space exploration

It’s about time we plan a mission to Uranus — and seek out aliens on Enceladus

Watch out, Mars. Uranus and Enceladus might be coming for your headlines.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

5 months ago

Could we send a spacecraft to ‘Oumuamua? It’s not impossible…

...but will it take off?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

7 months ago

Billowing spaceship sails could capture laser light like wind

Now we just need to figure out how to stowaway on a journey to literally new worlds.

By Cassidy Ward | 

7 months ago

NASA will be saying goodbye to the ISS by 2030, but this end is really a beginning

It's already a new era.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

7 months ago

We need to check out this space rock from the edge of the solar system — before it’s too late

We shouldn’t miss Sedna when it comes around, because if we do, it won't be back in over a hundred lifetime. 

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

NYCC gets space-y as NASA technologists and an astronaut talk future of space travel (and aliens!)

By James Comtois | 

12 months ago

Richard Branson makes history as first person to travel to space aboard their own ship

By Josh Weiss | 

1 year ago

How long would it take for an alien civilization to populate an entire galaxy?

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Space Jam! Freeze-dried mouse sperm returns from ISS some six years later to produce healthy 'space pups'

By Adam Pockross | 

1 year ago

Don't panic, but a big Chinese rocket will make an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago