Slight Air Leak Aboard ISS Russian Segment Continues to Baffle Cosmonauts; What Happened?

SPACE 07.11.2021 03:28 AM

According to Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, cosmonauts are still trying to identify the source of a leak causing air to escape from the International Space Station’s Russian segment.

Richard Branson Soon Flies Virgin Galactic Unity 11 Into Space, Gets Support from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk [WATCH]

07.11.2021 03:21 AM

Richard Branson is poised to make history as the first aerospace company founder to fly into space - and his fellow visionary Elon Musk has some words of support.

Chinese Spacewalk Completed: Will China Make Another Walk in The Park? [WATCH]

07.11.2021 00:51 AM

A latest tweet by Reuters said China made history with the first spacewalk outside its Tiangong station hundreds of miles above earth.

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Captures Heart-Shaped Feature; Showing the Site Perseverance Took a Slight Detour

07.10.2021 01:21 AM

NASA's four-pound Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, during its most recent flight to Mars, captured a heart-shaped feature among the tracks that the six-wheeled Perseverance rover made.

Why Does Jupiter Blink? Experts Answer 4-Decade Mystery of the Gas Giant's Chronic X-Ray Aurora Flares

07.10.2021 00:55 AM

A new feature of the planet Jupiter had been solved. After 40 years of mystery, the planet's X-ray aurora origin had been identified.

'Finding Prospero': Skyrora Launches Challenge to Find the Best Way to Retrieve This 1st and Only UK Spacecraft

07.09.2021 23:25 PM

Skyrora, an Edinburgh-based rocket firm has recently issued a challenge called "Finding Prospero," to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite.

Crab Nebula Might Harbor the Most Powerful Electron Accelerator Ever Discovered, Scientists Found

07.09.2021 22:16 PM

Chinese scientists have made a new discovery that challenges classical physical theories that point to the Crab Nebula having a super electron accelerator. It is so powerful that scientists could not believe it exists.

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Space Flight: Will It Turn His 'Dream Into Reality'? How and Where to Watch

07.09.2021 04:16 AM

Virgin Galactic will broadcast the flight of its founder, Richard Branson, as the billionaire soars into space on Sunday (July 11).

Statio Tianchuan: China's Official Chang'e 5 Moon Landing Site Has 7 Topographical Features

07.09.2021 03:28 AM

Chang'e 5, China's moon sample and return mission, finally has a name that has been approved and made official. The site has been named Statio Tianchuan.

Venus, Mars, Moon Conjunction: Will They 'Kiss' Before Parting This Week?

07.09.2021 01:03 AM

Easily visible with the naked eye and observable only from earth, a conjunction occurs when two planets appear to have come close even though they remain far away from one another.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: First Time to Usher Perseverance in Hunting for Ancient Signs of Life at the Jezero Crater

07.09.2021 00:00 AM

Engineers recently pushed NASA's Ingenuity's limits further than ever as it ushered the Perseverance rover in its quest for ancient signs of life at Mars' Jezero Crater.

SpaceX Dragon Heads Back to Earth Carrying 3,000 Pounds of Cargo After Stormy Delay

07.08.2021 22:33 PM

SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon cargo ship is going home with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida's coast after being delayed due to Tropical Storm Elsa.

Scientists Discover Massive Galactic Structure in Space by Accident

07.08.2021 22:21 PM

Scientists have accidentally discovered a huge and previously undetected galactic structure that could change the way we think about how stars are made.

Death of a Star Unveils 13-Billion-Year Space Mystery

07.08.2021 10:20 AM

Astronomers detects a star in the Milky Way that was born shortly after the Big Bang. It was formed by the explosion of a massive fast-spinning star with a strong magnetic field.

Galactic Cosmic Rays Explained: Mysteries of How Heavy Elements Accelerate Revealed

07.08.2021 09:50 AM

Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute using NASA's MMS missions discovered how heavy elements in GCRs are accelerated by shockwaves.