Mars has become the main focus of every major space agency in the world, and unlike the Space Race of the 20th-century, Russia and the United States aren't the ...
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NASA is preparing to unlock the secrets of the universe
It's been almost twenty-six years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space, and in that time, some of the most-important breakthroughs in ...
Elon Musk wants to have humans on Mars within a decade
Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious, especially when it comes to the future of space. At a startup festival in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the SpaceX CEO said that ...
Elon Musk believes SpaceX will have a 70% success rate this year
SpaceX's recent failed rocket landing must have a bit sobering for Elon Musk, because his predication for how successful the company will be at landing rockets ...
A Chinese probe will land on the dark side of the Moon in 2018
The "dark side of the Moon" is often used as a phrase to describe the unknown, because it can't be viewed from Earth. While modern technology has allowed us to ...
NASA has formally launched its own planetary defense force
With a name like the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, you'd think that NASA's new program was some kind of badass defense force meant to protect us from ...
SpaceX wants to try and land a rocket on a floating platform again
It's only been three weeks since SpaceX successfully landed its first Falcon 9 rocket, but it's already trying to outdo itself. The company has confirmed that ...
Elon Musk says his reusable rocket is ready for another launch
After assessing the damage to the reusable rocket it recently launched, Elon Musk claims SpaceX found nothing of note, and that the rocket is ready to launch ...
Congress wants NASA to build a deep space habitat by 2018
With more money comes more responsibility, and following the news that Congress will be increasing NASA's budget by $1.3 billion in 2016, it appears that $55 ...
China’s dark matter satellite has sent back its first batch of data
Earlier this month, China launched its Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) into space, and it's already starting to send back data. Developed by researchers ...
Russia’s space agency has turned into a NASA/SpaceX hybrid
The Russian government has been practically synonymous with corruption for decades, and in few areas has this been more noticeable and detrimental than the ...
Elon Musk claims we’ve opened the door to establishing a Martian city
Elon Musk is nothing if not venturesome, but the success of SpaceX’s vertical rocket landing on Monday may have taken his ambitions to new levels. The success ...
Elon Musk is worried that WWIII will interrupt his plans for Mars
It's safe to say that World War II would cause a lot of problems, not the least of which is the interruption of Elon Musk's plans for Mars. In an interview with ...
NASA wants to send a probe to touch the Sun
The fact that the Sun is a blazing hot ball of fire makes it rather difficult to gather data on it, and there's still so much that scientists want to learn ...
NASA wants to use bacteria to supply energy and food to astronauts
Transporting things to and from space is incredibly expensive, not to mention difficult, which is why researchers are looking for ways to make space stations as ...