The private Ax-1 astronaut mission will now depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday night (April 23), if all goes according to plan. The four-person Ax-1 was originally supposed t… [+3088 chars]
MIRI Engineering Diagram. Credit: NASA The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now cooled by a gaseous helium cryocooler to under 7 Kelvin. With the cooler in its … [+3642 chars]
If man's best friend is a dog, then in the future astronauts' closest companions might well be rovers. A technique allowing astronauts in orbit to control rovers exploring planetary surfaces has been… [+5187 chars]
Since its inception, the Internet has fundamentally changed all parts of human society for both good and ill, and medical research is no exception. The fast pace of change enabled by digital technolo… [+2733 chars]
A ridge etched into the ice sheet of Greenland provides an unexpected hint that plentiful pockets of water may be trapped just underneath the surface of Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, one of the … [+4241 chars]
Scientists at NASA have invented a new metal alloy thats 1,000 times more durable that currently used state-of-the-art materials used in aviation and aerospace vehicles. NASA Also read: Five Mass E… [+1776 chars]
United States Vice-President Kamala Harris chairs the National Space Council and labelled the tests as reckless and dangerous. She emphasised that the Biden administration is determined to ensure re… [+1153 chars]
Uranus is perhaps the strangest planet in the solar system. At some point during its history, the ice giant was knocked over, leaving it spinning on its side. More than a dozen rings circle the world… [+8320 chars]
Getting humans up and down from space may get the headlines, but SpaceXs workhorse Falcon 9 has work to do today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The company continues its frequent launch ca… [+2359 chars]
The sun is a beehive of flaring activity in a stunning new photo from a NASA spacecraft. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the sun in action as it flung a moderate-sized flare into space on W… [+2315 chars]
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An illustration featuring mammalian herbivores (green), omnivores (purple), invertivores (yellow) and carnivores (red). Each column includes mammal species lost in the past 2.58 million years (light … [+9073 chars]
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