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November 5, 2019

We could go to Venus with today's technology, scientists say

We could go to Venus tomorrow with the technology we have today, urged a NASA scientific advisory group, and the group's members would like to get a mission off the ground as soon as possible.

November 4, 2019

Our universe may be a giant loop, new study claims

The universe may actually be curved, like a giant inflated balloon, a new study claims.

November 4, 2019

Space capsule soars in dramatic abort test

Boeing’s Starliner capsule that will eventually take astronauts into space completed a key abort test Monday when it soared for almost a mile before parachuting back into the New Mexico desert.

November 4, 2019

NASA is sending cookies to space

NASA is sending a zero-G oven to the International Space Station (ISS) to help astronauts make "common and widely consumed foods in space," including chocolate chip cookies.

November 1, 2019

NASA eyes Pluto mission

Just days after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that Pluto should be given back its planet status, the U.S. space agency announced that it has funded a study to see if another orbiter mission is feasible.

November 1, 2019

Asteroid impacts may be vital for exoplanets to support life, study says

Past asteroid impacts may have done significant damage to life on Earth, but a new study suggests that a Goldilocks impact from a space rock might be an important ingredient in supporting life on other planets.

October 31, 2019

New class of black holes may exist, scientists say

An entirely new class of black holes that scientists were unaware of may exist, according to a study.

October 31, 2019

Second interstellar visitor may be carrying water from beyond our solar system, shocking study suggests

A shocking new study suggests that the second interstellar object ever discovered, Comet 2I/Borisov, could be carrying water on it from beyond the Solar System.

October 31, 2019

NASA has found the 'jack-o'-lantern nebula'

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a massive nebula in deep space that "looks like a celestial jack-o'-lantern." The study's researchers have given it the nickname "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula," apropos for Halloween. 

October 31, 2019

NASA might bring pieces of Mars to Earth in a Darth Vader helmet

WASHINGTON — Scientists studying Mars have wanted pieces of the Red Planet here on Earth for decades, and they are finally getting their shot at designing a mission to acquire such souvenirs.