Musk appears to target Artemis project, Space Launch System : NPR

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard the mobile launcher as it…

Axions could help solve physics’ dark matter problem : Short Wave : NPR

The combined gravity of all the regular and dark matter trapped inside the cluster shown here…

Valentine’s Day aurora may appear in northern U.S. skies : NPR

The aurora borealis, commonly called the northern lights, illuminate the sky over a horse pasture in…

President Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk could propel humans to Mars : NPR

Mars, from composite of photos from three cameras from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter…

How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth? : NPR

This photo provided by NASA shows the Orionid meteors on Oct. 13, 2015. Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA/AP…

What it would take to send people to Mars

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk’s close relationship with Trump.…

‘Einstein Ring’ of light found by Euclid telescope in nearby galaxy : NPR

A ring of light surrounding the center of NGC 6505, a nearby galaxy, is captured by…

Searching the entire sky for the secrets to our universe : NPR

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing in August 2024. The mission will make the first all-sky spectroscopic…

NASA instructs employees to remove pronouns from all work communications : NPR

NASA has instructed employees, contractors and grantees to remove all pronouns from their signatures. Celal Gunes/Anadolu…

The moon’s grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye : NPR

Two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin, from a view that…