Stargazers have some real treats to look forward to this weekend, including the second new moon of the month and a spectacular celestial 'kiss'. The second new moon of April, dubbed a 'black moon', … [+11038 chars]
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday to activate a robotic arm attached to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory module.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is making history as the first black woman to join the International Space Station. This week, Watkins launched a mission to the station with three others, as part of … [+1609 chars]
Sending humans virtually anywhere in space beyond the Moon pushes logistics of health, food, and psychology to limits we're only just beginning to grasp. A staple solution to these problems in sci… [+4505 chars]
Theres nothing wrong with sticking to a standard glute bridge as a way to work your lower body. But if youre looking to mix things up or want to hit a whole new set of muscles thats when you might wa… [+7939 chars]
Since many robots are more durable and expendable than human beings, researchers have experimented with alternate means of getting around that outperform walking around on two legs, including a new b… [+3013 chars]
Small rocket builder Rocket Lab is gearing up for a mission that seems like something out of a big-budget action movie: catching a falling four-storey-tall rocket booster using a helicopter. <ul><li… [+2950 chars]
A Falcon 9 spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. About 8.5 minutes later, the rocket's first stage returned to Earth and landed on the SpaceX drone ship, which was … [+430 chars]
Carlini Base on King George Island, which hosts the seismometer located closest to the seismic zone, and Bransfield Strait. Credit: Milton Percy Placencia Linares In a remote area, a combination of … [+5980 chars]
In two weeks' time, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is going to present the world with new information about our Milky Way. It's anyone's guess what the announcement will be, but based on wh… [+2725 chars]
Alas, NASAs SOFIA flying telescope will stop operations later in 2022, after the agency and its partners re-examined the program. But why? Photo: Michael Rausch There are some aircraft that are ext… [+3599 chars]
