Space Exploration

Scientists found a new Earth-sized planet nearby… and it might be habitable

Forget Mars, scientists have discovered a new Earth-sized, possibly habitable, planet just 11 light years away. Known as Ross 128b, the newly discovered planet orbits a life-friendly red dwarf star th

Everything SpaceX revealed about its updated plan to reach Mars by 2022

“The future is vastly more exciting and interesting if we’re a space-faring species than if we’re not,” Musk said as he took the stage. “It’s about believing in the

In NASA speech, Mike Pence shoots for the Moon (and Mars)

Taking a break from touching pieces of sophisticated technology labeled “do not touch” in a Kennedy Center clean room, Vice President Mike Pence made a speech to NASA yesterday that furthe

Move Over, Rover: Next Giant Leap Gets $1 Million Grant To Build Hopping Moon Landers

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/logo-nextgiantleap.png" class="shot2"></img> Next Giant Leap in Boulder, Colorado— a startup that's making robots that will land and hop ar

Investors Throw Another $50 Million Into SpaceX

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/spacex-falcon1.jpg"> Investors just love to give money to <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>. The billionair