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NASA's Curiosity Rover Has Just Arrived Where Ancient Water Likely Existed

After more than 11 years on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is still visiting new and exciting places.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

This Map Shows Exactly What You’ll See During April’s Eclipse From Everywhere in the United States

More than 300 million people in the US will see a partial eclipse on April 8, 2024.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Only Has One Spacecraft to Get to Space — Boeing’s Starliner Could Be the Second

Two astronauts are testing the Boeing Starliner in a few weeks.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Was Watching SpaceX’s Starship Flight Closely — Here’s the Reason Why

Meet HLS Starship.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Scientist Reveals What Asteroids Keep Him Up At Night In New Book

Frightening yet alluring asteroids are the subject of a new space memoir.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

25 Years Later, This Iconic NASA Telescope Lost Critical Funding To Keep It Alive

For almost 25 years, Chandra’s been watching cosmic chaos.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

46 Years Later, This Iconic Pair Of NASA Spacecraft Are Still Sending Signals Home

Besides 46 years of science, the aging twin spacecraft have taught engineers how to improvise -- and the value of redundancy.

ByKiona Smith
Science

NASA: We Didn't Change Your Zodiac Sign, Astrology Isn't Real

"We didn’t change any zodiac signs. We just did the math."

ByJames Grebey
Space

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spotted A Mysterious Phenomenon Buried Beneath Jupiter’s Atmosphere

Juno’s investigation of Jupiter has “some of the best data” on the science of magnetic fields.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
The Future of Transportation

Is the Future of Flying Supersonic? Inside NASA’s Push to Make Air Travel Faster Than Ever

The X-59 is one of the most tangible representations of a new quest to bring back supersonic flight for commercial passengers.

ByRob Verger
Space

NASA's Future Moon Rocket Just Took a Huge Step Towards Being Ready to Launch

This critical piece of rocket hardware is finally whole.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

Are We in a New Space Race? A Space Policy Expert Reveals Why It Would Be a Mistake

"Race" may be too short-term a word to describe the actual situation.

ByKiona Smith
SpaceTime

10 years ago, one SpaceX launch showed NASA they could work with Elon Musk

“This mission heralds the dawn of a new era of space exploration.”

ByAllie Hutchison
FEATURE

53 years ago, NASA convinced America to go to the Moon — can they do it again?

“$12 a day to feed an astronaut. We could feed a starving child for $8.”

ByPassant Rabie
The Inverse Awards 2022

Inside NASA's monumental effort to deliver the first Webb Telescope images

After 20 years and $10 billion, here’s how the NASA team scrambled to make the first images happen.

ByJon Kelvey
Science

45 years ago, the first Space Shuttle made history without going to space

Strapped on a Boeing 747, the historic flight paved the way for everything to come.

ByAllie Hutchison
Science

“Space is hard”: How tragedy and ambition have shaped NASA’s Artemis I mission

A canceled mission nearly 20 years ago has us almost ready to go to the Moon.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Live Long and Prosper

3 Ways NASA's Artemis Accords want to create a Star Trek utopia

NASA doesn't want our life in space to end up like Star Wars, but instead like Star Trek. Here's what that means.

ByRyan Britt
clean up, aisle 2

NASA thinks space junk will hit the James Webb Space Telescope — but it's ok

L2 is a strangely "clean" area in space — but the telescope is still at risk of being hit by micrometeoroids. NASA doesn't mind — here's why.

ByClaire Cameron
Spacetime

50 years ago, NASA sent a message to aliens — and sparked a Solar System mystery

A mere fifty years ago, Pioneer 10 launched and became the first unmanned mission to Jupiter. The mission revealed new details about the Solar System — and sent a message to aliens.

ByAllie Hutchison
This week in science

NASA's electric plane and more: Understand the world through 9 images

ByRobin Bea
Science

NASA's Perseverance rover launches in one month

Here's what you need to know

ByJoAnna Wendel
Impactful

WHAM! 10 jaw-dropping images capture NASA DART slamming into an asteroid

A boom that could be seen from Earth.

ByJennifer Walter
This week in science

NASA ends Geotail mission and more: Understand the world through 7 images

ByRobin Bea
radio silence

7 minutes of terror: Here's how NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars

ByPassant Rabie
This week in science

NASA InSight’s final photo and more: Understand the world through 7 images

ByRobin Bea
Picture this

NASA’s new X-Ray observatory will unlock the universe’s most explosive secrets

ByJennifer Walter
Finally

Artemis I: 10 stunning moments from NASA's long-awaited launch

Third time’s a charm!

ByJennifer Walter
Thanks, NASA!

15 NASA inventions that make life on Earth better

ByRobin Bea
Fuuuuuture

8 NASA concepts reveal a futuristic landscape of next-gen space exploration

Far out.

ByJennifer Walter