The tiny rover only weighs a little over two pounds. (Credit: Spacebit)

SpiderBot

Hailey Rose McLaughlin

The United Kingdom is sending this small, four-legged robot to the moon in 2021. 

This Weird Spider-Bot Could Soon Crawl on the Moon

An artist’s impression of the UK-led CosmoCube spacecraft, which would orbit and be tasked with listening out for an “ancient whisper” from the early universe on the far side of the moon.

(Image Credit: Nicolo Bernardini (SSTL Ltd) & Kaan Artuc (University of Cambridge))

CosmoCube

Learn about a cosmic project that will journey to the dark side of the moon in order to listen for the Universe’s earliest echoes.

New Spacecraft Hopes to Capture Ancient Whispers From the Universe’s Dark Ages

(Image Credit: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock) 

Tardigrade in space

Learn more about the tardigrades aboard the Beresheet spacecraft that crashed on the moon in 2019, and how they could have survived this long. 

Tardigrades May Still Be Living on the Moon After Lunar Lander Crash

wasp-121b

Learn more about WASP-121b, the exoplanet so hot it could vaporize iron. 

JWST Dives Deep into the Ultra-Hot Exoplanet WASP-121b 

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starburst over Earth

Learn how a deactivated satellite sends signals from beyond, not by reviving its systems, but by inadvertently setting off sparks. 

A Dead NASA Satellite Has Sent a Strange Radio Signal to Earth — Here’s How

(Image Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

Virgo cluster 2

Discover the first images from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and learn about what it's new mission is for space.

Take a First Look at the Vera C. Rubin Images: Millions of Galaxies and Thousands of Asteroids