Nichelle Nichols, who blazed a trail for Black actors as Lieutenant Uhura on the original “Star Trek,” never got to go to space while she was alive — but her ashes and her DNA are due to reach the final frontier as early as this year.
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Watch live: SpaceX readies Falcon 9 rocket for weekend launch
SpaceX has rolled a Falcon 9 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral for a test-firing ahead of a planned mission Saturday night carrying another group of Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
Why is the sky blue?
The sky is blue and sunsets are red because different colors of light behave differently when they encounter air molecules.
New Mars water map reveals history of Red Planet
A new map of distribution of minerals on Mars reveals the history of past water abundance on the Red Planet and could even shape future space missions.
Extreme solar storms can strike out of the blue. Are we really prepared?
In 2003, a powerful solar storm hit Earth with little warning, causing disruption to power grids, aviation and satellites. Twenty years later, we are only slightly better prepared for such incidents.
Artemis Accords: Why the international moon exploration framework matters
As Artemis 1 prepares for an epic launch toward the moon, NASA and a space law expert discuss the Artemis Accords governing the agency's future missions, alongside international partners.
Watch Elon Musk and T-Mobile chief make 'special' announcement Thursday night
Elon Musk will make a special announcement on Thursday evening (Aug. 25), and you can watch the proceedings live.
Voyager 1 marks 10 years in interstellar space
The spacecraft has since revealed a bizarre heliopause and a complex interstellar medium that's influenced by our sun.
See amazing views of China's space station from its big robotic arm (video)
New footage from China’s space station shows incredible images of Earth as a robotic arm inspects the exterior of the orbital outpost.
New Horizons Could Still Have More Adventures Ahead
Remember New Horizons? That plucky little spacecraft that gave us our first up-close looks at Pluto and Arrokoth? Of course, we do! Well, it’s still out there, traveling deeper into the Kuiper Belt. Just because it finished its primary mission doesn’t mean we’re done with it yet.
Marvel at the James Webb Space Telescope's largest image of the cosmos yet
The latest JWST treasure trove contains ancient galaxies and countless cosmic wonders.
Want to Live on Mars? Here's Where the Water is
When crewed missions begin to travel to Mars for the first time, they will need to be as self-sufficient as possible. Even when Mars and Earth are at the closest points in their orbits to each other every 26 months (known as “Opposition“), it can take six to nine months for a spacecraft to travel there. This makes resupply missions painfully impractical and means astronauts must pack plenty of supplies for the journey. They will also need to grow some of their food and leverage local resources to meet their needs, a process known as In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU).
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to launch next space mission on Aug. 31
Blue Origin plans to launch its next mission to suborbital space next week, but it won't be a crewed affair.
Little private moon rover will try to survive the long, cold lunar night
Astrobotic received NASA funding for its mission to send a rover to the moon and keep operating it after the frigid, two-week-long lunar night.
Scientists get gruesome look at how stars like our sun eat their own planets
A new study explores what happens when blown-up dying red giant stars engulf planets in their vicinity.
US Space Force conducts 'simulated on-orbit combat' training
The U.S. Space Force just completed a major joint training exercise that saw participants engage in "simulated on-orbit combat engagements."
SpaceX lifts 33-engine Starship Super Heavy booster onto launch pad (photo)
SpaceX's latest Starship Super Heavy booster is back on the launch pad, this time with its full complement of 33 engines.
Observe Vesta . . . and Own a Piece of It, Too
Vesta's bright and easy to find in binoculars and maybe even with the naked eye in late summer skies. It's also just as easy to acquire a piece of it without a multi-billion dollar space mission.
Here's how to follow Artemis 1 after launch in real time
NASA will launch a dedicated tracking website Sunday (Aug. 28), the day before the moon mission's first liftoff opportunity.
NASA really wants to probe Uranus and could start planning next year
Dr. Lori Glaze of NASA's Planetary Science Division offered updates about the potential mission at a virtual town hall.
Colliding Black Holes Provide Another way to Measure Distance in the Universe
We know the universe is expanding, and we have a pretty good idea of how fast it’s expanding, but we don’t know the rate exactly. That’s because of the different methods we have to measure the rate of cosmic expansion keep giving us slightly different results. It’s a nagging problem that bugs astronomers, so while they have worked to ensure current methods are accurate, they have also looked to new ways to measure cosmic expansion. One of these new ways involves gravitational waves.
