The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. The ...
Astronaut Mike Massimino answers the internet's burning questions about the far reaches of space. How do astronauts get leverage when screwing things in? After a long space flight, where does the poo ...
On Monday, the International Space Station (ISS) marked 25 years since the first module was launched into space. The Zarya module arrived in low-Earth orbit in November 1998 and was joined by the ...
Left: Cabana (left) and Krikalev (right) about to open the hatch to enter Zarya for the first time. Right: The STS-88 crew pose in the Unity hatch leading to Zarya. (Image: NASA) Read full article: ...
Today (Dec. 17), a special episode of Space Chat will cover all things James Webb Space Telescope! Every Friday at 1 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd explores what's new in ...
Astrophysicist Joe Pesce is making his return to the Space.com forums after last year’s popular AMAs. He returns to answer even more of your questions, with an additional twist: this time around, ...
Should humanity become a space-faring species? Do we understand the geopolitical risks that this would involve? How big of a threat might these risks pose to the future of mankind? On a recent episode ...
Left: Cabana (left) and Krikalev (right) about to open the hatch to enter Zarya for the first time. Right: The STS-88 crew pose in the Unity hatch leading to Zarya. (Image: NASA) Read full article: ...
THERE are two questions that I somewhat dread when communicating science to the public. And, unfortunately, they are rather common, because they are interesting to everyone, myself included. The first ...