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Space

Come along with us as we explore outer space, including everything from NASA to astronomy to aliens.

The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds

By Brian Resnick

SpaceX’s latest mission was an infomercial (for charity)

By Rebecca Heilweil

Astronomers were skeptical about dark matter — until Vera Rubin came along

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld

Streaming space tourism is the new reality TV

By Rebecca Heilweil

For hackers, space is the final frontier

By Rebecca Heilweil

6 questions to consider before launching yourself into space

By Rebecca Heilweil

Welcome to the age of billionaire joyrides to space

By Rebecca Heilweil

Richard Branson’s trip to space is about convincing others to come along 

By Rebecca Heilweil

How scientists discovered the universe is really freaking huge

By Brian Resnick, Byrd Pinkerton, and 1 more

Jeff Bezos has been training for this

By Rebecca Heilweil

The falling Chinese space rocket is a policy failure

By Alex Ward

Astronomers are very frustrated with Elon Musk’s satellites

By Brian Resnick

Watch NASA’s new autonomous helicopter take flight on Mars

By Rebecca Heilweil

Dark matter holds our universe together. No one knows what it is.

By Brian Resnick

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. Now it will look for signs of ancient life.

By Brian Resnick

A living rain: How one planetary scientist imagines life on Venus

By Brian Resnick

NASA’s latest rover is our best chance yet to find life on Mars

By Brian Resnick

It’s time to take UFOs seriously. Seriously.

By Sean Illing

SpaceX finally sent humans to space. What happens next?

By Sara Morrison

The night sky is increasingly dystopian

By Brian Resnick

Trump’s Space Force boldly goes where Star Trek went before

By Ian Millhiser

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The 15 most awe-inspiring space images of the decade 

By Brian Resnick

The winter solstice is Saturday: 10 things to know about the shortest day of the year

By Brian Resnick and Brad Plumer

A faint, beautiful interstellar comet is whizzing by the Earth

By Brian Resnick

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How Apollo moon rocks reveal the epic history of the cosmos

Lunar samples are a time capsule. Scientists say we should go back for more.

By Brian Resnick

The Nobel Prize in physics honors exoplanets and the universe’s first recordable light

By Brian Resnick

Scientists weighed all the mass in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s mind-boggling.

By Brian Resnick and Javier Zarracina

The Perseid meteor shower is the best of the year. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick
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How scientists colorize photos of space

By Coleman Lowndes

The Delta Aquariid meteor shower is tonight. Here’s how to watch.

By Brian Resnick

A “city-killing” asteroid just zipped by Earth. Why didn’t we see it coming?

By Kelsey Piper

If you die via asteroid, this is how it will happen

By Brian Resnick
Astronaut ice cream is a lie.
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Astronaut ice cream is a lie

By Phil Edwards

What would alien life mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s chief astronomer explains.

By Byrd Pinkerton

Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago, and it’s still freaking awesome

By Brian Resnick

Scientists are grappling with our biggest limitation in spaceflight: our own bodies

By Brian Resnick

Meet Margaret Hamilton, the badass '60s programmer who saved the moon landing

By Dylan Matthews

The hasty plan to get Americans back on the moon by 2024, explained

By Brian Resnick

Going back to the moon could cost $30 billion. It might be worth it.

By Byrd Pinkerton, Dylan Matthews, and 1 more

Apollo astronauts left their poop on the moon. We gotta go back for that shit.

By Brian Resnick