Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-2 mission at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT) on April 19 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Two Russian cosmonauts helped relocate a large radiator outside of the space station overnight, completing a spacewalk that had been twice delayed. International Space Station Expedition 69 commander Sergey Prokopyev and flight engineer Dmitry Petelin, …
Delays in Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, are causing the European Commission to seek alternatives for the countries’ access to orbit. With the Ariane 5 months away from retirement, and its predecessor not expected to be in …
A hybrid eclipse is when both an annular and a total eclipse are viewable, depending on where you are in the world. The last hybrid eclipse occured in 2013. Desiree Martin/AFP/ …
Unlike Apollo, however, these lunar spacesuits will also have a new designer label: Axiom Space. Founded in 2016, this comparative newcomer of a company has already conducted the first private astronaut mission and also plans to build the first commercial …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — NASA’s goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2025 has long been part of a long-term plan to build a sustainable base on the lunar surface. But that plan may include more moon bases than you might expect.
Sarracenia pitcher plants, native to North American bogs, capture insect prey with colorful, modified leaves that look like flowers. Scent may play a role in each species’ diet, a new study said.
Download MP3. On This Episode. 20150824 21590 LOWRES phil scared. Phil Plait. The Bad Astronomer, science communicator, and author. Betts bruce headshot 9980 print. Bruce Betts. Chief Scientist / LightSail Program Manager for The Planetary Society.
The curious sea creature—which sported a toothy, trunklike snout and eyes that were splayed out on a rigid rod—has been impossible to classify. Researchers have lumped it in with a variety of organisms such as segmented worms, swimming slugs and primitive …
After a few years of whizzing around Jupiter and its moons, in 2034 JUICE will enter orbit around Ganymede–which, being bigger than the planet Mercury, is actually the solar system’s largest moon. Ganymede is one of Jupiter’s likely ocean-bearing moons.
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