Sep 23 This beaming sculpture will shine from earth’s orbit — and probe the politics of space By Corinne Segal Trevor Paglen's sculpture "Orbital Reflector" is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in mid-November, raising questions about who controls space and why. Continue reading
Sep 11 Meet the scientist behind these stunning images of Jupiter By Vicky Stein Candice Hansen-Koharcheck, a planetary scientist, has been photographing celestial bodies for decades. But for the Juno mission, her collaborators are citizen scientists. Continue reading
Aug 23 WATCH: Pence says Space Force will be established by 2020 By Erica R. Hendry The vice president is scheduled to speak at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Aug 12 NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. Continue reading
Aug 10 WATCH: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasts off for 7-year mission around the sun By Nsikan Akpan NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday. Watch live here. Continue reading
Jul 20 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will ‘shake’ hands with sun, thanks to small push from Venus By Anna Kusmer With the Parker Solar Probe, NASA must strike the perfect balance between flying close enough to collect data but not so close that it burns up. Here’s what the mission will take. Continue reading
Jun 27 More delay, cost for NASA’s next-generation space telescope By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021. Continue reading
Jun 21 Why a U.S. ‘Space Force’ is ‘premature’ but ‘inevitable’ By Nsikan Akpan What would a space force look like? Why now? Will NASA play a role? Three experts, including a retired Air Force Lieutenant General, explain the rationale behind President Trump's announcement. Continue reading
Jun 19 5 important stories that deserve more attention By Michael Rios, Erica R. Hendry Monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees, excessive video-game playing could be a mental health disorder and other stories we're reading now. Continue reading
Jun 13 NASA Rover knocked out as giant dust storm engulfs Mars By Amel Ahmed, KQED Flight controllers tried late Tuesday night to contact Opportunity, but the rover did not respond. The storm has been growing since the end of May and now covers one-quarter of the planet. Continue reading