The Earth exists in a dangerous environment. Cosmic bodies, like asteroids and comets, are constantly zooming through space and often crash into our planet. Most of these are too small to pose a thre… [+7654 chars]
A NASA astronaut currently on board the International Space Station is scheduled to return to Earth in a Russian spacecraft. Mark Vande Hei is set to end his 355-day stint in space by boarding a Ru… [+2513 chars]
Ingenuity during its 20th flight on Mars on Feb. 25, 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech Weve now flown on the Red Planet 20 times over. Soaring above the surface of Jezero Crater, the plucky Ingenuity drone h… [+2086 chars]
Gary W. Kenny Article content I wasnt impressed when, last year, multi-billionaire rocketeers Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Richard Branson (Virgin Group) and Elon Musk (SpaceX) launched their galaxy-sized … [+5771 chars]
Photonics & Imaging Technology INSIDER The Lunar Flashlight is shown here at the end of the solar array deployment test. The solar arrays will be stowed for launch and will automatically deploy … [+5051 chars]
Ingenuity during its 20th flight on Mars on Feb. 25, 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech Weve now flown on the Red Planet 20 times over. Soaring above the surface of Jezero Crater, the plucky Ingenuity drone h… [+2086 chars]
<ul><li>The human brain is a complex organ that determines how the body functions, processes information, and interacts with the environment.</li><li>As space exploration continues, it is imperative … [+6331 chars]
Axiom Space is going where no private space company has gone before: the International Space Station. On Monday, February 28, the company detailed the AX-1 mission, the first-ever private mission t… [+5111 chars]
Swedish researchers have developed organic artificial neurons, aka nerve cells, capable of communicating directly with a biological system. In this case, the system the researchers interfaced with is… [+3367 chars]
NASAs plans to return astronauts to the Moon are turning out to be an absolute disaster. The first crewed trip to the lunar surface was initially scheduled to take place in 2024. But according to a … [+3264 chars]
Two-hundred fifty-two million years ago, volcanic eruptions led to massive climate changes. Around the globe, roughly 75 percent of all land-based organisms and roughly 90 percent of all marine organ… [+4585 chars]
Map showing Balkanatolia 40 million years ago and at the present day. Balkanatolia is a forgotten low-lying continent wedged between Europe, Africa, and Asia, already in existence 50 million years ag… [+5590 chars]