Was in cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!
In this quiz, you’ll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods have actually made it to orbit?
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Recently, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a U.S. reactor would be operational on the moon by 2030.
NASA’s new sun-studying mission ‘PUNCH’ attains its final form in Earth orbit
The four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH mission have successfully locked in place in Earth orbit.
TRAPPIST-1d isn’t the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data
As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.
Discovery of 250 ‘mini galaxies’ could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter
Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.
Why Kirk’s main character energy is bad news for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in "Strange New Worlds."
Don’t miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17
The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.
SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025
SpaceX's Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?
This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.
AI helps astronomers make a potentially major find — an exploding star being attacked by a black hole
Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.