The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
For the last week, three extremely wealthy men have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), having been stranded there by bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from which t… [+1791 chars]
If you live in Ontario, keep your eyes peeled for "suspicious rocks." On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hund… [+2257 chars]
In a multidisciplinary project, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine used terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to look beneath the corroded surfa… [+6068 chars]
The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station are now on their way back to Earth after a two-week stay. Three wealthy businessmen who each paid $55 million (£41 mil… [+9998 chars]
If you live in Ontario, keep your eyes peeled for "suspicious rocks." On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hund… [+2257 chars]
As we speak, there’s a crisis playing out in physics. Does time exist? And if not, how do we explain our universe? It’s an absurd notion to question the very fabric of our reality; the clock, the cal… [+5397 chars]
NASA's only visit to Uranus was Voyager 2s brief fly-by back in 1986. (File) A key committee of scientists have recommended the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prioritise … [+2814 chars]
A research paper, which was published in Nature Astronomy, suggested that the space should receive special legal protection in order to preserve and protect its environment from debris and light poll… [+1665 chars]
So far, studies on the subject strongly rely on limited access large X-ray facilities such as free-electron lasers and synchrotrons. The team demonstrates, for the first time, a tabletop ultrafast so… [+3885 chars]
A research paper, which was published in Nature Astronomy, suggested that the space should receive special legal protection in order to preserve and protect its environment from debris and light poll… [+1665 chars]
The 'Cupola Views Pattern' based on retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg's experience in the ... [+] International Space Station. Pattern designed by Karen Nyberg and Sarah Ruiz For those of us wish… [+2736 chars]