Jill Tarter, the inspiration behind Ellie Arroway in Contact, describes SETI as "searching a 9 dimensional haystack for a needle which may not exist."
Jill Tarter, the inspiration behind Ellie Arroway in Contact, describes SETI as "searching a 9 dimensional haystack for a needle which may not exist."
A 1955 Disney series helped spark public imagination in space. The connection is stronger than ever.
Record-holding veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner, a pilot and race car driver, will lead Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station.
Scientists suspect molten iron erupts from volcanoes somewhere in the galaxy. But ferrovolcanism, as it’s technically known, has never been spotted.
X-energy is working on an advanced nuclear reactor that could open the solar system to crewed exploration.
Space Shuttle veteran Mike Massimino is joined by For All Mankind star Joel Kinnaman to talk the Cold War and Humanity's future in space.
Just like us mere Earthlings, Astronauts work regular hours, and when the weekend rolls around, it's time to unwind.
Amidst all the metal and mechanics of our Mars rovers exists the growing presence of artificial intelligence.
In November, Mark Kelly became the fourth astronaut to be elected to Congress — nearly as unlikely as the average American landing on the moon.
Track every spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station, arrival and departure times, current crew, location in orbit, and ongoing experiments.
SN10 sticks the landing then exits the stage with a bang.
Scientists have been puzzled by puffy gas giant "cotton candy" worlds for years. Then came WASP-107b, the world that shouldn’t exist.
Where the rover leads, humans will follow—sooner than any of us think.
Why American, European, Canadian, and Japanese space travelers are called 'astronauts' is a little mystifying — and a little lost to history.
Oumuamua is the first known interstellar object to enter our solar system. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests it could be the remnants of an alien solar sail.
In March of 2020, SETI@home went quiet. But after twenty years, the project is only just beginning.
In 2008, of all NASA’s programs, the one most troubling to Lori Garver was Constellation. Billed in 2004 as "Apollo on steroids," the program was a long-term, station-moon-Mars plan for human spaceflight.
The moon rock that now sits in President Biden's Oval Office has a (very) long and storied history.
SpaceX is preparing the Starship SN9 prototype for launch
Spiral Graph is a citizen science project hunting distant spiral galaxies for a mysterious and rare species of black hole.
Construction on the ISS marked the end of another era: The Space Race.
When things go sideways, NASA turns to its biomedical engineers, who are responsible for developing systems that safeguard our space explorers in orbit.
Two-time Space Shuttle astronaut Alvin Drew is joined by Selma and Lincoln alum David Oyelowo to discuss space exploration, culture, and David's new Netflix movie, The Midnight Sky.
The Saturn and Jupiter Systems converge in the night sky.
From pulp science fiction, to political squabbles, to grand visions and human tragedy, the Station is our short documentary on the history and future of the ISS — our improbable, fantastical home amongst the stars.
Actress Felicity Jones and Astronaut Nicole Stott share a love for space and discovery.
SpaceX launches its 21st resupply run to the international space station for NASA.
Cathy Ang, star of Netflix’ Over the Moon, on what drew her to a story of lunar goddesses and garage-built rocket ships.
We haven’t just lost a great observatory. We’ve lost an iconic structure in the midst of mountains and jungle, from where we first reached out to the Universe to say hello.
A brief history of boozing in low Earth orbit.
SpaceX Launches an ocean-monitoring satellite for NASA and its European partners.
SpaceX performs the first privately-flown crew rotation to the International Space Station.
Supercluster Explains is our ongoing series of experimental animated shorts. Each episode tackles one of our favorite mind bending space concepts in 60 seconds or less.
Going to space changes the way people view Earth. The more people who can have that experience, the better.
Johnson Space Center Communications Specialist Leah Cheshier heads to SpaceX headquarters to host a livestream of NASA's next crew launch to the space station.
Jack Parsons was one of the most influential figures in the history of the American space program. He was also a Marxist, stood accused of espionage, and held a deep fascination with the occult.