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The Dumb Alien Mummy Story Takes an Entirely Predictable Turn

Llama Skeletons

The Dumb Alien Mummy Story Takes an Entirely Predictable Turn

A Pair of Sun Probes Just Got Closer to Solving a Solar Enigma

My Corona

A Pair of Sun Probes Just Got Closer to Solving a Solar Enigma

NASA Didn’t Find Aliens&-but if You See Any UFOs, Holler

Star Search

NASA Didn’t Find Aliens—but if You See Any UFOs, Holler

No, This Is Not an Alien. Here’s Why

Phone Home

No, This Is Not an Alien. Here’s Why

Scientists Say You’re Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong

Search Party

Scientists Say You’re Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong

SpaceX Must Fix 63 Issues Before Its Starship Can Fly Again

Grounded

SpaceX Must Fix 63 Issues Before Its Starship Can Fly Again

DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go?

Hit It

DART Showed How to Smash an Asteroid. So Where Did the Space Shrapnel Go?

India’s Lander Touches Down on the Moon. Russia’s Has Crashed

Sure Shot

India’s Lander Touches Down on the Moon. Russia’s Has Crashed

Russia and India Are Racing to Put Landers on the Moon

Eat My Moon Dust

Russia and India Are Racing to Put Landers on the Moon

The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites

Strength in Numbers

The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites

A New Idea for How to Assemble Life

It's Complicated

A New Idea for How to Assemble Life

How NASA Nearly Lost the Voyager 2 Spacecraft Forever

Close Call

How NASA Nearly Lost the Voyager 2 Spacecraft Forever

This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops&-From Space

Fields of View

This Startup Wants to Give Farmers a Closer Look at Crops—From Space

An Astrobiologist’s Search for Life in Space&-and Meaning on Earth

WIRED Q&A

An Astrobiologist’s Search for Life in Space—and Meaning on Earth

WIRED30

Listen to These Photographs of Sparkling Galaxies

Here Comes Euclid, the Telescope That Will Search for Dark Energy

Eye in the Sky

Here Comes Euclid, the Telescope That Will Search for Dark Energy

Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix

Night Vision

Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix

NASA’s Yearlong Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle

WIRED30

NASA’s Yearlong Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle

The Race Is On to Crack an Artist’s ‘Test’ Signal From Aliens

Phone Home

The Race Is On to Crack an Artist’s ‘Test’ Signal From Aliens

How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon&-and Build on Mars

Hot Stuff

How NASA Plans to Melt the Moon—and Build on Mars