NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS after upgrading its mini-fridge-sized quantum lab

A new set of upgrades to the International Space Station’s Cold Atom Laboratory is allowing NASA to probe quantum mechanics ...

NASA is looking for four volunteers willing to spend a year inside a simulated Mars mission

Not everyone who wants to go to Mars needs to leave Earth to help get humanity there. NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend ...

A NASA spacecraft just woke up from a nearly yearlong nap

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Nasa’s mission to save a sinking space telescope

‘A lot will have to go right’ if first-of-its-kind Swift observatory rescue mission is to succeed ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health

Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and ...

NASA wants to light a fire on the moon – but it’s for science

NASA wants to light a fire on the moon – but it’s for science - The experiment could launch as soon as later this year ...

A NASA satellite just woke up from hibernation in deep space

A NASA satellite just woke up from hibernation in deep space. Here is what it can tell us - The probe is six billion miles ...

NASA expands Moon Base science program with new research awards

The Moon Base initiative is NASA’s effort to establish infrastructure near the moon’s south pole that would support ...

NASA's new views of a famous galaxy are more than a screensaver

The James Webb Space Telescope's mid-infrared instrument shows the Centaurus A galaxy's weird glowing shapes at its core.

Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – ...
University of California

Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

NASA’s groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity’s understanding of our place in the universe, are facing unprecedented threats. The White House has ...
Ars Technica

“I’ll buy 10 of those”—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

There are more opportunities to access space than ever, thanks to a bevy of commercial rockets, some with reusable boosters, led by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9. So why is NASA launching fewer ...