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Recently, my colleagues at Deadspin posted a ranking of the planets. But it was mostly incorrect. After extensively…

Right now, NASA’s Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)…

If you’ve ever seen a jellyfish in the wild, at an aquarium, or in one of those 11-minute-long relaxation videos on…

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump nominated Jim Bridenstine—a Republican representative in Oklahoma—as…

Before Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other space enthusiasts can ship humans to Mars as easily as an Amazon Prime…

It’s like clockwork: every month or so, you’ll be scrolling through your Facebook feed and stumble across a video…

For those who’ve followed NASA’s Cassini mission these past 20 years, it’s still a bit hard to believe it’s gone. On…

Adulthood is kind of like the Olympics where the main event is trying not to fall apart under the weight of your own…

Space has a funny way of making us feel both incredibly small yet infinitely lucky for being part of such a vast…

Since hermit crabs are actually extremely social, octopuses typically earn the reputation as the true hermits of the…

The end is nigh for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, the intrepid probe that’s been studying the Saturn system for the…

Over the past week, Irma has redefined our expectations of how powerful a hurricane can be and left devastation in…

Around the turn of the 20th century, American entrepreneur Clark Stanley sold an allegedly healing “rattlesnake oil”…

Though Cassini only has a few days left to study Saturn before it dies, it’s seriously making them count. Today,…

We all know space is goth. Pluto, however, is the obvious metal baby of the solar system, shrouded in darkness at a…

If you’ve managed to hang onto your solar eclipse glasses since August 21st, don’t throw them away! If you haven’t…

SpaceX has pulled off some exhilarating launches and landings in the past, but today’s mission ranks among its most…

Everyone from David Bowie to astrobiologists to tinfoil hat believers has pondered the question: is there life on…

The universe is very good at making us feel both extremely insignificant and lucky enough to be part of something…

Uranus can’t seem to catch a break these days. Besides spinning on its side like the drunkard of the solar system…