Space

Space: the raddest frontier. space researchers are horror movie fans, just like us.

But maybe cool your jets on cats in space, and we'll be right there with them.

PICTOFACT

31 Unexpected Quirks of Space Travel We’ll Need to Conquer to Get to Mars

Maybe read this before you book your tickets

Authors: By Brian C. Miller
Published: December 12, 2023

The Time Neil Armstrong Got Suckered Into Searching For Ancient Aliens

Authors: By Alex Hanton
Published: November 03, 2022

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: The Bonkers Aliens Of Future Earth

Authors: By Ivan Farkas
Published: July 14, 2022

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Bizarre Ways Aliens May Or May Not Look

Authors: By Ivan Farkas
Published: July 13, 2022

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 5 Madcap Ideas About The Universe And Reality

Planet X may actually be cool enough to live up to its name.

Authors: By Ivan Farkas
Published: July 12, 2022

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Lucky Cosmic Breaks (That Allow Us To Exist)

There's lucky, there's REALLY lucky, and then there's life-on-Earth lucky.

Authors: By Ivan Farkas
Published: July 11, 2022

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 6 Reasons Aliens Likely Exist (But It Might Not Matter)

Do aliens exist? Probably! Are they cool? Probably not.

Authors: By Ivan Farkas
Published: July 10, 2022

In The 1970s, A Bestseller Claimed The Planets Would Align And Destroy Everything

We aren't sure how exactly planetary alignment would cause earthquakes, which is fair, since it doesn't.

Authors: By Mark Hill
Published: July 09, 2022

In 1910, Americans Thought Halley's Comet Was A Doomsday Event

Halley's Comet has everything you'd want in a harbinger of the apocalypse...except the apocalypse part.

Authors: By Mark Hill
Published: July 07, 2022

4 Myths About Space We Believe Because Of Movies

Space is kind of an a-hole, you guys.

Authors: By Zanandi Botes
Published: July 03, 2022

PICTOFACT

12 Out-Of-This-World NASA Facts

Find out why NASA's most accurate calculations only use 15 digits of pi.

Authors: By Shea
Published: July 02, 2022

Turns Out Babysitting Billionaire Space Tourists Sucks

The fact that they're probably wearing diapers only makes it feel more real.

Authors: By Eli Yudin
Published: May 17, 2022

We're Really Sending More Rich Guys Into Space Right Now

Let us know how it is up there! If we're still alive!

Authors: By Eli Yudin
Published: April 08, 2022

Radiation Space Steak: 15 Facts About Food in Space

What's with the Tang?

Authors: By Amanda Mannen
Published: March 24, 2022

NASA Sent A Lightsaber Into Space

This was because NASA are all nerds.

Authors: By Ryan Menezes
Published: March 07, 2022

Space

31 Unexpected Quirks of Space Travel We’ll Need to Conquer to Get to Mars

The Time Neil Armstrong Got Suckered Into Searching For Ancient Aliens

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: The Bonkers Aliens Of Future Earth

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Bizarre Ways Aliens May Or May Not Look

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 5 Madcap Ideas About The Universe And Reality

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Lucky Cosmic Breaks (That Allow Us To Exist)

Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 6 Reasons Aliens Likely Exist (But It Might Not Matter)

In The 1970s, A Bestseller Claimed The Planets Would Align And Destroy Everything

In 1910, Americans Thought Halley's Comet Was A Doomsday Event

4 Myths About Space We Believe Because Of Movies

12 Out-Of-This-World NASA Facts

Turns Out Babysitting Billionaire Space Tourists Sucks

We're Really Sending More Rich Guys Into Space Right Now

Radiation Space Steak: 15 Facts About Food in Space

NASA Sent A Lightsaber Into Space

VIRAL ON CRACKED

47 of the Funniest Memes and Tweets About the Elon Musk/Donald Trump Feud

42 of the Funniest Burns from the Week of June 2, 2025

25 Mysterious Celebrity Deaths That Keep People Up At Night

30 TV and Movie Insults That Are Gonna Leave a Mark

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Spoken to Us by the Huge Cloud-Shaped Ghost of Our Father in Our Hour of Need

Space

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