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May 17, 2019

NASA creating world's first all-electric airplanes powered by 'holy grail' frozen hydrogen fuel to save Earth from eco-disaster

NASA funded scientists are working on an environmentally friendly electric plane that's powered by cryogenically-liquified hydrogen fuel.

May 16, 2019

Israel to put Bible on the moon, Netanyahu says

The United States put man on the moon and Israel wants to land the Bible there.

May 16, 2019

NASA's Voyager and Pioneer probes launched decades ago and are still out there. Here's where they'll end up.

Spacecraft that launched from Earth in the 1970s are still traveling on trajectories that led them out of our solar system and beyond.

May 15, 2019

Giant hole in the Martian atmosphere is venting all its water into space

There's a hole in the Martian atmosphere that opens once every two years, venting the planet's limited water supply into space — and dumping the rest of the water at the planet's poles.

May 15, 2019

These ancient galaxies are far brighter than expected. Does that signal a cosmic turning point?

By staring at the sky for over 200 hours, the Spitzer Space Telescope collected light that finally reached Earth after a 13-billion-year voyage through space.

May 15, 2019

How life on Earth could come back from a sterilizing asteroid impact

Supervillains take note: Even the biggest and baddest asteroids may not be 100% effective as doomsday devices.

May 15, 2019

Crescent Moon looks absolutely gorgeous from space in this astronaut photo

An astronaut's vantage point offers a stunning view of not just Earth , but also our nearest neighbor, as proved by this newly published photograph of the moon.

May 15, 2019

NASA names new Moon landing program Artemis after Apollo's sister

Half a century after NASA sent men to the moon under project " Apollo ," the space agency is now working to land men — and women — on the lunar surface as part of its "Artemis" program.

May 14, 2019

NASA seeks funds for return to Moon

NASA unveiled plans to accelerate human exploration of the moon, including a requested $1.6 billion budget increase for 2020, larger spending boosts proposed for later years and enhanced commercial opportunities for rocket and spacecraft suppliers.

May 14, 2019

Here's the winner of NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat challenge

New York-based design agency AI SpaceFactory took the top prize in a NASA competition to 3D print a habitat that could be used on the moon or Mars.