space

From 'Apollo 13' to 'Gravity,' these are the most realistic space movies

Space exploration can take us to some amazing places even when stories hew to the realities of astrophysics. 

By Vanessa Armstrong | 

2 weeks ago

New type of supernova could eat a planet's atmosphere from 150 light years away

But... we're using that.

By Cassidy Ward | 

2 weeks ago

Construction begins on Square Kilometer Array, world’s largest radio telescope

It's a telescope roughly half the size of the planet.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

Dive in! Ancient Mars had enough water for a global ocean 300 meters deep

Take a deep breath!

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

James Webb Space Telescope reveals toxic atmosphere of exoplanet 700 lightyears away

It sounds awful, honestly.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

There's gold in them thar stars: The science of real-life Treasure Planets

First the space race, then a new gold rush.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

A new era in space flight: NASA launches Artemis 1, our first step in returning to the moon

To the moon!

By Cassidy Ward | 

2 months ago

Tom Cruise’s space movie will make him ‘the first civilian to do a spacewalk’

Cruise’s biggest stunt yet would literally be out of this world.

By Benjamin Bullard | 

3 months ago

The most precise test of General Relativity ever conducted just happened in space

Einstein wins again.

By Cassidy Ward | 

4 months ago

Odds are way better than you think that space junk could hit a person within a decade

The worst kind of lottery to win.

By Cassidy Ward | 

6 months ago