News by Category: Space Exploration

SpaceX celebrates a successful Starship test flight, finally managing to deploy its payload after previous setbacks. Booster ends in the ocean, but progress is evident.

A physicist proposes using Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, as a giant dark matter detector. This is a novel approach to finding the universe's elusive missing mass.

The Psyche mission snapped a photo of Earth and the Moon from 180 million miles away, offering a humbling perspective on our place in the solar system.

Find out how NASA engineers are extending the life of the Curiosity rover, 13 years after it landed on Mars, by implementing smart energy-saving strategies.

After a series of setbacks, SpaceX is gearing up for a crucial Starship test flight, vital for its Mars mission and NASA's Artemis program. Can they turn things around?

NASA is planning a new mission to Mars involving multiple helicopters. It aims to scout resources and paving the way for human missions.

NASA's Juno spacecraft discovers a new type of plasma wave near Jupiter's poles, potentially unlocking secrets about the planet's atmosphere and exoplanet magnetic properties.

NASA studies suggest that molecular precursors to life could form in Titan’s methane lakes, offering insights into the origins and evolution of life.

New data from the DART mission reveals unexpected complexities in deflecting asteroids. Learn how debris impacts our planetary defense strategies.

NASA is repurposing Space Shuttle-era rocket engines for the Artemis Moon mission, raising questions about cost and reliability for the program's future.

Innovative propulsion tech may drastically cut travel time to Sedna, a dwarf planet, offering a unique chance to study the solar system's origins.

A pre-flight explosion of SpaceX's Starship prototype underscores the hurdles in developing advanced space technology, prompting investigations and design refinements.