Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin made headlines around the world when he stated that the U.S. would have to use “broomsticks” to fly into space since Russia would no longer make its rocket engines avai… [+2070 chars]
There is no place like Earth, but there may have been billions of years ago. Fifty years ago on March 27, 1972, Venera-8, a Soviet atmospheric space probe and lander scoped out the surface of our pla… [+7919 chars]
Animation of ESA’s Sun-explorer Solar Orbiter. Credit: ESA/Medialab Solar Orbiter’s latest images shows the full Sun in unprecedented detail. They were taken on March 7, 2022, when the spacecraft wa… [+5494 chars]
There is no place like Earth, but there may have been billions of years ago. Fifty years ago on March 27, 1972, Venera-8, a Soviet atmospheric space probe and lander scoped out the surface of our pla… [+7919 chars]
Brimming over with challenging calculations, daunting data, and formidable formulas, science seems an intimidating prospect for many people. This seems true for both young people — despite their pare… [+8228 chars]
The tiny Mars helicopter Ingenuity continues to power through its flights, exceeding all expectations. Originally slated for just five flights on the red planet, the helicopter recently completed its… [+2439 chars]
By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As NASA prepares to send humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s, figuring out how to keep astronauts healthy during the thr… [+2931 chars]
Skip to content It's launching a device that pulls oxygen from lunar regolith. This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories li… [+4942 chars]
WHEN ex-racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart discovered his wife Helen had dementia, he was shocked to learn there was no cure for it. Even worse, there was little hope on the horizon. When my wife was… [+9777 chars]
In the 1980s , we knew of no planets outside our Solar System. This week, NASA announced more than 5,000 exoplanets. Its quite the leap from the discovery of an odd set of planets around a dead star… [+10151 chars]
Size comparison of Kepler-442b with Earth. This is a potential candidate for first exoplanet observation by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk: Helgo… [+3613 chars]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is returning to Earth this week after setting a new record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an American. On March 15, Vande Hei broke the existing 340-day reco… [+2332 chars]