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Space Innovation Lab experiment heads to International Space Station (Image Credit: Phys.org) Alsaleh Group. Credit: University of Oxford The first human tissue samples from Oxford’s Space Innovation Lab (SIL) have been launched and are on their way to the International Space Station, where they will be used to study the effects of […]
Latest space station science reveals news for astronaut health and telescope longevity (Image Credit: Phys.org) ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer demonstrates the Bioprint FirstAid prototype during preflight training. Credit: German Aerospace Center/European Space Agency Recent findings from the International Space Station address wound healing, fine motor control in space, and […]
Moon waves goodbye to Hera (Image Credit: Phys.org) Hera and its CubeSats connected by inter-satellite links. Credit: ESA-Science Office As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense departed its homeworld, it looked back to Earth to show the moon orbiting around it. In this sequence of images the terrestrial disk gradually shrinks as […]
SpaceX launches space station resupply mission with sonic boom warning from booster return (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX sent up 6,000 pounds of cargo on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night with the rocket booster’s return trip bringing a sonic boom to parts of […]
Still kickin’ since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager mission keeps exploring (Image Credit: Phys.org) This archival photo shows engineers working on NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft on March 23, 1977. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two spacecraft from […]
Hubble and Webb are the dream team—don’t break them up, researchers say (Image Credit: Phys.org) This image of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was taken on May 19, 2009 after deployment during Servicing Mission 4. Credit: NASA Many people think of the James Webb Space Telescope as a sort of Hubble 2. They […]
New report details what happened to the Arecibo Observatory (Image Credit: Phys.org) The Arecibo Radio Telescope. Though it’s decommissioned now, Arecibo Data may explain 1977’s mysterious Wow! Signal. Credit: UCF In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters (~1000 ft) in diameter, Arecibo’s spherical […]
Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets (Image Credit: Phys.org) This image from the research shows the sky positions of exoplanet-hosting stars projected on a Molleweide map. HZS are denoted by yellow-green circles, while the remaining population of exoplanets is represented by gray circles. The studied sample of 84 […]
News Outlets Are Falsely Reporting That a NASA Astronaut Is Still in the Hospital (Image Credit: futurism-com) Despite ample reporting to the contrary, multiple news outlets are still running misleading new articles claiming that a NASA astronaut is still in the hospital after returning from the International Space Station on a SpaceX […]
China’s space station experiments are back on Earth (Image Credit: Space.com) Space specialists in China have begun to assess experiment samples brought back by the Shenzhou-18 crew that touched down Nov. 4 in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu parachuted back to Earth after their […]
