The 'Oumuamua Mystery May Not Be So Mysterious After All
The first interstellar object to visit the Solar System “defied expectations” in 2017, according to a new study, and…
Collecting Samples From Asteroid Bennu May Be Harder Than NASA Realized, New Findings Suggest
NASA scientists have released a boatload of data from OSIRIS-REx, the spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Bennu. There are…
Scientists Might Have Found a Way to Thwart Deadly Superbug Outbreaks in Space
For years now, scientists have sounded the alarm about a potential nightmare for astronauts on the International Space…
Earth's Low Orbit Needs Legal Protection Before It Becomes a Cosmic Junkyard
The area immediately above our planet where most of our satellites live might seem like an inexhaustible place, but…
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Capsule Successfully Docks With ISS, Without Use of Robotic Arm
A day after its launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX’s uncrewed Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully docked with…
SpaceX and NASA Launch Test Flight of Crew Dragon Capsule to ISS
Aerospace company SpaceX and NASA launched the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft in the early hours of Saturday morning from…
New Horizons Beams Back Its Clearest Images of Ultima Thule Yet
Following our first good look at 2014 MU69 back in January, New Horizons has beamed back its crispest shots of the…
Japanese Spacecraft Hayabusa2 Touches Down on Asteroid Ryugu
The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft has completed one of its most exciting challenges yet: On Thursday evening, it…
Japanese Spacecraft to Shoot Bullet at Asteroid This Week
The spacecraft Hayabusa2's first touchdown onto the asteroid Ryugu is scheduled for this week. If successful, the craft…
What's at the Edge of the Universe?
It is a routine emotion in 2019 to urgently wish, four or five times in a day, to be launched not simply into space but…
It Looks Like There's a Second, Bigger Impact Crater Under Greenland's Ice
Scientists have spotted a potential asteroid crater in Greenland just 114 miles away from another one announced a few…
Report: DHS Wants to Build Trump's Dumb Border Wall Right Through SpaceX's Texas Launch Facility
The 50-acre Boca Chica, Texas facility where Elon Musk’s SpaceX is testing the prototype version of its Starship…
New Horizons Images Show Ultima Thule May Actually Be More 'Pancake'-Shaped
The distant (486958) 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, made history on New Year’s Day for becoming the farthest object…
Fireball Over Cuba Exploded With the Energy of 1,400 Tons of TNT, NASA Says
Last week, local media reports indicated that a meteorite hit the Cuban town of Viñales after soaring across the…
Space Rock Hits Cuba
What seems to be a meteorite has struck the western Cuban town of Viñales, according to local news reports.
Bounty Hunters, Monkey Clones, and the Green New Deal: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
January 2019 is nearly over and—for now—so is the month-plus federal government shutdown that blanketed national parks i…
Blue Origin Breaks Ground on Rocket Engine Factory in Huntsville, Alabama
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin has officially started construction on a Huntsville, Alabama facility…
Wake Up, Oppy! NASA Sends New Commands to Mars Opportunity Rover
NASA’s beloved Mars rover Opportunity has been silent for months after getting swept up in an enormous dust storm on…
Strong Texas Winds Hit Elon Musk's Starship Prototype and Down It Goes
Elon Musk’s prototype of the Starship spacecraft—the payload of a system formerly known as the Big “Falcon” Rocket, and…
NASA Pulls Astronaut Eric Boe From First Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight, Mike Fincke Will Fly Instead
NASA has pulled astronaut Eric Boe, who was scheduled as a crew member for the first manned test flight of Boeing’s…