Space Exploration
Why We’ll Never Live in Space
Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space
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Space Exploration
Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft
If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say
Space Exploration
Nearby Worlds May Tell Us How Life Might Look in Our Galaxy
TRAPPIST-1 could make or break the extended push to make red dwarfs an astrobiological priority
Anthropology
Ancient Human Fossil Trip to Space Raises Questions and Criticism
The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists
Space Exploration
Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Touchdown on the Moon
The successful lunar landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India only the fourth country to achieve the feat
Space Exploration
Russia’s Luna-25 Lander Has Crashed into the Moon
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in nearly a half-century, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes
Space Exploration
Can Russia’s Luna-25 Moon Mission Transcend Earthly Politics?
In the latest chapter of an ongoing “moon rush,” Russia’s Luna-25 mission will attempt the nation’s first lunar landing in nearly 50 years
Space Exploration
Russia Launches First Moon Mission after Half-Century Hiatus
The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice
Space Exploration
Most Americans Support NASA—But Don’t Think It Should Prioritize Sending People To Space
Scholars look to understand how Americans view space activities
Space Exploration
NASA Detects ‘Heartbeat’ from Voyager 2 Spacecraft after Losing Contact
A glitch may have silenced NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft until mid-October—but a “heartbeat” signal offers hope for reestablishing contact earlier
Space Exploration
Space Debris Will Block Space Exploration unless We Start Acting Sustainably
We need satellites and rocket bodies designed with an end-of-life plan to keep space uncluttered and navigable
Space Exploration
Which Is More Dangerous: Outer Space or the Deep Sea?
Explorers of space and the deep sea face similar dangers, but some differences make one realm safer than the other
Space Exploration
This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Will Unfold
Scientists are gearing up for a high-stakes finale to OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid
Aerospace
India Aims for the Moon with Launch of Chandrayaan-3
After a failure in 2019, India’s second attempt to land on the moon comes as the nation signs on to a U.S.-led plan to shape future global lunar activities
Space Exploration
I Survived a Weekend at Biosphere 2 Pretending to Be in Space
At a stay in Biosphere 2, I went in skeptical but learned to understand why analog astronauts love what they do
Space Exploration
Have We Found Fragments of a Meteor from Another Star?
Tiny spheres of once-molten metal magnetically dredged from the seafloor could be pieces from IM1, a potential interstellar meteor that struck Earth in 2014
Space Exploration
Some of Earth’s Most Famous Art Started with Stardust
Astrophysics reminds us that earthly beauty has stellar origins
Space Exploration
Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies
Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias
Space Exploration
Space Farmers of the Future May Grow Fungi, Flies and Microgreens
Here’s how the winners of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air
Space Exploration
Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says
More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team...
