New disaster cam to watch Earth from the ISS

Designed as a joint venture project between SERVIR, USAID and NASA, this “Disaster Cam” will snap…

Sun unleashes earthward flare

A regiona of our Sun known as active region 1515 unleashed a solar flare aimed squarely…

Voyager 1 on the edge

A venerable spacecraft may be nearing a milestone this year. It is currently the most distant…

The next generation of giant telescopes takes shape

Last week, the European Southern Observatory council gave the go ahead to build a huge 39.3-metre…

China astronauts complete successful space docking

Chinese astronauts have carried out a manned docking with an experimental space module, the latest milestone…

NASA aircraft launches with NuSTAR telescope

Astronomers have just added another tool to their arsenal with which to probe the cosmos.

The plan to send humans to Mars

A Dutch company hopes to send humans to live on Mars by 2023. But there's a…

China’s manned space program set to take off

China may have its own permanent presence in space soon. Analysts are speculating that a launch…

Watch the transit of Venus

Mark your calendars: if the sky is clear on the evening of Tuesday, June 5, you’ll…

Space Junk: Cleaning up low Earth orbit

Space debris is a growing concern for NASA. Last month NASA issued a report stating that…