Photo: David J. Phillip, APThe SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A, Monday, May 25, 2020, a...
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Curiosity experiment sheds new light on old Mars questions
The NASA Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars for many years. One of the key experiments that the rover has been conducting is a multi-year experim...
This NASA joystick used during lunar orbit just sold for $56,000
In 1969, astronaut Richard Gordon used this hand controller to steer the Apollo 12 command and service module Yankee Clipper around the moon while his...
NASA Offers $35,000 to Someone Who Can Design a Toilet That Will Work on the Moon
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) needs to put the loo in lunar. And whoever designs a space toilet for the moon will receive $...
WTF is going on with the massive Saharan dust cloud coming to the US
A plume of dust that once blanketed the Sahara Desert is making its way across the Caribbean and, soon, into the United States. The so-called "Godzill...
Solar Eclipse 2020 Will Turn Sun into Glowing "Ring of Fire": Here's How to See the Spectacular Space Event
Solar eclipse this year will turn the Sun into a spectacular glowing ring of fire. Lifehacker explained that a solar eclipse is one of the most waited...
These new Hubble images are absolutely bonkers
The Hubble Space Telescope captured new images of familiar planetary nebulae using a different camera for the first time. The result is a stunning gli...
Asteroid Flyby: A Football Field-Sized Asteroid Flew Close to Us, and Nobody Knew Until it Did
Asteroid flybys are common occurrences, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracking down every asteroid of varying sizes th...
Japan's cargo ship is just chilling out on the ISS, looking awesome
Japan’s H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 is hanging out on the International Space Station, holding a bunch of discarded batteries and waiting for its eventual...