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  1. just asking questions
    Why NASA Wants Your UFO VideosDr. David Spergel, who headed a vaunted panel on unexplained aerial phenomena, explains how everyday citizens can solve the mystery.
    By Jeff Wise
  2. space
    Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX Doesn’t Mind That Its Rocket Blew UpThis is not typically the reaction to a test failure. Then again, nothing about this is typical.
    By Jeff Wise
  3. space
    Elon Musk’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever Just Blew UpSpaceX’s uncrewed Starship barely made it past the launch tower before exploding.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. space
    NASA Just Hit an Asteroid to See If It CouldTake that, floating rock.
    By Chas Danner
  5. space
    NASA Postpones Artemis I Launch for at Least a Few More WeeksA fuel-line leak led NASA to scrub Saturday’s big moon-rocket launch. It’s not yet clear when they’ll try again.
    By Chas Danner
  6. to the moon
    Long-Delayed Moonshot Delayed Yet AgainA last-minute engine issue forced NASA to postpone the big launch of its new moon rocket.
    By Chas Danner
  7. space
    See NASA’s First Pictures From the James Webb Space Telescope“It’s a new window into the history of our universe,” said President Biden.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. tech
    Space Delivery?No.
    By Clio Chang
  9. space
    5 Things to Look Forward to Now That the Webb Telescope Is Fully DeployedThe life-hunting, image-grabbing, handiwork-inspiring time machine may be able to keep demystifying the universe for the next 20 years.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  10. space
    America Does Something Right for OnceThe Webb telescope deployed its massive and sensitive sunshield, marking a difficult step in launching the device 1 million miles away from Earth.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. nuclear arms race
    China Tested a Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile: ReportThe weapon is harder to track and destroy than a ballistic missile.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  12. space
    SpaceX Launches First Ever All-Civilian Crew Into OrbitFor the next three days, the tourists will live in a 13-foot-wide capsule 360 miles above the Earth.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. space
    Will Earth Run Out of Space for Space Junk?Orbital trash has been a growing problem since Sputnik. Now private companies are throwing up satellites by the thousands.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  14. business
    One Giant Leap for InequalityJeff Bezos’s space joyride is a spectacle of grotesque wealth.
    By Sarah Jones
  15. business
    Space Flight Is an Exclusive FantasyBillionaires don’t expand our world; they consume it.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. better know a billionaire
    12 Weird and Utterly Fascinating Facts About Jeff BezosSome things to know as Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO and heads to space, featuring Lizzo, an ill-fated iguana, and his vision for space colonization.
    By Eve Peyser
  17. explainer
    When Can I Buy a Ticket to Space? A Guide for Non-Billionaires.Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson will soon go where few tourists have gone before. Here are the costs, the risks, and when the rest of us can join them.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  18. space
    Venus Is Finally Getting Some RespectWhy NASA is headed to Earth’s hothouse twin after a three-decade hiatus.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  19. moon
    Get Ready for Wednesday’s ‘Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse’What exactly is going on here?
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  20. far out
    Little Green Men After Our HeartsWhy do we care so much about aliens?
    By Sarah Jones
  21. death from above
    Congratulations, You Weren’t Crushed by Space Debris TodayThat enormous Chinese space rocket has finished its uncontrolled fall back to earth.
    By Chas Danner
  22. don’t panic
    Hopefully You Won’t Be Crushed by Space Debris This WeekendExperts don’t know exactly where a 23-ton Chinese rocket part will land.
    By Mia Mercado
  23. space
    SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts to Space StationThe team blasted off on Friday, starting a 23-hour trek to the International Space Station on a capsule from Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  24. space
    How NASA Flew a Helicopter Flight on MarsCarrying a piece of the Wright Brothers’ glider, Ingenuity achieved an interplanetary first on Monday.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  25. space
    U.S. Manages Not to Screw Something Up for Once: Landing on MarsNASA will use a rover with a helicopter to look for ancient life.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  26. art
    Whatever Happened to Those Monoliths?What was all the rage in 2020 feels a little played out now. Maybe try a new shape?
    By Eve Peyser
  27. space
    Let This Harvard Professor Convince You That Aliens ExistA Harvard astrophysicist thinks a mysterious object that swung by our solar system in 2017 was from an extraterrestrial civilization.
    By Eve Peyser
  28. look up
    Photos: Jupiter and Saturn Meet in Rare ‘Great Conjunction’On Monday, the two largest planets in the solar system appeared closer in the sky than they have in nearly 400 years.
    By Charlotte Klein
  29. star wars
    Abolish the Space ForceJoe Biden, please, I’m begging you.
    By Sarah Jones
  30. ufos
    Senate Intelligence Committee Votes to Allow Public to See UFO RecordsThe committee endorsed a major step in the recent push to reform the UFO reporting process, with the public getting a look as soon as 2021.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. ufos
    Pentagon Officially Releases Three Videos of ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’Though the three videos were already public in some form, the DOD’s decision to release them cements a military consensus to take UFOs more seriously.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. the final frontier
    Why Did Trump Just Rip Off Star Trek?The new Space Force logo looks awfully familiar.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. space
    What’s the Deal With the Space Force Bible?A “blessing” ceremony blurs the line separating church and state.
    By Sarah Jones
  34. space
    Lawmakers Are ‘Coming Out of the Woodwork’ to Be Briefed on UFOs: ReportMark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. space
    Scientists Find Mystery Mass Under Moon’s SurfaceBaylor scientists estimate that the big metal chunk below a lunar crater weighs 4.8 quintillion pounds, and may be left over from an ancient impactor.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. space
    Navy Pilots Were Seeing UFOs on an Almost Daily Basis in 2014 and 2015: ReportAccording to some Navy veterans, UFOs were consistently being sighted in the airspace from Virginia to Florida in 2014 and 2015.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. space
    This Is the First-Ever Picture of a Black HoleWhoa.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  38. space
    Look at This Giant Martian Skating RinkDid you know that aliens love to skate?
    By Claire Lampen
  39. space
    Aliens Might Have Sent Cigar-Shaped Probe to Monitor Earth, Study FindsThe interstellar object entered our solar system last year — and then left at an unnaturally rapid speed, new research from Harvard suggests.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Apparently, There’s a Big, Cold, Sludgy Lake on MarsOne mile beneath the surface of Mars’ south pole sits a 12-mile wide lake of liquid — but very salty — water, according to new research out of Europe.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid to Pass by Earth on Super Bowl SundayIn this case “potentially hazardous” means absolutely no chance to hit earth.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. select all
    Mankind Can Now Troll Donald Trump From the HeavensOne small step for man, one giant leap for trolling our current president.
    By Jake Swearingen
  43. Watch: Meet the International Space Station’s First African-American Crew MemberJeanette Epps was inspired by an early admiration for astronaut Sally Ride.
    By Jared T. Miller
  44. NASA Scientist Says Earth Is Due for ‘Extinction-Level’ Event“The biggest problem, basically, is there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. early and often
    American Astronaut Votes From a Safe DistanceShane Kimbrough has joined the proud tradition of Americans voting from space.
    By Charley Lanyon
  46. Those Popular Space Livestreams Probably Aren’t LiveThey’re an attempt to game Facebook’s algorithm.
    By Brian Feldman
  47. President Obama Is Psyched About Putting Americans on Mars by the 2030sA public-private partnership will be key to making this happen, the president says.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. NASA to Announce Evidence of ‘Surprising Activity’ on Jupiter’s Biggest Moon“Not aliens,” the agency says.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. The World’s Largest Welding Machine Built This Massive NASA Rocket-Fuel TankOne day it’s going to blast humans to Mars.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
  50. Kids Successfully Sent a Stuffed Animal to SpaceUnfortunately, he’s now MIA.
    By Adam Banicki and Matt Johnston
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