Elon Musk's Inspiration for His Love of Space: Increasing the Scope, Scale of Human Civilization Beyond Earth

SPACE 09.27.2021 05:15 AM

SpaceX founder Elon Musk answered what inspires his love for space in an interview during the Italian Techweek. His interviews since then went viral.

Space Update: 20 Women Will Be Spending 5 Days in Bed to See Effects Of Spaceflight on Human Body

09.27.2021 02:25 AM

The impacts of spaceflight on the human body are being studied by putting 20 women in waterbeds for five days.

NASA Mars Perseverance Shares Rover’s Busy Day on Red Planet With a Selfie

09.27.2021 00:47 AM

NASA has released new photos of the Perseverance Mars rover, which is searching the Red Planet for clues of ancient microbial life.

Can NASA Get Water From Moon, Mars? Virginia Tech Thinks So!

09.26.2021 23:43 PM

Virginia Tech team thinks it can help NASA bring water on moon and Mars to Earth by making prototypes that extracts and harvest the most water samples from the planets.

History in Space: September 26 Marks the 38th Year of a Russian Soyuz Rocket’s Escape from Explosion on the Launchpad

09.26.2021 22:43 PM

Today, September 23, in 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the Launchpad while two cosmonauts were inside, their spacecraft, specifically the Soyuz T-10-1 on top of that said rocket.

Researchers Will Soon Launch a $4 Million Cereal Box-Sized Satellite to Space to Examine Planet Evolution, Exoplanets

09.26.2021 21:48 PM

A new tiny satellite developed and manufactured at the University of Colorado Boulder proves that "cute" objects can take on large scientific problems.

NASA Landsat 9 to Launch via United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket; Here’s What This Earth Observation Satellite Will Do

09.26.2021 21:02 PM

After a delay owing to a liquid nitrogen shortfall, NASA's Landsat 9, the most powerful satellite to survey the Earth, will go into orbit atop ULA's Atlas V Rocket.

Oxygen, Water Can Be Produced from Lunar Soil? Scientists Develop Machine Making It Possible to Supply That for Astronauts

09.26.2021 06:35 AM

Engineers in Europe recently demonstrated a new approach for moon explorers to make their own oxygen and water from lunar soil.

SpaceX to Add More Crew Dragon Fleet As Cargo Ship Will Bring 4,600 Pounds of Supplies to ISS

09.26.2021 00:58 AM

While interest for commercial Crew Dragon trips is increasing, SpaceX will deliver more than 4,600 pounds of supplies and scientific research to the International Space Station.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Alarm Rang During Inspiration4 Trip Due to ‘Challenges’ With the Toilet; What Really Happened?

09.25.2021 21:57 PM

Elon Musk has admitted that there were "challenges" with the toilet during SpaceX's first totally private voyage to orbit.

Biblical Story of Sodom Revisited: Massive Meteor Wiped Out Ancient Middle Eastern City With a Blast 1,000 Time Stronger Than Hiroshima Bomb

09.25.2021 04:15 AM

New scientific evidence suggests that a blast from a meteor impact destroyed an ancient Middle Eastern city around 3,600 years ago. Researchers believe that this might have inspired the biblical story of Sodom.

AI-Powered Imaging Captured High-Definition Craters in Lunar Poles Containing Water Frozen in Time

09.24.2021 22:35 PM

A new study was able to capture high-definition images of the lunar craters in the moon's polar regions, which may posess water ice froze over time.

Will Elon Musk Ever Go to Space? Billionaire SpaceX Founder Not Yet Sure When

09.24.2021 07:46 AM

Will Elon Musk ever going to space following the steps of other billionaire founders Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson? Perhaps someday, but it seems that it is not yet the priority of SpaceX as of now.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Detects Einstein Ring; What Makes This Special? [WATCH]

09.24.2021 05:25 AM

Another spectacular example of a deep-space optical phenomena known as a "Einstein ring" was discovered by NASA Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA InSight Mars Lander Detects 3 Massive Earthquakes in Red Planet, Records Strongest Marsquake at 4.2 Magnitude

09.24.2021 04:14 AM

NASA's InSight recorded one of the largest and longest-lasting marsquakes ever. The magnitude 4.2 marsquake shook the Red Planet for 90 minutes.