NASA asked kids to name its new Mars rover, and the 9 finalists include Ingenuity and Fortitude. Now it’s time to vote. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 21 jan 2020
Elon Musk says he plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050 by launching 3 Starship rockets every day and creating ‘a lot of jobs’ on the red planet Morgan McFall-Johnsen, Dave Mosher 18 jan 2020
A second planet might orbit the closest star to the sun, and astronomers think it’s a super-Earth Morgan McFall-Johnsen 15 jan 2020
A rare chemical that helped DNA form may have come to Earth on comets from newborn stars, astronomers find Morgan McFall-Johnsen 15 jan 2020
Young stars at the edge of the Milky Way appear to have come from 2 nearby galaxies. That means a galactic collision could happen sooner than predicted. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 12 jan 2020
An incredible animation by a planetary scientist shows how fast each planet spins by putting them in one giant globe Morgan McFall-Johnsen 29 dec 2019
2020 will likely be a groundbreaking year in space. Here’s a calendar of the biggest rocket launches, meteor showers, eclipses, and more. Morgan McFall-Johnsen, Dave Mosher, Dana Varinsky 28 dec 2019
A mysterious crunch in Earth’s magnetic field created a new type of aurora borealis. A NASA intern discovered it. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 26 dec 2019
The biggest breakthroughs in space in 2019, from the farthest object ever visited to the first photo of a black hole Morgan McFall-Johnsen 24 dec 2019
Astronomers are pioneering a new way to find alien planets orbiting far-away stars. It led them to 6 unusual, vaporizing worlds. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 23 dec 2019
