Despite the fact that the lunar samples returned by the Apollo and Luna missions have been analysed for more than 50 years, scientists are uncovering fresh information about the Moons early evolution… [+8365 chars]
Although the first months of 2022 have provided us with little in the way of observable astronomical events in the night sky, the Lyrid meteor shower marks the first major meteor shower of 2022 and w… [+3634 chars]
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is preparing to take the social media platform Tiktok to space, inviting people to follow her "to boldly go where no TikToker has gone before!" Cristoforetti… [+1531 chars]
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is preparing to take the social media platform Tiktok to space, inviting people to follow her "to boldly go where no TikToker has gone before!" Cristoforetti… [+1531 chars]
What can scientists learn by teaching 2 monkeys to play Pac-Man? Quite a lot it seems, according to researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A team of neuroscientists from the academy said t… [+2724 chars]
On an outcrop of exposed volcanic and sedimentary rock on the eastern shores of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, researchers have unearthed what may be the earliest fossilized life forms ever discovere… [+4395 chars]
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, but it shares one key similarity with Earth: it boasts geomagnetic storms, according to new research by scientists in the United States, Canada and… [+2179 chars]
The SpaceX Crew-4 Dragon arrives at Launch Pad 39A hangar. Credit: SpaceX SpaceXs brand-new Dragon spacecraft named Freedom by the Crew-4 astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 3… [+1046 chars]
(CBS) – A glowing pink moon could be seen from the sky in some areas Saturday night, just in time for Easter. The celestial phenomenon is called a pink moon as it appears in April and is named after… [+166 chars]
NASA has decided to roll its Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad and back to a processing facility to fix some issues revealed by a recent "wet dress rehearsal" test. The wet dress rehearsal — … [+3047 chars]
NASAs Crew-3 astronauts have been talking about their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shortly before their return to Earth. NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, … [+2238 chars]
The Space Shuttle program defined modern space suits. During take-off, landing, and while inside the Shuttle, astronauts wore NASA's iconic orange suits. When the time came for spacewalks, they chang… [+1882 chars]