Space Exploration
What’s the Best Way to Sail From World to World? Electric Sails or Solar Sails?
A new study compares two potential means of interstellar exploration, which could have implications for both space exploration and the…
A NASA Panel Says We Don’t Need to be so Careful About Infecting Other Worlds
It's time to update the rules. That's the conclusion of a panel that examined NASA's rules for planetary protection. It…
NASA Engineer Has A Great Idea for a High-Speed Spacedrive. Too Bad it Violates the Laws of Physics
When a NASA engineer announces a new and revolutionary engine that could take us to the stars, it's easy to…
Mice That Spend a Month in Space Were Able to Reproduce Once They Got Back to Earth
A team of Japanese researchers have used sperm from mice that spent time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to…
NASA Tests Water Powered Spacecraft in Orbit
Picture two tissue box-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth. Then picture them communicating, and using a water-powered thruster to approach each other.…
Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2’s Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails?
Where you can travel in space depends on how much propellant you’ve got on board your rocket and how efficiently…
The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit”
After months of discussion, the space agencies behind the Lunar Gateway have decided how the space station will orbit the…
SpaceIL Scraps its Plans to go Back to the Moon. Instead, it’s Got a New Secret “Significant Objective” for Beresheet 2
Mystery. Secrecy. A Need-To-Know Basis. These are the hallmarks of science. Wait a minute: no they're not. So what's with…
LEGO’s New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released
The 50th anniversary of You-Know-What is coming up and LEGO is getting in on the celebration. The much-beloved company has…
The Blue Origins Founder Wants to Get to the Moon by 2024
Blue Origin is going to the Moon. In an hour-long presentation in Washington DC on May 9th, Jeff Bezos spelled…