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The latest on the US space agency's crafts, missions, and discoveries—from low-Earth orbit to deep space.

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NASA’s new weather satellite will show us wildfires and storms in insane detail

NASA’s new weather satellite will show us wildfires and storms in insane detail

By Mary Beth Griggs

opportunity on Mars

The Little Rover That Could

By Mary Beth Griggs

Alpha Centauri And Beta Centauri

Five questions about NASA’s plans to visit an alien world in 2069

By Rachel Feltman

The President’s plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions—here are the answers

The President’s plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions—here are the answers

By Rachel Feltman and Sara Chodosh

Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station

Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station

By Sara Chodosh

Voyager 1 just fired up some thrusters for the first time in 37 years

Voyager 1 just fired up some thrusters for the first time in 37 years

By Rachel Feltman

satellites in orbit

You’d be surprised how often space junk falls out of the sky

By Sara Chodosh

We could actually learn a lot by going back to the Moon

By Mary Beth Griggs

60 years ago, Sputnik shocked the world and started the space race

60 years ago, Sputnik shocked the world and started the space race

By Mary Beth Griggs

Glance through Cassini’s last glimpses of the Saturn system

By Mary Beth Griggs

A timeline of Cassini’s plunge of fiery doom on Friday

A timeline of Cassini’s plunge of fiery doom on Friday

By Mary Beth Griggs

You shouldn’t be too worried about the huge asteroid that’s about to fly right past us

You shouldn’t be too worried about the huge asteroid that’s about to fly right past us

By Sara Chodosh

NASA is about to find out if a supercomputer can survive a year in space

NASA is hiring a Planetary Protection Officer, but it’s not Earth that needs saving

NASA is hiring a Planetary Protection Officer, but it’s not Earth that needs saving

By Sara Chodosh

Four ways anyone can be a scientist during the solar eclipse

Four ways anyone can be a scientist during the solar eclipse

By Aparna Nathan

artificial cloud made from barium

NASA will try to create glowing rainbow clouds, and you can watch

Sorry, but Anonymous has no evidence that NASA has found alien life

Sorry, but Anonymous has no evidence that NASA has found alien life

52 of Cassini’s most beautiful postcards from the outer solar system

19 of the coolest images from NASA’s Operation IceBridge

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Listen to the surprisingly empty gap between Saturn and its rings

By Rachel Feltman

Why NASA is running out of spacesuits

Why NASA is running out of spacesuits

nasa cassini saturn

A spacecraft just flew between Saturn and its rings for the first time ever—and there are pictures

By Rachel Feltman

Bricks made from fake Martian soil are surprisingly strong

Bricks made from fake Martian soil are surprisingly strong

Mars' atmosphere

What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission

VIIRS view of Europe

These new photos of Earth lit up at night are actually pretty useful

By Sara Chodosh

Curiosity Rover takes a self portrait

The Curiosity Mars rover’s wheels are starting to break

By Rachel Feltman

Chuck Berry is gone, but his music is still flying through the cosmos

Chuck Berry is gone, but his music is still flying through the cosmos

By Mark D. Kaufman

Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill

Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill

By Mark D. Kaufman

NASA wants to put astronauts on the very first launch of its new mega-rocket

NASA wants to put astronauts on the very first launch of its new mega-rocket

Active Regions Galore

How NASA is planning to touch the sun

By Ian Graber-Stiehl

NASA has an unusually bold plan to find life on Europa

NASA has an unusually bold plan to find life on Europa

NASA bets the farm on the long-term viability of space agriculture

NASA bets the farm on the long-term viability of space agriculture

By Eleanor Cummins

If Earth’s orbit is so crowded, why don’t we see space junk in photos of the Earth?

If Earth’s orbit is so crowded, why don’t we see space junk in photos of the Earth?

By Mary Beth Griggs

What can NASA’s twin study results actually tell us?

What can NASA’s twin study results actually tell us?

By Claire Maldarelli

The hibernation science in ‘Passengers’ is not far from reality

The hibernation science in ‘Passengers’ is not far from reality

By Jason Lederman

Mars Explorers Wanted Poster

All the NASA space gifs you never knew you needed

By Rachel Feltman

This week’s supermoon is going to be more super than usual (we promise)

This week’s supermoon is going to be more super than usual (we promise)

By Samantha Cole

What’s Inside Proxima Centauri B, Our Nearest Exoplanet Neighbor

What’s Inside Proxima Centauri B, Our Nearest Exoplanet Neighbor

By Charles Q. Choi

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s

OSIRIS-REx Liftoff: Perfectly Executed, On Its Way To An Asteroid

OSIRIS-REx Liftoff: Perfectly Executed, On Its Way To An Asteroid

By Samantha Cole

Jim Harris holding the final iteration of the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism.

A Plastic Cup And A Shop Vacuum Could Rewrite The History Of The Solar System

By Samantha Cole

NASA’s Mission To Sample A Killer Asteroid Launches In September

NASA’s Mission To Sample A Killer Asteroid Launches In September

hillary clinton DNC speech

The Most Controversial Line In Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech Was About Science

By Samantha Cole

base camp at mars

How Lockheed Martin Plans To Set Up A Base Camp In Mars’ Orbit

How John Glenn Landed After Becoming The First American To Orbit The Earth

How John Glenn Landed After Becoming The First American To Orbit The Earth

By Popular Science, June 1962, by Wesley S. Griswold

The Dizzying View Inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

The Dizzying View Inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

By Samantha Cole

Future Engineers Challenge winners

Meet The Winners Of Star Trek And NASA’s Student 3D Printing Challenge

By Jason Lederman

We Took A Virtual Walk On The Martian Surface

We Took A Virtual Walk On The Martian Surface

By Shannon Stirone

Concept drawing of the Mars Base Camp

Lockheed Martin Wants To Send Humans To Mars In 12 Years

What’s It Like To Go To Mars And Back?

NASA Invests In Suspended Animation, Growable Space Habitats, And More

NASA Invests In Suspended Animation, Growable Space Habitats, And More

Tiny Debris Chipped A Window On The Space Station

By Mary Beth Griggs

Shadows at Endeavour Crater

The Best Pictures Of Mars

The 12 craziest Hubble pictures of all time

The 12 craziest Hubble pictures of all time

Astronaut Butch Wilmore holds a container that was 3D printed on the International Space Station.

NASA And Star Trek Have Teamed Up To Create The Next Generation of Makers

By Jason Lederman

The First Step Toward Alpha Centauri: Sailing To Mars

The First Step Toward Alpha Centauri: Sailing To Mars

By Charles Q. Choi

Meet The Amazing Women Who Launched America’s First Rockets

Meet The Amazing Women Who Launched America’s First Rockets

By Nathalia Holt

Can Billionaire Robert Bigelow Create A Life For Humans In Space?

Can Billionaire Robert Bigelow Create A Life For Humans In Space?

By Ryan Bradley

Why Lockheed Martin Is Blasting The Orion Spaceship With 1,500 Speakers

Why Lockheed Martin Is Blasting The Orion Spaceship With 1,500 Speakers

Here’s Why Twin Studies Are So Important To Science And NASA

Here’s Why Twin Studies Are So Important To Science And NASA

By Claire Maldarelli

Did Anti-Chemtrail Hackers Break Into NASA’s Drone?

Did Anti-Chemtrail Hackers Break Into NASA’s Drone?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

European Scientists Want To Shoot A Giant Bullet At Europa

European Scientists Want To Shoot A Giant Bullet At Europa

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

By Carl Franzen