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September 24, 2018

NASA's new satellite uses lasers to track Earth's melting ice

NASA’s new $1 billion satellite will give humanity a stronger, data-backed vision of exactly how fast Earth’s ice is melting.

September 24, 2018

After Pluto, New Horizons probe draws near to its next target: Ultima Thule

Don't sleep on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

September 24, 2018

Rover team confident Curiosity will bounce back from glitch

It's still unclear exactly what's ailing NASA's Curiosity Mars rover , but mission team members are optimistic they can get the six-wheeled robot up and running again.

September 24, 2018

The new BFR: How SpaceX's giant rocket-spaceship combo for Mars has changed

SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) spaceflight system just went through a growth spurt.

September 21, 2018

Japan lowers rovers onto 'dumpling' asteroid, hopeful of historic touchdown

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has lowered two small rovers onto an asteroid in an epic mission to study the distant space rock.

September 21, 2018

Real-life 'Planet Vulcan' found 16 light-years away from Earth

If it has inhabitants, it's a good bet they all "live long and prosper."

September 21, 2018

Astronauts going to Mars will absorb crazy amounts of radiation. Now we Know how much.

There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.

September 20, 2018

NASA's new planet hunter just found its 1st alien world — an evaporating 'Super-Earth'

NASA's newest planet-hunting mission has reported detecting its first alien world — a "super-Earth" that is likely evaporating under the heat from its star, a new study finds.

September 19, 2018

Massive ice volcanoes once covered dwarf planet Ceres eons ago

A new study shows that dozens of ice volcanoes used to litter the surface of the dwarf planet, Ceres billions of years ago.

September 19, 2018

Tiny satellites headed to Mars likely are first of many

Two tiny explorers are pushing the bounds of their kind, but if scientists have their way, the two adventurers will soon have plenty of company.