NASA’s Helicopter Ingenuity Will Attempt the First Flight on Mars
If the craft succeeds, it will provide crucial information for exploring the other planets by air
Exploring Mars
Space agencies are launching new missions outfitted with revolutionary technologies, including the Perseverance rover, to learn more about the Red Planet
What to Know Before You Watch Perseverance’s February 18 Landing on Mars
Experts describe how they plan to land the rover, what could go wrong and what they hope to learn
Six Ways to Celebrate Perseverance This February
Be a part of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing this February with these six ways to celebrate the mission to Mars
Balancing Homework and A.P. Classes, These High Schoolers Discovered Four Exoplanets
Thanks to a Harvard-Smithsonian mentoring program, high school students Kartik Pinglé and Jasmine Wright helped discover new worlds
Ten Celestial Events to Look Forward to in 2021
Eclipses, meteor showers and dazzling views of planets will excite amateur and professional astronomers alike in North America
Five Things We Learned From Astronaut Victor Glover
Discover what it’s really like to live and work in space! Astronaut Victor Glover shares his thoughts and little-known facts about being an astronaut
Why Do the Planets All Orbit the Sun in the Same Plane?
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts
NASA Snags Its First Asteroid Sample
On a mission more than 200 million miles away from Earth, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft grabbed rocks from Bennu
Is the Moon Fluffy?
Before spacecraft (and humans) set off to explore our nearest neighbor, these were some of the questions scientists were asking
Why Are South American Animals Smaller Than Those on Other Continents?
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts
What an Asteroid Could Tell Us About Ancient Earth
Knowing those rocks’ origins will help scientists learn more about the composition of objects in the solar system and asteroid belt
NASA Just Sent a New $23 Million Space Toilet to the International Space Station
Astronauts will test out the expensive commode, which is better designed for “dual ops,” before its eventual use on deep space missions
Why Astronomers Want to Build a SETI Observatory on the Moon
Researchers say the location would offer a quiet spot from which to hear a signal from an intelligent civilization
How NASA’s New Telescope Will Help Astronomers Discover Free-Floating Worlds
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to detect small, distant planets without stars
How NASA Marketed Its Space Program With Fantastical Depictions of the Future
When it came to exploring the stars, Americans had to see it to believe in it
How Cold War Politics Shaped the International Space Station
A brief history detailing how the United States and Russia led the effort to create the technical marvel
How Three New Tools Will Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Sun
Two spacecrafts and a telescope are set to jumpstart a new age of solar astronomy
Scientists Discover Exposed Bacteria Can Survive in Space for Years
An experiment conducted outside the International Space Station leads to a controversial theory about how life might travel between planets
The Forged Gospel of Jesus’s Wife, Hidden Castes and Other New Books to Read
These five August releases may have been lost in the news cycle
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