Space

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Aerospace
T-Minus: NASA’s surprise asteroid, China’s reusable rocket, and more
Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a surprising asteroid discovery, a new reusable rocket, and more.
Kristin Houser
images of mouse embryos
Aerospace
Mouse embryos grown in space for the first time
A mouse experiment on the International Space Station suggests humans might one day be able to reproduce in space.
Kristin Houser
Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope, JWST.
Outer Space
Explore JWST’s deepest views ever for yourself
If you want to observe the Universe more deeply than ever before, simply point your high-powered observatory at the same region of sky.
Ethan Siegel
A rocket launch with the words minus weekly by freethink.
Aerospace
T-Minus Weekly: A first for Europe, Musk’s Starship update, and more
Kristin Houser
A black and white image of the moon captured by Chandrayaan-3.
Astronomy
Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration
Jeffrey Gillis-Davis
A close up of a metal container with bits of the Bennu asteroid sample on it
Asteroids
NASA’s asteroid sample contains an abundance of carbon and water
Kristin Houser
A man in a space suit sitting in a chair gives a thumbs up
Aerospace
T-Minus Weekly: An astronaut’s return, a Martian dust devil, and more
Kristin Houser
An artist's impression of the planet Halla orbiting a red giant
Astronomy
“Forbidden planet” is orbiting a star that should have destroyed it
Kristin Houser
images of the new astronomical objects in the Orion Nebula
Astronomy
Webb telescope spots strange objects in the Orion Nebula
Kristin Houser
the T-Minus logo of a gif depicting a render of the OSIRIS-REx capsule landing in the desert
Aerospace
T-Minus Weekly: NASA’s first asteroid sample, Stoke’s big hop, and more
Kristin Houser
An artist's impression of a planet and a red star.
Outer Space
Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world
Brad E. Tucker
a charred capsule in the desert
Asteroids
NASA has retrieved its first asteroid sample
Kristin Houser
A man experiencing space effects on the body while laying on a bed with a machine.
Astronomy
Spending time in space can harm the human body − but scientists are working to mitigate these risks before we go to Mars
Rachael Seidler