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Elon Musk has always been locked in on Mars. The world’s richest man has repeatedly said that he founded SpaceX back in 2002 primarily to help settle the Red Planet.

Turn your eyes to the southeast sky late on Feb. 9, into the early hours of Feb. 10 to see the last quarter moon rise among the stars of the

Atop the mountain Cerro Armazones in Chile, construction is underway on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will usher in a new era of astronomy when it’s completed. The ELT

Global activity in Earth orbit is booming, with cheaper launch, growing megaconstellations and the emergence of commercial actors transforming space activities. But the legal framework underpinning these activities is stuck

Imagine a visitor from beyond our cosmic neighborhood. Not just from the next street over, but from an entirely different star system, a place we can only dream of reaching.

The sky is never clearer than on a cold, starry midwinter night. It is on such occasions, thanks to winter’s exceptional atmospheric transparency, that fainter stars can be seen throughout

On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, the NFL will hold Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, in a gritty gridiron matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the

As space becomes more crowded, more commercial and more consequential, the world has entered a new space race — and it bears little resemblance to the last one, industry leaders

These days, the Walt Disney Company tends to enjoy very happy Christmases. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” recently sailed past the billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office, following in the

This article was originally published at Eos. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Americans set few everyday expectations for science, but they are fundamental: