2019: A space odyssey that will take humankind further than ever before
When it comes to events in space, 2019 is going to be an extraordinary year.
Dave Mosher is a science and technology correspondent at Business Insider and a multimedia journalist who's obsessed with chasing down fascinating and important stories in space, physics, engineering, biology, and more.
Mosher has watched humans and robots launch into space, flown over the North Pole to see a total solar eclipse, toured crumbling nuclear reactor facilities, and donated his fecal microbiome in the name of science, among other reporting adventures.
Prior to joining Business Insider in April 2015, Mosher served as the online director of Popular Science. He's also a former WIRED contributor and has written for outlets such as Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Discover, Space.com, National Geographic News, and Discovery.com.
Mosher holds degrees in journalism and biology from the Ohio State University.
When it comes to events in space, 2019 is going to be an extraordinary year.
The last time a NASA spacecraft safely landed on the moon was in December 1972. Nearly half a century after Apollo 17, though, the space agency is itching to return.
China's first space station, called Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace," will soon explode over Earth into a rain of fiery debris.
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More than 4,500 years after their construction, the pyramids of Giza continue to hide deep and ancient secrets.
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Lego announced on Wednesday that it would release a "Women of NASA" set.
Mission to Mars
North Korea may have more than triple the number of nuclear weapons that experts recently estimated, according to a story by The Washington Post.
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US government scientists work hard to protect the public.
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For nearly three decades, researchers have worked to design, build, launch, and operate an unprecedented mission to explore Saturn.
New animations released by NASA are recasting a groundbreaking astronomical moment in a whole new light.
By now you've probably seen the big geology news: Earth has a brand-new continent called Zealandia, and it's been hiding from us for ages.