Brett is curious about emerging aerospace technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett's work has appeared on Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. Brett has degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett enjoys skywatching throughout the dark skies of the Appalachian mountains.
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NASA has used advanced imaging techniques to peer inside samples of asteroid Bennu, discovering extensive networks of cracks running throughout the rock particles.

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NASA's X-59 jet looks ready to fly into the sunset in this new image taken before its second test flight.

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The dust storm created travel complications and other issues for Texans.

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Scientists are searching for evidence of microbial life left behind in these mineral deposits.

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A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.

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A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away from the International Space Station carrying thousands of pounds of garbage, headed for a fiery demise.

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A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant" at the heart of our galaxy.

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The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes caught a stunning portrait of a dying star at the heart of the Cat's Eye Nebula.

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NASA brought its mega moon rocket back into the shop for repairs on Feb. 25, 2026, just as the sun was setting over the Florida Space Coast.

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Cities far below the International Space Station and stars far in the cosmic distance create ghostly trails of light in a long-exposure photograph from NASA astronaut Chris Williams.

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President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related to UFOs.

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China's Shenzhou 21 crew rang in the Year of the Horse with an impressive celebration aboard the nation's Tiangong Space Station that included filming a music video.

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Reference Artemis 2 was the second scheduled flight of the Artemis program and the first crewed Artemis mission. It sent four astronauts around the moon.

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One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jet made a fiery wheels-up landing on Tuesday (Jan. 27) after a mechanical issue prevented it from lowering its landing gear.

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NASA leaders said the Crew-11 mission's astronaut medical evacuation shows how the agency is prepared to handle the unexpected.

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NORAD celebrates its 70th year of tracking Santa Claus as he flies around the world delivering joy this Christmas Eve.

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For one, it came down to timing.

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Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

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The U.S. Space Force unveiled the new naming scheme that it will use for its spacecraft and space-based weaponry, drawing inspiration from mythology and the natural world.

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The U.S. Space Force is boosting its ability to deter and defeat drones and other uncrewed aerial systems near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Eastern Range.

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Former NASA chief Michael Griffin told the U.S. Congress that while China is making great strides in its plan to reach the moon, the United States has "stuck to a plan that does not make sense."

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The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.

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China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.

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Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured breathtaking imagery of solar system comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking into multiple pieces after being warmed by the sun.

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China has a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong Space Station.
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