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We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

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There’s something profoundly sad about the fact that the man who builds rockets to reach Mars can’t reach his own child on ...

A resilient gut microbe, Bacillus subtilis, has survived the extreme conditions of space launch and reentry - great news for ...

Before we get to Mars, we're going to have to practice. And develop radical leaps in technology, but also practice. A Mars mission will be utterly unlike anything attempted by humanity. We're talking ...

Missions to colonize Mars may not be as far away as you think, with current plans relying on AI-powered "superhuman ...

The former NASA astronaut and the agency’s 14th administrator says it’s not a matter of if we go to the Red Planet — but when ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

Vox Members got to read this story first. Support independent journalism and get exclusive access to stories like this by becoming a Vox Member today. One day, Mars might become a home to humans. But ...

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news ...

A California nuclear startup with roots in space exploration is coming to East TN. Meet Radiant Industries, which announced ...