Space

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Aerospace
T-Minus: How to not die on (the way to) Mars
A breakdown of the five biggest threats to future Mars astronauts and what NASA scientists are doing to overcome each one.
Kristin Houser
Three people in astronaut training suits and helmets smiling inside a spacecraft simulation chamber.
Outer Space
Life on Mars, together
Researchers spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station conducting an analog mission for potential future trips to Mars.
Rachel Ornitz | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | MIT News
A digital rendering of a martian landscape with rugged, reddish mountains and textured ground under a dark sky.
Outer Space
NASA hopes private space companies can rescue its $11 billion Mars rock mission
If this ambitious NASA mission unraveled, scientists would lose their chance to learn much more about the red planet.
Chris Impey
A man in camouflage is standing in front of a table with a virtual globe displayed above its surface
Military
Space Force pays Microsoft $20 million for a space simulator
Kristin Houser
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Astronomy
T-Minus: SpaceX’s direct-to-cell satellites, XRISM’s first images, and more
Kristin Houser
A collage of images of spacecraft and satellites.
Aerospace
The 21 most exciting space missions of 2024
Kristin Houser
an image of a spaceplane with the T-Minus logo on top of it
Aerospace
T-Minus: SpaceX’s spaceplane launch, Jupiter’s “pizza moon,” and more
Kristin Houser
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Physics
Scientists rule out a popular alternative theory to dark matter
Don Lincoln
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Outer Space
“Singularities don’t exist,” claims black hole pioneer Roy Kerr
Ethan Siegel
An orange cat is sitting on a couch with graphics over the image
Aerospace
NASA beams home cat video from 19 million miles away
Kristin Houser
a Starship rocket with the T-Minus logo over the image
Aerospace
T-Minus: Counting down the 10 greatest space stories of 2023
Kristin Houser
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Aerospace
T-Minus: Missing space tomato found, a stellar remnant revealed, and more
Kristin Houser
A moon with the T-Minus logo on top of it
Aerospace
T-Minus: A river of stars, NASA’s next moon landing, and more
Kristin Houser