Science
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI) In a surprise finding, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space … Read More
SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-9 astronaut mission for NASA on Saturday (Sept. 28), and you can watch the action live online. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew … Read More
Researchers in Australia have found a whole new type of cell that fills a major hole in our understanding of how the mammal body heals. For over a century, scientists … Read More
A next-generation space debris protection material is readying for a test trip to the International Space Station. The material, a sibling of the space-blanket polymer Kevlar, has been developed by … Read More
A recent study has provided intriguing evidence that dark matter—the mysterious substance making up a significant portion of the universe’s mass—could interact with regular matter in more ways than previously … Read More
The size is astonishing. Tall Boy A near-Earth asteroid is turning heads for a distinct shape that makes it awfully hard to take seriously — even though it’s “potentially hazardous.” … Read More
And you thought your commute was long. A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving — and should be visible in our … Read More
A planetary system anchored by a dead white dwarf star, located around 4,000 light-years away, has offered astronomers a possible glimpse into what our sun and Earth could look like … Read More
Veteran Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has returned to Earth after a record-breaking year-long stay onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The 60-year-old spaceman has now spent 1,111 non-consecutive days in … Read More
Astronomers have discovered a distant planet that has offered them a rare glimpse of what our planet may look like 8 billion years in the future. The planet, called KMT-2020-BLG-0414 … Read More
