Space

A New Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery

By Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt, Md.

Asteroid Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life

By Jeffrey Kluger

Why Messy SpaceX and Blue Origin Launches Are Good News

By Jeffrey Kluger

The Elegance and Awkwardness of NASA’s Prada-Axiom Moon Suit

By Jeffrey Kluger
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A Spacecraft Could Help Find Life on a Jovian Moon

The Europa Clipper, set for launch in October, will explore a distant ocean world.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Polaris Dawn Sets New Space Altitude Record

The all-civilian mission is set to achieve multiple firsts aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

By Jeffrey Kluger

A Photo Gallery of the Blue Super Moon

A blue supermoon occurs, on average, once every 20 years. On Aug. 30, skygazers took full advantage of it.

By Jeffrey Kluger

India Aims to Boost Its Space Legacy With Latest Moon Rocket

India has had several successes in space. Now Chandrayaan-3—complete with orbiter, lander and rover—is headed for the south lunar pole.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Webb Telescope Reveals The Birth of Very Young Stars

One year after its first pictures streamed back, the telescope keeps delivering dazzling images.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Space Travel Can Cause Brain Damage

A new study shows that astronauts who spend over 6 months in space suffer brain swelling—and it can take as long as 3 years on Earth to recover.

By Jeffrey Kluger

What NASA Can Teach SpaceX About Protecting The Environment

SpaceX could learn a lot from NASA about how to keep rocket launches from harming surrounding nature and wildlife.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Here's What Caused the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen

The mystery of a massive astronomical phenomenon is explained.

By Jeffrey Kluger

What We Know About the Starship Explosion—So Far

SpaceX has a lot of questions to answer before the FAA lets Starship fly again

By Jeffrey Kluger

Why SpaceX's Starship Explosion Is No Big Deal

Flying fast, failing fast, and flying again is part of the the rocket-building ethos.

By Jeffrey Kluger

There's No Way to Make Space Travel Climate-Friendly Right Now

A single passenger aboard a rocket is responsible for 100 times more pollution than an airline passenger.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Understanding the Coming Hybrid Solar Eclipse

The rarest type of solar eclipse is coming April 20. Here's what you need to know.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Inside the Biggest Rocket Ever Built

A beast designed to carry humans to the moon—and to colonize Mars.

By Jeffrey Kluger

China Will Start Building Its Lunar Base in Five Years

New details emerge about China's plans to build a manned base on the moon.

By Anurag Kotoky / Bloomberg

Webb Telescope Spots Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen

An international team has discovered galaxies that were around less than 350 million years after the Big Bang

By Jeffrey Kluger

Meet The Astronauts Picked For NASA's Back-to-the-Moon Mission

The Artemis II crew includes three Americans and one Canadian astronaut, and includes the first woman and person of color to visit the moon.

By Jeffrey Kluger
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