Marina Koren
When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
A recent mission atop a Hawaiian volcano shows humans still have much to learn before they set foot on another world.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute Saturn’s Largest Moon Would Make an Unbelievable Vacation Spot
You’d need an oxygen mask and enough layers to contend with beyond-freezing temperatures, but could leave the sunscreen at home.
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Boris Grdanoski / AP What If We Gave Up on the Stars?
The night sky is already dotted with shiny satellites and other artificial lights. One day, maybe that’s all there will be.
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ALEX_UGALEK / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The ... The Case for Wearing AirPods All the Time
The inconspicuous buds might make friendly interactions awkward, but they can also provide protection in dangerous situations.
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NASA / ESA The Moon That Got Away
For the first time, astronomers thought they’d discovered a moon in another solar system. But others weren’t sure it actually existed.
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NASA Private Companies Are Building an Exoskeleton Around Earth
SpaceX and its competitors plan to envelop the planet with thousands of small objects in the next few years.
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Takayuki Saito / Takaaki Takeda / Sorahiko Nukatani ... The Loneliest Stars in the Galaxy
Certain stars have a history distinct from all the others around them.
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NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ... A Nazi Controversy Deep in the Solar System
Scientists gave a mysterious object a nickname with a dark history. Now they have to decide whether to let it stick.
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NASA / JPL / USGS Could Trump Really Make It to the Moon in 2024?
The administration has asked Congress to fund its Artemis program, a return to the lunar surface.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Jeff Bezos Has Plans to Extract the Moon’s Water
The Amazon CEO unveiled a sleek-looking lunar lander—and he hopes the White House takes notice.
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Joseph M. Acaba / NASA Even Astronauts Binge-Watch TV While in Space
In a cramped and isolated environment like a space station, leisure activities are extra important for maintaining mental health.
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LIGO / T. Pyle Gravitational Waves Keep Rolling Past Earth
When new cosmic ripples are detected, astronomers leap into action to try to locate their source.
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Mike Blake / Reuters SpaceX’s Unnerving Silence on an Explosive Incident
A failed test of the Dragon spacecraft could derail plans to launch NASA astronauts into space.
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Kurt Strumpf / AP Just Don’t Call Them UFOs
The U.S. military wants pilots to report strange sightings in the sky, but doesn’t want any of the stigma that comes with it.
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NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona / ... A Tremor on Mars Confirms a Lasting Suspicion
Scientists have been searching for marsquakes since some of the earliest missions to the Red Planet.
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Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty ... A Soda Company’s Long Obsession With Outer Space
A proposal for a space-based ad is only the latest iteration of Pepsi’s fascination with the skies.
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D3sign / Getty / EHT / National Science ... The Dark Saga of Katie Bouman
How a young scientist got sucked into the black hole of the internet
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Courtesy of Haystack Observatory The Hidden Shipping and Handling Behind That Black-Hole Picture
The mesmerizing image of a cosmic wonder required a rather old-school approach to piece together.
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Charlie Riedel / AP An Abrupt End to a Historic Moon Mission
Beresheet, a lander made by an Israeli nonprofit, was just miles from the lunar surface when it malfunctioned.
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ROBERT MARKOWITZ / AFP / Getty / The ... What a Year in Space Did to Scott Kelly
An unprecedented and illuminating study monitored identical twins, one in space and one on Earth.
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Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al An Extraordinary Image of the Black Hole at a Galaxy’s Heart
Never before have scientists photographed the darkest points in the universe.
