Kaufman
Astronomer captures image of the huge mile-wide asteroid (safely) passing Earth
Fortunately, it's not a threat.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA just showed us why its Mars lander will soon run out of power
The landmark robot recorded over 1,300 Martian temblors.
By Mark Kaufman
NASA's getting screwy messages from interstellar space
How much farther can the spacecraft go?
Watch incredible NASA video of a total lunar eclipse from space
The Lucy probe got the money shot
How scientists find the big asteroids that can threaten Earth
"You need to know what's coming, when it's coming, and how hard it's going to hit."
By Mark Kaufman
Landmark Mars robot will run out of power, ending historic mission
It detected well over 1,000 quakes.
By Mark Kaufman
'Monster' Mars quake shows the red planet isn't nearly dead
NASA detected its biggest Martian temblor yet.
By Mark Kaufman
Extremely resilient star survives a giant supernova explosion
Rattled, but not destroyed.
By Mark Kaufman