E. Gibson -MPI / Getty Images Halloween Solar Flare Could Impact Power Grid, But Also Cause an Eye-Catching Sight Experts have determined that the charged particles from the eruption on Thursday should hit Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend. By Amanda Thomason October 29, 2021
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesCommentary VP Harris Brutally Mocked for Ridiculous NASA Video for Kids Featuring Child Actors Harris' phony, stiff performance in the video was only worsened by the revelation that the children featured along with her were actors. By Isa Ryan October 11, 2021
Chandan Khanna - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary NASA Testing Our Planet's Final Defense on Rogue Asteroid Barreling Through Space It's nice to know that any asteroid hurtling toward Earth can expect to meet an American rocket face to face. By Jared Harris October 9, 2021
Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Bezos Earth Fund Jeff Bezos Lawsuit Is Keeping USA from a Historic Return to the Moon Jeff Bezos wants a contract from NASA and will do anything to get it, no matter what it does to NASA's plans. By Jack Davis September 26, 2021
(Saul Martinez / Getty Images Elon Musk Drags Joe Biden After the President Failed to Acknowledge Historic SpaceX Mission The purpose of the mission was both to study the human body in space and raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. By Thomas Catenacci September 20, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Bezos Wants a Moon Landing Contract So Badly He's Suing NASA to Get One Blue Origin filed a complaint in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims following NASA’s April decision to award SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract. By Ailan Evans August 16, 2021
NASA - JPL - Caltech / AP Unusually Soft Rock Interferes with Mars Rover's Mission to Search for Signs of Life on Mars The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet for eventual return to Earth. By The Associated Press August 11, 2021
NASA / AP Scientists Find the Chances of Asteroid Bennu Colliding with Earth Are Higher Than They Initially Predicted While the chances of the asteroid clobbering the Earth are higher than expected, scientists believe a collision is unlikely. By The Associated Press August 11, 2021
ICON - NASA / AP NASA Encourages People to Embrace Their Inner Matt Damon With New Simulated Martian Experience To prepare for sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking applications Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. By The Associated Press August 6, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesOp-Ed Fred Weinberg: If the Billionaire Space Race Proves Anything, It's That Capitalism Works 'You can dislike Bezos’ politics - I do - but you cannot dismiss what he has accomplished. Or Elon Musk, or Richard Branson.' By Fred Weinberg July 20, 2021