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Dreaming of Mars Since Age 13, Astronaut Abby Inspires Women in STEM

November 08, 2018 | Article

By aiming for Mars, 21-year-old Abigail Harrison hopes to inspire young women on Earth to pursue their own dreams.
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This 13.5-Billion-Year-Old Star Is a Tiny Relic from Just After the Big Bang

November 08, 2018 | Article

Astronomers think they have identified a star they believe to be about 13.5 billion years old, which would place its birth just after the Big Bang — and it's surprisingly close to us.
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Future Spacesuits Should Be Beautiful — and Not Just for Space. Here's Why.

November 08, 2018 | Article

The stereotypical image of an astronaut is shaped by their spacesuit, with its puffy, white body and boxy backpack holding the life-support system.
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NASA's Sun-Kissing Solar Probe Survives 1st Flyby of Our Star

November 08, 2018 | Article

NASA's Parker Solar Probe phoned home Wednesday (Nov. 7), confirming that it survived its first record-breaking sun flyby in good condition.
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Diamond Asteroids: How Bennu and Ryugu Got Their Fancy Shapes

November 08, 2018 | Article

The striking diamond shapes of the space rocks Ryugu and Bennu — the targets of the sample-return missions Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, respectively — apparently result from the near-Earth asteroids' rubble-pile composition.
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SpaceX to Build 'Mini BFR' Version of Mars Ship to Fly on Falcon 9, Elon Musk Says

November 07, 2018 | Article

SpaceX aims to start flight-testing key design components of its Mars-settling spaceship next year, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
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Japanese Cargo Ship Departs Space Station. Next Stop: Oblivion.

November 07, 2018 | Article

A robotic Japanese cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station Wednesday (Nov. 7) for a weekend date with oblivion to wrap up a successful resupply mission.
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Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow

November 07, 2018 | Article

An eerie, marmalade-colored light show made Earth look like a gigantic orange lollipop early this morning (Nov. 7), prompting an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to snap a photo of it to share with Earthlings down below.
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Supermassive Black Holes Collide in First-Ever Views of Galactic Merger Final Stages

November 07, 2018 | Article

For the first time, astronomers have observed the final stages of galactic mergers, peering through thick walls of gas and dust to see pairs of supermassive black holes drawing closer together and the black holes' rapid growth.
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Which First Man? Film Doesn't Depict Real Neil Armstrong (Op-Ed)

November 07, 2018 | Article

The Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" is a distortion of the personalities involved in the Apollo 11 mission and a less-than-convincing account of the U.S. space program of the 1960s, according to historian and space-policy expert John Logsdon.
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