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This Is How Orion Astronauts Might Protect Themselves From Radiation Storms
NASA

This Is How Orion Astronauts Might Protect Themselves From Radiation Storms

By Mary Beth Griggs

water plumes on europa
Science

Sorry, Hubble Did Not Find Aliens On Europa

By Sarah Fecht

One Of The Largest Objects In The Universe Is A Galaxy-Containing Blob
Science

One Of The Largest Objects In The Universe Is A Galaxy-Containing Blob

By Mary Beth Griggs

Booster Fire
NASA

See NASA’s SLS Booster Test Fire In Slow Motion

By Mary Beth Griggs

china space race
Moons

China’s Race To Space Domination

By Clay Dillow, Jeffrey Lin, and P.W. Singer

Watch Grace Potter’s New Music Video About The Women Of NASA
NASA

Watch Grace Potter’s New Music Video About The Women Of NASA

By Samantha Cole

How NASA Goes to Space Without Leaving the Earth
Science

How NASA Goes to Space Without Leaving the Earth

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Primer On How Self-Replicating Robots Could Conquer The Universe
Robots

A Primer On How Self-Replicating Robots Could Conquer The Universe

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Astronomers Are Watching A Star Evolve In Real Time
Science

Astronomers Are Watching A Star Evolve In Real Time

By Kate Baggaley

New Evidence Shows The Moon Formed From Melted Bits Of Earth
Moons

New Evidence Shows The Moon Formed From Melted Bits Of Earth

By Rebecca Boyle

New Glenn rocket compared to others
Private Space Flight

Jeff Bezos’s New Rocket Will Be Bigger Than Elon Musk’s

By Sarah Fecht

The motor driven articulated dummy
Science

Meet the Creepiest Android NASA Ever Built

By Amy Shira Teitel

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s
NASA

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s

By Sarah Fecht

OSIRIS-REx Liftoff: Perfectly Executed, On Its Way To An Asteroid
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Liftoff: Perfectly Executed, On Its Way To An Asteroid

By Samantha Cole

The Man Whose Models Revealed A Possible Ninth Planet In Our Solar System
Announcements

The Man Whose Models Revealed A Possible Ninth Planet In Our Solar System

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

That Signal Wasn’t Aliens — It Was Coming From Earth
Science

That Signal Wasn’t Aliens — It Was Coming From Earth

By Samantha Cole

Jim Harris holding the final iteration of the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism.
NASA

A Plastic Cup And A Shop Vacuum Could Rewrite The History Of The Solar System

By Samantha Cole

This Is The First Rocket SpaceX Will Try To Re-Launch
Private Space Flight

This Is The First Rocket SpaceX Will Try To Re-Launch

By Mary Beth Griggs

What Will Happen To OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Sample?
Science

What Will Happen To OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Sample?

By Amy Thompson

Katherine Johnson
NASA

Happy 98th Birthday, Katherine Johnson

By Jason Lederman

How We Could See The New ‘Earth-Like’ Planet Up Close
Deep Space

How We Could See The New ‘Earth-Like’ Planet Up Close

By Charles Q. Choi

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Mars

Inside NASA’s Mars Mission

By Sarah Fecht

starshot
Science

Space Dust Could Destroy Our Best Shot At Getting To Proxima Centauri

By Samantha Cole

Proxima b, one of 5,000 confirmed exoplanets.
Deep Space

Our Closest Neighboring Star Has A Rocky, Earth-Sized Planet In Its Habitable Zone

By Mary Beth Griggs

solar panel factory on the moon
Robots

A Robot Army To Build Solar Panels (On The Moon)

By Sarah Fecht

NASA’s Mission To Sample A Killer Asteroid Launches In September
NASA

NASA’s Mission To Sample A Killer Asteroid Launches In September

By Sarah Fecht

This A.I. Program Can Identify Billions Of Stars
AI

This A.I. Program Can Identify Billions Of Stars

By Brittany Vincent

NASA Wants Help Capturing A Piece Of Asteroid
NASA

NASA Wants Help Capturing A Piece Of Asteroid

By Samantha Cole

Scientist Thinks He’s Proven Hawking’s Theory That Black Holes Glow
Black Holes

Scientist Thinks He’s Proven Hawking’s Theory That Black Holes Glow

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Titan
Moons

Saturn’s Moon Titan Has Deep Canyons Flooded With Liquid

By Mary Beth Griggs

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NASA

NASA Unveils Partnerships And Concept Art For Deep Space Habitats

By Samantha Cole

SpaceX Has Started Testing The Rocket Engine For Its Mars Colonial Transporter
Private Space Flight

SpaceX Has Started Testing The Rocket Engine For Its Mars Colonial Transporter

By Kate Baggaley

The Sun
Military

A Solar Storm Almost Led The U.S. To War With The Soviet Union

By Mary Beth Griggs

Space Mining Company Will Launch An Asteroid-Surveying Spacecraft By 2020
Deep Space

Space Mining Company Will Launch An Asteroid-Surveying Spacecraft By 2020

By Kate Baggaley

Black Holes

Scientists Are Using Wormholes To Make Black Holes Less Weird

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Mars In The Mojave
Private Space Flight

A Lab-Grown Diamond Ring, Mars Colonies In The Mojave, And More

By Claire Maldarelli

Illustration of a Dyson sphere around a star
Science

Scientists In The Dark Over Years-Long Dimming Of ‘Alien Megastructure Star’

By Sarah Fecht

Mars Rover Game
Mars

NASA Just Released An Addictive New Mars Rover Game

By Mary Beth Griggs

Melting Rocks With Lasers Provides Insight Into Origin Of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Science

Melting Rocks With Lasers Provides Insight Into Origin Of Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Mary Beth Griggs

Astronomers Are Working To Figure Out Why The Milky Way Has A Hole In It
Science

Astronomers Are Working To Figure Out Why The Milky Way Has A Hole In It

By Samantha Cole

China’s Jade Rabbit Moon Rover Is Dead
Moons

China’s Jade Rabbit Moon Rover Is Dead

By Kate Baggaley

How The First Private Landing On The Moon Could Move Humanity Forward
Moons

How The First Private Landing On The Moon Could Move Humanity Forward

By Cliff Ransom

Life On Earth May Have Arisen Unusually Early
Science

Life On Earth May Have Arisen Unusually Early

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How SpaceX And NASA Will Work Together To Put A Dragon On Mars
Private Space Flight

How SpaceX And NASA Will Work Together To Put A Dragon On Mars

By Sarah Fecht

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NASA

The Most Controversial Line In Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech Was About Science

By Samantha Cole

falcon 9 test
Private Space Flight

Watch SpaceX Test A Million Pounds Of Reusable Rocket Thrust

By Samantha Cole

Why NASA Astronauts Just Spent A Week Living In A Cave
International Space Station

Why NASA Astronauts Just Spent A Week Living In A Cave

By Amy Thompson

Matt Damon leans against a rover
Deep Space

Deep Space Radiation May Cause Heart Problems In Future Mars Explorers

By Sarah Fecht

Seven Magic Points
Science

10 Of The Finalist Entries For Astronomy Photographer Of The Year

By Mary Beth Griggs

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Mysteriously Hot
Science

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Mysteriously Hot

By Mary Beth Griggs

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Military

‘Star Trek Beyond’ Is A War Story In A Universe Without War

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Ao-Shun Spacecraft
Science

Popular Science’s Spaceship Design Contest Winners!

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Mars Curiosity Rover Is Starting To Make Its Own Decisions
Mars

The Mars Curiosity Rover Is Starting To Make Its Own Decisions

By Samantha Cole

Two Faraway Planets May Have Atmospheres That Can Support Life
Deep Space

Two Faraway Planets May Have Atmospheres That Can Support Life

By Kate Baggaley

Watch This New Rocket Material Crack Under Almost A Million Pounds Of Pressure
NASA

Watch This New Rocket Material Crack Under Almost A Million Pounds Of Pressure

By Kate Baggaley

Status Report: 7 ‘Star Trek’ Technologies Under Development
Science

Status Report: 7 ‘Star Trek’ Technologies Under Development

By Popular Science Staff

Women of NASA Get LEGO-sized Tribute
NASA

Women of NASA Get LEGO-sized Tribute

By Samantha Cole

Robots Have Been Visiting Mars For 40 Years Today
Mars

Robots Have Been Visiting Mars For 40 Years Today

By Rebecca Boyle

base camp at mars
Mars

How Lockheed Martin Plans To Set Up A Base Camp In Mars’ Orbit

By Sarah Fecht

Experience A Virtual Trip To Mars In A School Bus
Mars

Experience A Virtual Trip To Mars In A School Bus

By G. Clay Whittaker

How a simple, but effective telescope works
Science

The Science Bucket List: Learn To Be An Amateur Astronomer

By Jamie Leventhal

How John Glenn Landed After Becoming The First American To Orbit The Earth
NASA

How John Glenn Landed After Becoming The First American To Orbit The Earth

By Popular Science, June 1962, by Wesley S. Griswold

SpaceX Rocket Carries Chernobyl Fungi Into Space
Mars

SpaceX Rocket Carries Chernobyl Fungi Into Space

By Sarah Fecht

Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury Capsule
Science

Why Did the Mercury 13 Astronauts Never Fly in Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

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