This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary, and then in through the aft optics assembly where t… [+4807 chars]
War always looks different from space. The five Russians, four Americans and one German currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be able to see the smoke and flashes of miss… [+563 chars]
There are 118 elements on the period i c table , and you might think we are made up of many of them. But that’s not the case; the complex systems that make up our bodies have a surprisingly simple… [+3104 chars]
Researchers at MIT have developed a new kind of membrane to separate gases with roughly 1/10 the energy use and emissions. The study was published in the journal, 'Science'. Industrial processes for… [+6787 chars]
Just a few days ago we enjoyed the beautiful view of the so-called Worm Moon in Yucatán, which preceded the spring equinox, and this Monday, March 28th, there will be another beautiful astronomical e… [+998 chars]
This week, record-breaking NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will be returning from the International Space Station (ISS) along with two of his Russian colleagues, cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr D… [+2216 chars]
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Jessica Watkins, a planetary scientist and NASA astronaut, will travel to the International Space Station on April 15 and will most likely be in space when the agencys Artemis 1 mission to the moon l… [+5579 chars]
