March 20, 2019 Water on asteroid Bennu could mean 'pay dirt' for space miners The near-Earth asteroid Bennu could be Exhibit A for space miners making their case to skeptical investors.
March 20, 2019 NASA's New Horizons reveals geologic 'Frankenstein' that formed Ultima Thule THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Less than three months after the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past a distant, cold space rock , scientists are beginning to piece together the story of how that object, nicknamed Ultima Thule, came to be.
March 20, 2019 A weird powder puzzle on the Martian moon Phobos may be solved The eccentric orbit of the Martian moon Phobos could drive the flow of powder across the moon's surface, a new study finds, shedding light on Phobos' mysterious origins.
March 20, 2019 Historic Nebraska flooding seen in stunning images from space The historic flooding that inundated parts of the central U.S. this month was so devastating that the damage could be seen from space.
March 19, 2019 Trump, Bolsonaro prepared to sign agreement for US space launches from Brazil During their first sit-down, President Trump and Brazil’s new far-right leader, President Jair Bolsonaro, arranged to sign several bilateral agreements, including one that lets the United States use Brazil’s Alcantara Aerospace Launch Base for satellites.
March 19, 2019 F1's Lewis Hamilton questions astronauts about moon landing hoax conspiracy: report Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton repeated a long-held conspiracy theory during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston last week.
March 19, 2019 Aliens might shoot lasers at black holes to travel the galaxy An astronomer at Columbia University has a new guess about how hypothetical alien civilizations might be invisibly navigating our galaxy: Firing lasers at binary black holes (twin black holes that orbit each other).
March 18, 2019 'Full worm supermoon' set to shine: What you need to know Skygazers are set for a treat this week when the third and final supermoon of the year occurs.
March 18, 2019 NASA study finds herpes viruses reactivate in astronauts, what causes flare-ups in space Four human herpes viruses have been found to reactivate in astronauts on Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to new research by NASA.
March 18, 2019 83 gargantuan black holes spotted guzzling down dinner at the edge of the universe Astronomers have discovered 83 supermassive black holes birthed by the universe in its infancy.