​ Trump Pulled His NASA Pick, But Jared Isaacman Would’ve Rebuilt the Moon Program (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Shortly after Donald Trump withdrew his nomination for Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, the billionaire private astronaut revealed what he would

​ Private Japanese Lander Crashes Into the Moon in Second Failed Attempt (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A private Japanese spacecraft crashed into the Moon while attempting the country’s first commercial lunar landing on Thursday, June 5, the company has

​ Astronomers Discover Most Energetic Cosmic Explosions Ever Observed (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Astronomers in Hawaii have discovered a new kind of explosion, and they’re the most energetic stellar explosions ever recorded. Meet “extreme nuclear transients” (ENTs): when supermassive

​ ISS Conference Scrapped as NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Crew and Cargo (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The International Space Station (ISS) still has a few years left in orbit before it’s due for retirement, but the future of the

​ Upcoming Telescope Predicted to Discover Millions of Hidden Solar System Objects (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A new observatory perched high in the Chilean Andes is about to blow the lid off our solar system—and scientists say it’s going

​ Watch Live as Japanese Startup Attempts Moon Landing After Failed First Mission (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The Resilience lander has spent the past six months traveling to the Moon, with plans to touch down in its far northern

​ New Russian Satellite Appears to Be Stalking U.S. Satellite in Orbit (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A recently launched Russian satellite is getting uncomfortably cozy with a U.S. reconnaissance satellite, leading Space Command to worry that it’s part of

​ Physicists Propose Cheaper Alternative to Particle Colliders: Supermassive Black Holes (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A new study from Johns Hopkins University suggests that supermassive black holes—those cosmic behemoths lurking at the centers of galaxies—might already be generating the