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August 22, 2019

Gingrich, Kwast, Walker and Autry: A $2 billion prize will bring US permanent moon and Mars settlements

This prize approach will galvanize public attention and attract a lot of new energy and resources.

August 22, 2019

Russian life-sized robot launched on mission to the International Space Station

Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has sent a life-size humanoid robot on a mission to the International Space Station.

August 22, 2019

Scientists discover 2nd alien planet around star Beta Pictoris — and it's huge

The solar system around a star called Beta Pictoris was already a pretty interesting place, with a large planet scientists have actually seen and a huge amount of rubble flying around.

August 21, 2019

Space Command to launch Aug. 29 as Trump’s 'Space Force' takes shape

President Trump’s proposed Space Force is another step closer to taking off, as top brass announced this week that a space combatant command will launch later this month.

August 21, 2019

Rocky 'Star Wars' exoplanet with three suns discovered

A distant rocky exoplanet has gone one better than Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home planet on “Star Wars,” which is famously depicted as having two suns in its sky.

August 21, 2019

Fresh interstellar dust discovered in Antarctica

By examining Antarctic snow, researchers have discovered, for the first time, interstellar dust that recently fell to Earth, a new study finds.

August 21, 2019

New timeline for 'giant planet migration' may rewrite history of solar system

The largest planets in our solar system could have drifted away from the sun much sooner than scientists previously thought, a new study suggests.

August 21, 2019

Elon Musk puts the brakes on 'nuke Mars' theory

Just days after telling the world he still wants to "nuke Mars," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has slightly walked back the proposal, instead offering a new idea that doesn't use nuclear weapons.

August 21, 2019

NASA to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, which may hold life

NASA has officially confirmed a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, a trek that could answer whether the icy celestial body could be habitable for humans and support life.

August 21, 2019

Dark 'half-magnets' from the Sun could be streaming through us every day

An invisible substance permeates the universe, altering the paths of stars and galaxies.