What are the dangers of going to space? For human spaceflight, the first thing I think…
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition 72/73
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space…
X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet
In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and expand, possibly engulfing…
NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station
NASA is seeking proposals for two new private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, targeted…
Webb snaps photographs of Asteroid 2024 YR4
This image shows Webb’s recent observation of the asteroid 2024 YR4 using both its Near-Infrared Camera…
Ultralight Dark Matter Could Explain Early Black Hole Formation
A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not…
SpaceX Puts Humans in Orbit Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time
A SpaceX rocket blasted off Monday night from Florida, the first trip to put humans into…
Spaceflight Weakens Our Weight-Bearing Bones the Most
Human beings evolved on Earth under the 1G pull of gravity. Travelling out into space has…
Alien life? Mammoth new telescope could find it in hours
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Currently being constructed in Chile,…
Travellers to Mars Need to Avoid the Dust
NASA and China plan to send astronauts and taikonauts to Mars in the coming decades. As…