NASA replaces astronaut on Boeing's 1st crew launch
NASA has replaced an astronaut assigned to Boeing's first launch with a crew.
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Space weather can be trying for Arctic regions – new technique aids space weather forecasting
Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new technique which can be used for analysing fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field. The method presented in the Space Weather journal was used to study magnetic field ...
Astronomers observe evolution of a black hole as it wolfs down stellar material
On March 11, an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected an enormous explosion of X-ray light that grew to be six times as bright as the Crab Nebula, nearly 10,000 light years away from Earth. Scientists ...
Image: Storm hunter in action
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor – ASIM – is performing well outside the European Columbus laboratory module on the International Space Station.
Space microbes aren't so alien after all
Microbes stranded in the International Space Station (ISS) are just trying to survive, man.
Eating your veggies, even in space
Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they celebrated with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago. In 2021, scientists hope to grow beans in ...
In space, the US sees a rival in China
During the Cold War, US eyes were riveted on the Soviet Union's rockets and satellites. But in recent years, it has been China's space programs that have most worried US strategists.
China's space journey, to the moon's far side and beyond
China has come a long way since the founding of its space program in 1956.
China lunar probe sheds light on the 'dark' side of the moon
China's burgeoning space program achieved a lunar milestone on Thursday: landing a probe on the mysterious and misnamed "dark" side of the moon.
The coolest experiment in the universe
What's the coldest place you can think of? Temperatures on a winter day in Antarctica dip as low as -120ºF (-85ºC). On the dark side of the Moon, they hit -280ºF (-173ºC). But inside NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory on the ...
