More Space - Page 7
Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade
It's really hard to touch down on the lunar surface.
![SLIM spacecraft sitting upside down on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06lxr2zBBOWZeGRVzjH4AIR/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1706197684.jpg)
![SLIM spacecraft sitting upside down on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06lxr2zBBOWZeGRVzjH4AIR/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1706197684.jpg)
NASA's Mars helicopter just died. Here's what happened.
The extraterrestrial flying machine beat all odds.
By Mark Kaufman
![The shadow of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars in October 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05c56p58njItsRUgQETUzP4/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1706212207.png)
![The shadow of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars in October 2023.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05c56p58njItsRUgQETUzP4/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1706212207.png)
Two moon landing missions show the spaceflight struggle is real
Japan is the fifth nation to land on the moon.
![SLIM spacecraft landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00LpjhRxpJhoGygtNKiFaLo/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705700857.jpg)
![SLIM spacecraft landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00LpjhRxpJhoGygtNKiFaLo/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705700857.jpg)
NASA finally opened its prized asteroid canister, and you can look inside
Rocks from outer space!
By Mark Kaufman
![NASA scientists opening the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return lid at the Johnson Space Center.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07uZb3RbnA0YgeXIZxQEtF0/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705696659.jpg)
![NASA scientists opening the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return lid at the Johnson Space Center.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07uZb3RbnA0YgeXIZxQEtF0/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705696659.jpg)
Scientists found an enigma in deep space. The Webb telescope solved it.
The powerful instrument explains the "inexplicable."
By Mark Kaufman
![An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/043P8Ww3yany3bVYofZKdRu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705677128.jpg)
![An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/043P8Ww3yany3bVYofZKdRu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705677128.jpg)
NASA reveals its X-plane. It will fly over the U.S. at extreme speeds.
"Behold our stunning X-59."
By Mark Kaufman
![The first reveal of NASA's X-59 supersonic plane onstage at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/053SBX9ncsBXGEU5xDHicqr/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705096035.png)
![The first reveal of NASA's X-59 supersonic plane onstage at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/053SBX9ncsBXGEU5xDHicqr/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705096035.png)
Webb discovers close star system suffered recent trauma
What could have caused this dust tail?
![Webb studying Beta Pictoris](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ccJ9SI7PGK8pm9ENuInKQ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705171685.webp)
![Webb studying Beta Pictoris](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01ccJ9SI7PGK8pm9ENuInKQ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705171685.webp)
NASA telescope discovers a bizarre, half-lava world
Not all Earth-sized planets are friendly
![Astronomers imagining a lava world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01p75GnTVeYwjY8jMYwXdVM/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705163604.jpg)
![Astronomers imagining a lava world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01p75GnTVeYwjY8jMYwXdVM/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705163604.jpg)
SpaceX says refueling its Starship in space won't be scary
Here's how they'll fill'er up with 11 tons of propellant in orbit.
![Starship landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0325nbFUKaNWn3iFEImoIPj/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704914004.webp)
![Starship landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0325nbFUKaNWn3iFEImoIPj/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704914004.webp)
NASA can finally touch the 'rarest' rocks on Earth
Two screws almost botched the first U.S. asteroid mission.
![NASA spacecraft observing asteroid Bennu rocks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04KG2N6viDuMk5ErGUv0qZO/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1705090159.jpg)
![NASA spacecraft observing asteroid Bennu rocks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04KG2N6viDuMk5ErGUv0qZO/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1705090159.jpg)
NASA won't fly astronauts to the moon in 2024 — for good reason
The mission is delayed until later in 2025.
![Astronauts training for Artemis II](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03sVh326oDETNWITqcI2h5v/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704824126.jpg)
![Astronauts training for Artemis II](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03sVh326oDETNWITqcI2h5v/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704824126.jpg)
Scientists find planet with a tail 150 times longer than the Mississippi
It's not just comets that have extremely long tails.
By Mark Kaufman
![A conception of exoplanet WASP-69b, with a long tail, orbiting its star.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07vNJPECgPKgShIyUIBU9wN/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704820751.png)
![A conception of exoplanet WASP-69b, with a long tail, orbiting its star.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07vNJPECgPKgShIyUIBU9wN/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704820751.png)
The first moon mission of 2024 failed. Here's why.
Most lunar landers won't make the journey.
![Peregrine moon lander separating from rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06OmHiUkv15JfH2yw0GNIZ0/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704748537.jpg)
![Peregrine moon lander separating from rocket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06OmHiUkv15JfH2yw0GNIZ0/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704748537.jpg)
Exoplanet weather report: hot with a chance of cyclone
WASP-121b keeps getting stranger.
![Hubble observing exoplanet WASP-121b](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05GU4X7hGYiEjporU59EbZu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704482866.webp)
![Hubble observing exoplanet WASP-121b](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05GU4X7hGYiEjporU59EbZu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704482866.webp)
NASA just spotted an exploded star blasting vital elements into space
Unprecedented views into cosmic wreckage.
By Mark Kaufman
![The supernova remnant N132D, an exploded star some 160,000 light-years away.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02lOELgujyj25eFqAscNQ8F/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704473393.png)
![The supernova remnant N132D, an exploded star some 160,000 light-years away.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02lOELgujyj25eFqAscNQ8F/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704473393.png)
U.S. weather satellite snaps amazing view of sun explosions
The sun has entered an active state.
By Mark Kaufman
![An artist's conception of a GOES satellite orbiting Earth.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00blOapBKJ1eIVvj0840Vpu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704385833.jpg)
![An artist's conception of a GOES satellite orbiting Earth.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00blOapBKJ1eIVvj0840Vpu/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704385833.jpg)
A swarm of 4-inch rovers will soon explore the moon's surface
A catapult will fling the tiny robots onto the lunar ground.
![Astrobotic Peregrine landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01pvLfwNTBm3HQqyGSCYy3M/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1702923104.jpg)
![Astrobotic Peregrine landing on the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01pvLfwNTBm3HQqyGSCYy3M/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1702923104.jpg)
NASA flies extremely close by volcano world, captures wild footage
Extraordinary views of a land hundreds of millions of miles away.
By Mark Kaufman
![NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this rich imagery of Io's volcanoes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01swr1AuEwrotMHo7FhYKG9/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1704211859.png)
![NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this rich imagery of Io's volcanoes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01swr1AuEwrotMHo7FhYKG9/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1704211859.png)
This NASA crew has survived Mars for six months — sort of
'I actually apparently really love being on Mars.'
![NASA observing Chapea](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03mFlR4Kb9d0vI3q2pp9ZQM/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1703783568.webp)
![NASA observing Chapea](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03mFlR4Kb9d0vI3q2pp9ZQM/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1703783568.webp)
Fascinating things about the moon you didn't know
Our natural satellite is full of wonder.
By Mark Kaufman
![NASA astronaut David Scott filming on the moon in 1971.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05ZEblFF7xiHmSVxCSKSAHe/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1700589253.png)
![NASA astronaut David Scott filming on the moon in 1971.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05ZEblFF7xiHmSVxCSKSAHe/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1700589253.png)
Pioneering spacecraft reaches moon's orbit, beams back images
Robotic explorer delivers new photo gifts on Christmas.
![the surface of the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07qe6c4XKJJhQ3VyO72Kt4z/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1703525756.jpg)
![the surface of the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07qe6c4XKJJhQ3VyO72Kt4z/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1703525756.jpg)
Astronauts test SpaceX's crucial moon elevator
How the first woman and person of color will step onto the moon.
![Earth rising over the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07liTudPtd2xrhVSmbshZ3r/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1703268471.webp)
![Earth rising over the moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/07liTudPtd2xrhVSmbshZ3r/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1703268471.webp)
Webb telescope image isn't just glorious. It shows warped space.
Massive objects distort spacetime.
By Mark Kaufman
![In this James Webb Space Telescope image, a massive cluster of galaxies magnified and warped the light from a distant galaxy.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ckojjT4EZRGpVEvWFUVkW/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1703258946.png)
![In this James Webb Space Telescope image, a massive cluster of galaxies magnified and warped the light from a distant galaxy.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ckojjT4EZRGpVEvWFUVkW/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1703258946.png)