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 2 weeks ago

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

...but will it take off?

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 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 2 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 3 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 4 months ago

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

By James Comtois 7 months ago

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

By Josh Weiss 10 months ago

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

By Phil Plait 11 months ago

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

By Adam Pockross 11 months ago

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

By Phil Plait 1 year ago