​ Acting NASA Chief Tells Agency to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon, Before China Does It First (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy is fast-tracking the agency’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on

​ Scientists Recreated the Universe’s First Molecule (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Seconds after the Big Bang, the newborn universe gave rise to the first elements—ionized forms of hydrogen and helium. These particles combined, forging helium hydride—the first ever molecule.

​ How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Skywatchers are in for a treat: The Perseid meteor shower—one of the brightest and most active of the year—is about to

​ New Theory Could Dramatically Expand the Search for Aliens (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The search for alien life is largely centered on finding planets in the “Goldilocks Zone”—the distance from a star where a planet could have liquid

​ Flawed Tests on Earth May Explain Why NASA’s Rovers Get Stuck on Mars (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front right wheel when it

​ The Space Station’s Russian Segment Won’t Stop Leaking Air (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A pesky air leak on the International Space Station (ISS) just won’t quit. Although the crew hoped they had sealed the last crack on the

​ Australia’s First Rocket Crashes and Burns Seconds After Liftoff (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) The first Australian-made orbital rocket to launch from the land down under barely took off for its inaugural test flight, ending roughly 14 seconds after

​ SpaceX Is Gearing Up for Starship’s Next Flight After a String of Explosive Setbacks (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) SpaceX is prepping the Starship rocket for its upcoming test flight, expected to take place in early August. The rocket’s

​ The U.S. Could Lose a Crucial Futuristic Telescope to Spain if Trump’s Budget Passes (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Spain has offered to spend up to €400 million ($471 million) to host the Thirty Meter Telescope, an enormous observatory

​ Space Force’s Secretive X-37B Is Returning to Space With New Tech (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Just a few months after wrapping up its seventh test flight in orbit, Space Force’s experimental vehicle known as X-37B is ready for