​ ‘There are lots of mysteries in our backyard’: Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers say they have figured out the true chemical makeup of our solar system, revealing that it contained much

​ Houston, Our Brains Don’t Work So Great Up Here (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A new study is shedding light on the lesser known effects of space on cognitive behavior and how astronauts’ slower performance could impact our ability

​ SpaceX’s sixth Starship test flight successful despite abandoning booster catch (Image Credit: Mashable) SpaceX conducted its sixth Starship test flight on Tuesday, with CEO Elon Musk joined by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to observe from the control

​ How long is a light-year? Here are some ways to think about it. (Image Credit: Mashable) Superman may fly faster than a speeding bullet, but he’d easily lose in a race against a beam of light, the

​ NASA’s Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination (Image Credit: Mashable) After a year of exploring a mysterious valley on Mars, NASA‘s intrepid Curiosity rover is headed to a new destination with its own intrigue.  The

​ Researchers Plotting Giant Spaceship That Could Carry Generations of Humans (Image Credit: futurism-com) An international consortium of scientists, engineers, and urban planners called Project Hyperion has launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could

​ Dark matter might make space-time ring like a bell around black holes — and we might be able to ‘hear’ it (Image Credit: Space.com) It turns out that dark matter can sing, but only if it’s given