Space Tourism 2021: Here Are The Fascinating Spaceflight Missions From Virgin Galactic, Blue Origins and SpaceX This Year

SPACE 12.27.2021 23:50 PM

More space tourists flew to orbit this year in different ways. The story is only getting started. In 2021, mankind outdid itself by becoming bolder and exploring further than anybody had anticipated.

NASA Seeks Help From Theologians to Understand How Humans Will React to Life Between Earth and Beyond

12.27.2021 22:28 PM

NASA is hoping theologians, specifically at the Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton, New Jersey, will have the answer to the question of how humans are going to react to reports that "intelligent life" does exist on other planets.

OneWeb Adds 36 Satellites to Orbit For Better Internet and Communication; New Batch of Megaconstellation Launched Aboard Arianespace Soyuz

12.27.2021 21:26 PM

OneWeb launched a new batch of their internet satellites to orbit aboard the Arianespace Soyuz rocket last Monday, December 27.

Origin of Mysterious Black Glassy Rocks in Atacama Desert Found Through Clues Not From Earth

12.27.2021 05:28 AM

A new geological study confirmed that the black rocky glass shards in the Atacama Desert were produced by something outside of the deep cosmos 12,000 years ago.

What’s Next After NASA James Webb Telescope Launch? 5 Exciting Space Missions Unveiled

12.27.2021 00:28 AM

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have a number of big space and research missions scheduled for 2022.

NASA James Webb Telescope Finally Sets off to Space After Its Christmas Day Launch [LOOK]

12.26.2021 23:10 PM

After a flawless launch on Christmas Day, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has already entered orbit.

NASA Spacecraft to Travel to Strange Metal-Rich Asteroid 16 Psych Between Mars and Jupiter In August 2022

12.26.2021 22:15 PM

NASA has provided further details about its intentions to explore the odd metal asteroid Psyche as part of a mission that will launch next year.

NASA Spotted a Bus-Sized Asteroid Heading to Earth in Early 2022; Is It a Threat to The Planet and Humanity?

12.26.2021 20:51 PM

The asteroid 2014 YE15 will approach Earth on January 6, 2022 and will not endanger the planet, according to NASA.

NASA, Other Astronauts in ISS Greet People on Earth During Christmas Day With These Best Photos

12.26.2021 00:17 AM

As the year draws to a close, NASA astronauts greeted folks on the ground on Christmas Day by sharing some of the greatest images from the International Space Station.

NASA ’s Anti-Asteroid DART Mission Shares Its First-Ever Stunning Photos From Space

12.25.2021 22:38 PM

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its "eye" and returned its first photographs from orbit just two weeks after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Space Shuttle Columbia Telescope Up For Sale On Craigslist For $10 Million; Here's How It Helped NASA

12.25.2021 22:07 PM

A collector is selling the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope that flew on NASA Space Shuttle Columbia in 1990 for $10 million on Craigslist.

Webb vs Hubble Space Telescope Differences in Wavelengths, Sizes, and Orbit

12.25.2021 21:54 PM

Webb has been called a "Hubble replacement" but NASA prefers to call it the "scientific successor" to the latter from which its goals were driven by results from the former.

Weirdest Space Events in 2021: From SpaceX Leaky Toilet to Mysterious Object Near China's Shijian-21 Satellite

12.24.2021 09:00 AM

As this year so brilliantly proved, space isn't what it used to be, and it will never be the same again.

Asteroid Ignites 2 Years of Darkness to Earth; The Same Rocky Object That Wiped Out Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago

12.23.2021 22:45 PM

A team of researchers from the California Academy of Sciences recently reported soot forming wildfires filled the sky and blocked the Sun shortly after an asteroid hit the Earth.

Chinese Space Telescope Yangwang 1 Captures Stunning Footage of Leonard, Aurora and Meteors Ahead Christmas Day

12.23.2021 22:27 PM

Origin Space's Yangwang 1 recently captured the stunning brightness of Leonard, along with a few cosmic phenomena that coincided with the comet.