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Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed

Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the previous most primitive galaxy recorded.

Javier Carbajal

Ground Control

The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit

Chris Baraniuk

Starship’s Latest Test Reveals New Problems for SpaceX to Solve

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Space

A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’ Atmosphere

Shigeyuki Hando

Space

The Milky Way Has a Mysterious ‘Broken Bone’

Jorge Garay

Out of This World

New Bacteria Have Been Discovered on a Chinese Space Station

Jorge Garay

Under Repair

SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Epic Build

The Future of Manufacturing Might Be in Space

Jonathan O’Callaghan

Out with a Bang

Scientists Believe They’ve Witnessed ‘Planetary Suicide’ for the First Time

Jorge Garay

Shooting Stars

How to Watch the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower

Gretchen Rundorff

Red Planet

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Strange Rocks on Mars

Shigeyuki Hando

Space

Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes

Lyndie Chiou

Truth Is Out There

Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away

Jorge Garay

Big Pitch

The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

Jorge Garay

Scrubbed

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’

Eric Berger, Ars Technica

flight-proven

SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

To the Moon

It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica

Space

Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time

Javier Carbajal

Space

Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space

Shigeyuki Hando

Huge, If True

Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Extended Break

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

Javier Carbajal

Code Red

How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon This Month

Jorge Garay

left in space

What's Really Happening With Elon Musk and Those ‘Stranded’ Astronauts?

Eric Berger, Ars Technica