Starship is the largest rocket ever built. Elon Musk hopes it will one day carry people…
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Can we grow veggies in space?
A Texas undergrad is investigating sustainable agriculture systems for growing vegetables on Mars – and grew…
NPR's Short Wave gives us the latest on black holes, sea turtles, and blood pressure
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Regina Barber and Aaron Scott of Short Wave about a black…
Worker injuries at SpaceX soar in Elon Musk's rush to Mars, Reuters reports
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Reuters reporter Marisa Taylor about her investigation into worker safety at…
Astronomers have found a planet with clouds made of sand. : NPR
An artistic depiction of the planet WASP-107b. Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest this…
A tool bag, which gave astronauts the slip, can be seen floating in space
The white tool bag can be seen with binoculars. Just look for the International Space Station…
Astronauts dropped a bag of tools in space, and you can see it with binoculars
During a space walk at the International Space Station, astronauts lost hold of a bag of…
NASA unveils rocks brought back from an asteroid : NPR
NASA held a briefing to reveal the rocks returned by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. The asteroid…
Asteroid rocks collected by NASA are rich in water and carbon : NPR
Small rocks and dust from an asteroid, outside a round sample collection device in a NASA…
A solar eclipse is more than a spectacle — for some it honors tradition : NPR
For a few minutes Saturday, the Moon will line up between the Earth and sun and…