The Latest Breaking News from NASA

Andre Douglas became eligible for NASA spaceflights in March. Weeks later, the NASA astronaut learned he would back up the next mission to fly humans around the moon.

Nasa has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains the first martian organic matter to be detected by the Perseverance rover, as well as curious discoloured spots that could indicate the past activity of microorganisms.

The Hubble Space Telescope zooms in on a dense ball of millions of stars within a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. Its ancient origins raise big questions about how galaxies form and grow.

On Episode 121 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq discuss a star about to go nova with astrophysicist Carlos Badenes.

Lego is recruiting new members for its "mission crew," issuing rocket builders with an exclusive mission patch at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. The toy company has launched "Space Station 8R1CK5."

Visiting our nearest stellar neighbor will take near-light-speed travel.

From beyond the horizon, NASA astronauts from the space were seen playing various Olympic sports in zero gravity conditions. Read further on Dynamite News:

Perseverance spotted what the space agency has described as an 'arrowhead-shaped' rock with 'veins' flowing through it

Scientists have found a mysterious signal in the brightest gamma ray burst ever detected, and now they know what caused it.