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flight-proven

SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster

A successful reflight of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster would be an important milestone for its Starship program.

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

To the Moon

It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Space

Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time

Javier Carbajal

Space

Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space

Shigeyuki Hando

Huge, If True

Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Extended Break

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

Javier Carbajal

Code Red

How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon This Month

Jorge Garay

left in space

What's Really Happening With Elon Musk and Those ‘Stranded’ Astronauts?

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

Strike Two

SpaceX’s Latest Starship Explosion Marks Two Consecutive Failures

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Talking to the Moon

Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call

Julian Chokkattu

Special Delivery

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

Javier Carbajal

Supermassive News

Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way

Jorge Garay

Exploration

A Jumping Lunar Robot Is About to Explore a Pitch-Black Moon Crater for the First Time

Jonathan O’Callaghan

Offplaneting

The Lunar Economy Is Coming

Jorge Garay

Chance Encounter

The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

Future Impact

This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike

Jorge Garay

Heating Up

It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches

Shigeyuki Hando

Finders Keepers

How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World

Helen Gordon

Change of Plan

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions

Ian Whittaker

Lost in Space

Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

Lofty Ideas

This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity

Emilio Cozzi

Astronomy

See 6 Planets Align on January 21

Gretchen Rundorff

Space Exploration

Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury

Sara Carmignani