Marina Koren
Why SpaceX Wants a Tiny Texas Neighborhood So Badly
The residents of Boca Chica didn’t ask Elon Musk to move in, but now his company is taking over.
-
![]()
Artur Debat / Jackal Pan / Getty / ... The Pros and Cons of a Lunar Pit Stop
NASA definitely wants to go to Mars. But does it need the moon to get there?
-
![]()
JPL-Caltech / NASA The Power of the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Three Decades Later
The spacecraft that captured the famous, fuzzy photo grows weaker each year, but the image still soothes.
-
![]()
Bill Ingalls / NASA NASA Will Only Tolerate So Much Danger
An investigation into what really went wrong with Boeing's last space mission turned up serious issues.
-
![]()
NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory / CTIO ... The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same
Elon Musk’s plan for worldwide internet has sent bright artificial, lights streaking through the dark.
-
![]()
NSO / NSF / AURA Fall in Love With the Sun Again
The newest images of the sun are so mesmerizing, it’s hard to stop staring.
-
![]()
NASA / JPL-Caltech A Graveyard of Giant Spacecraft Spins Through Space
After observatories retire, they can still spend hundreds, even millions, of years trailing the Earth.
-
![]()
VW Pics / Universal Images Group / Getty The Biggest Celestial Event of the Year Could Happen Tomorrow
... or, well, maybe not for 100,000 years
-
![]()
Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty The U.S. Space Force Is Not a Joke
It’s not all President Trump promised, but it exists now.
-
![]()
Courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science An Influential Female Astronomer Is Getting Her Due
A new observatory has been renamed in honor of Vera Rubin, whose work led astronomers to the mysteries of dark matter.
-
![]()
Jeremie Vaubaillon / Caltech / NASA The Curious Case of the Evaporating Exoplanet
Astronomers are getting better at detecting smaller, weirder worlds.
-
![]()
Terry Renna / AP A Dramatic Error in American Spaceflight
Boeing was set to pass a meaningful milestone in spaceflight, but a glitch cut the mission short.
-
![]()
Joel Kowsky / AP The Next Big Milestone in American Spaceflight
This was supposed to be the year NASA astronauts launched into space from U.S. soil again.
-
![]()
Blue Origin The Next Big Customer Experience From Jeff Bezos
His space company, Blue Origin, is on the verge of sending tourists just past the boundary of Earth.
-
![]()
NASA The Mystery at the Center of the Solar System
A spacecraft has finally gotten close enough to the sun to gather clues about some lingering questions.
-
![]()
NASA The Wonder of Fire Without Gravity
It’s about to get lit on the International Space Station.
-
![]()
Kirsty Johnston The False Promise of Morning Routines
Why everyone’s mornings seem more productive than yours
-
![]()
NASA An Alarming Discovery in an Astronaut’s Bloodstream
A study has turned up a side effect of human spaceflight that no one had observed before.
-
![]()
NASA The Second Moon Landing Was Much Rowdier
With a successful first mission in the books, the crew of Apollo 12 was under less pressure.
-
![]()
NASA NASA’s Grueling Underwater Test for Astronauts
A giant swimming pool is the best place on Earth for simulating weightlessness.
-
![]()
NASA / AP A Hitch at NASA Headquarters
NASA has carried out its first all-female spacewalk, but hints of outdated thinking about women in space remain.
/media/img/mt/2019/11/jsc2013e091181_1/original.png)
