Space is hard – mission control after Apollo 13

Apollo 13 has been called ‘NASA’s finest hour’. What was meant to have been the third…

Hunting for dead stars

This image depicts a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906.  The blue speckles seen scattered across this galaxy…

Montevideo, Uruguay

Image: Montevideo, Uruguay Click here for original story, Montevideo, Uruguay Source: ESA…

Earth from Space: Montevideo

Video: 00:02:39 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us…

ISS crew lands in Kazakhstan after more than 200 days

A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan, greeted with extra precautions…

Some worms programmed to die early for sake of colony

Some worms are genetically predisposed to die before reaching old age, which appears to benefit the…

Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts

NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual – and more exhausting –…

NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg…

Undergraduate Space Training evolves to tackle space threats

Undergraduate Space Training evolves to tackle space threats Click here for original story, Undergraduate…

Tracking down the comets – C/2020 F8 (SWAN), C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) and C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)

Although Comet Atlas (C/2019 Y4) continues fading and fragmenting, newly-found comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has been…