Humans Could Orbit Earth’s Poles for the First Time Today. What Took So Long?
The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...
SpaceX's Fram2 launch will send civilian crew into first flight around Earth's poles
The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...
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Watch SpaceX Launch Historic Fram2 Crewed Mission over Earth’s Poles Tonight
Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch ...
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4 astronauts to be the first to orbit the poles on a privately funded SpaceX mission
SpaceX is planning a launch as early as Monday evening. If successful, it will mark the first crewed mission to polar orbit ...
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
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This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.
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Mars rover makes the most significant find yet in the search for alien life
Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...
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The Indicator from Planet Money
A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy ...