Joel Kowsky / NASA via Getty Images New NASA Study Finds There May Be Far Fewer Galaxies Than We Thought 'We simply don’t see the light from 2 trillion galaxies,' said Marc Postman of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. By Erin Coates January 16, 2021
John Raoux / AP Space Command's New Home Announced, Southerners Will Love This Move The Department of the Air Force anticipates making a final decision for the location of U.S. Space Command Headquarters in spring 2023. By Randy DeSoto January 16, 2021
STR / AFP via Getty Images China Threatens To Take Lead in 21st Century Space Race, Launching Independent Orbital Station: Report This Friday announcement comes on the heels of the return of China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft from the moon, The New York Times reported. By Erin Coates December 26, 2020
John Raoux / AP Pence Announces Elite Group of NASA Astronauts To Train for Moon Landing Vice President Mike Pence announced the group of NASA astronauts who will train for the Artemis moon landing program. By The Associated Press December 25, 2020
John Raoux / AP Trump Admin, World Take Great Strides in Space in 2020 Several countries and private companies made great advancements in space exploration in 2020. By The Associated Press December 25, 2020
NASA via AP International Space Station Marks 20 Straight Years of People Living in Orbit People have now been living on the International Space Station for 20 straight years. By The Associated Press October 31, 2020
SCIEPRO / Getty Images Scientists Detect Apparent Sign of Life on Venus in 'Astonishing and Out of the Blue' Finding A new discovery in the atmosphere of Venus has scientists buzzing about the prospect of some form of life on the planet. By Jack Davis September 14, 2020
NASA Goddard Astronomers Report No Signs of Alien Life After Painstaking Search of Constellation 'Since we can’t really assume how possible alien civilizations might utilize technology, we need to search in many different ways.' By Erin Coates September 13, 2020
(Susan Walsh / APCommentary Dem Sen Candidate in Vital Race Now Apologizing for 'Racist' Monkey Joke The joke, which Mark Kelly told at a Boy Scouts event in 2018, is coming under scrutiny now that the Arizona Senate race is down to the wire. By C. Douglas Golden September 11, 2020
Philip Pacheco / AFP via Getty Images Trump Admin Arrests Professor, NASA Researcher for Hiding Ties to Chinese Government A Texas A&M professor and NASA researcher has been charged with illegally concealing his involvement with Chinese institutions. By The Associated Press August 24, 2020