Launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the first all-civilian crew on a commercial, non-government flight to the International Space Station is slipping from Wednesday to at least Friday, th… [+1487 chars]
If you had a huge tape measure that started at the center of the Earth and went to the highest peak on our planet, you wouldn’t look at Mount Everest. Instead, it will be the tallest mountain on the … [+2331 chars]
The awe-inspiring moment that a powerful solar flare erupted from the sun earlier this week has been captured by NASA. The space agencys Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted the super hot stream of ra… [+3248 chars]
Researchers from Virginia Tech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory determined that crucial sections of the global carbon cycle used to track carbon dioxide transportation in the environment… [+5491 chars]
We have been following the James Webb Telescope very closely since it first took off into space last December. Every step of its unfurling while it heads into its final form has been reported on and … [+2391 chars]
Europe’s dark matter investigation spacecraft, Euclid, is getting ready for its launch next year. Now it has reached a milestone with the joining of two of its major components: The payload and servi… [+2437 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance rover is moving across the surface of Mars faster than any rover before. In February the rover broke a 17-year-old record for the longest drive by a rover in a single Martian day,… [+2476 chars]
Europe’s dark matter investigation spacecraft, Euclid, is getting ready for its launch next year. Now it has reached a milestone with the joining of two of its major components: The payload and servi… [+2437 chars]
This week sees a close conjunction of Mars and Saturn before sunrise. getty Each Monday I pick out the northern hemispheres celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be… [+3211 chars]
The image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week shows the dusty galaxy NGC 7172, located 110 million light-years away in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus (the southern fish). This might look… [+1959 chars]
Samples of moon dust, collected by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission, could fetch more than R$5 million at auction. Photo: Disclosure. <ul><li>Moon dust samples collected by Neil Armstrong… [+1383 chars]
Even in our cosmic backyard, the Solar System, many questions remain open. On Venus there are formations similar to volcanoes, but it is not known if they are active. The surface of Mars suggests tha… [+4927 chars]
