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The crystals neatly sidestep some of physics' most iron-clad laws.

Dust devils are generally used as a trope in media when the writers want to know that an area is deserted. They signify the desolation and isolation that those places represent. Almost none of the settings of those stori...

A new study indicates that aliens are probably out there, occupying half of the Universe, and we'll likely meet them in 200 million or to 2 billion years. The post If Aliens Are Out There, We'll Meet Them in a Few Hundre...

From ultrasounds to ukelele jam sessions and space art, it appears the Inspiration4 crew is staying busy in orbit.

Turksat will launch its first domestically built communications satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9, the Turkish government announced Sept. 17. SpaceNews

The ESA just finished testing the drill that will allow the Rosalind Franklin rover to search for signs of life beneath the surface of Mars! The post ExoMars Will be Drilling 1.7 Meters to Pull its Samples From Below the...

A galaxy survey has shown us the origin of gamma rays from empty space. The post Finally an Answer to why Gamma Rays are Coming From Seemingly Empty Space appeared first on Universe Today.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

The lightsaber will be their most realistic yet.

The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and the four crew members--a billionaire and three other Americans--have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises.

Tom Cruise got a sneak preview of what it's like to circle Earth in a SpaceX capsule.

Thinking outside the box has always been a strong suit of space exploration. Whether taking a picture of the Earth in a sunbeam or attempting to land a rocket on a floating ship, trying new things has been a continual th...

SpaceX's first private Crew Dragon mission is set to end with a splashdown off the Florida coast Sept. 18, three days after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center. SpaceNews