A geomagnetic storm warning has been issued after 17 solar flares were detected erupting from a single sun spot, some of them while it was pointing at Earth. The US space weather prediction centre s… [+2208 chars]
A NASA astronaut caught a ride back to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, bringing to an end a US record 355 days aboard the International Space Station. Mark Vande Hei and his two Russian cosmon… [+1828 chars]
A Nasa astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a US record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war. Mark Vand… [+5406 chars]
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows Utopia Planitia, a plain that fills one of three major basins in the northern hemisphere of Mars – Utopia – and has a diameter of 3,300 km. This image compris… [+6369 chars]
Two cosmonauts and an American astronaut have arrived back from the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz capsule, providing a rare moment for joint celebration between the two nations. The… [+563 chars]
Very few people who think about watches think very much about clocks. But clocks were here long before watches (a lot longer if you count things like sundials and water clocks, and I do), and they wi… [+6810 chars]
A geomagnetic storm warning has been issued after 17 solar flares were detected erupting from a single sun spot, some of them while it was pointing at Earth. The US space weather prediction centre s… [+2208 chars]
Astronomers have looked further back in time than ever before to glimpse a star as it looked 12.9 billion years ago a discovery made possible by the Hubble Space Telescope and an extraordinary wrinkl… [+463 chars]