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Nestled between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres is believed to have once had all the essential minerals—liquid water, energy, and carbon-bearing organic molecules—required to sustain life, National Geographic reports. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbited Ceres for about a year to learn more about the formation of bright spots made up […]
Mars, a place we’d surely all rather be at this point, is indeed on the horizon. On Tuesday night, SpaceX celebrated a successful launch of its methane-powered Starship SN5 prototype, which can be seen in the remarkable footage below taking to the skies of Boca Chica, Texas for a short test flight or “hop.” The prototype craft, per […]
NASA astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, bringing an end to their two-month test flight aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Fox News reports. It marked the first splash down by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, and completed the United States’ mission to launch its own astronauts, ever since the […]
Two 10th grade girls from India made national headlines after discovering an Earth-bound asteroid. According to CNN, Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya made the discovery while working on a school project in which students use special software to analyze images captured by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. The project is part of an asteroid search campaign launched by SPACE India in […]
NASA is willing to shell out big bucks to the person who can design a toilet that can function on the moon. NASA has made it clear that it wants the country to return to the moon by 2024. Because this isn’t a quick pitstop, the space agency and HeroX have put up $35,000 in prizes […]
While most of the snow in Antarctica is white, snow found on its coast can be green—and as global temperatures rise, more green snow has been found across the continent. Small amounts of green snow have always been visible in Antarctica, which is caused by microscopic algae blooming on top of the snow, according to a […]
The Department of Defense has finally presented the official flag for Space Force, the nation’s sixth and newest branch of Armed Services. President Donald Trump was, of course, present for the unveiling Friday in the Oval Office, calling it a “very special moment” for the country. “We’ve worked very hard on this and it’s so important from a defensive standpoint, from […]
Tom DeLonge is further proving the naysayers wrong as fuck with the latest development surrounding a trio of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) videos. The Department of Defense said Monday it had authorized the official release of three unclassified Navy videos, all of which were originally shared to mainstream attention through the work of To the […]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will allow the United States to mine the moon for resources. As the Guardian points out, the executive order indicates that the country doesn’t see space as a “global commons,” ignoring the 1979 Moon Treaty. Titled “Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources,” the […]
Late next month a large asteroid is set to buzz past Earth but lucky for you (also me, I guess) it’s not set to hit the planet. If trajectories do change between then and now don’t bother with some “But you told us Complex…” thing because nobody’s going to be worried at that point. According […]
