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China launches Shenzhou-17 crew to Tiangong Space Station
China's Shenzhou-17 manned spaceflight mission launched three crew members to the Tiangong Space Station Thursday morning. Photo by Alex…
Cosmonauts to install equipment, check coolant leak on ISS during spacewalk
Cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko will perform a spacewalk Wednesday to install equipment and check a coolant leak on module of the…
Climate change sparks escalating risk of toxic algae blooms in northern lakes
An analysis of lake water quality recently revealed a significant escalation in the risk of toxic algae blooms in Northern lakes (such as Lake…
Scientists believe moon is 40 million years older than first thought
1 of 5 | Scientists now believe the moon could actually be around 40 million years older than initially believed, according to new…
SpaceX completes first of 2-part Starlink satellite mission with Calif. launch
Second rocket to lift off from Florida Saturday night after successful pre-dawn launch from California…
Orionid meteor shower, sparked by Halley’s comet, to peak Friday night
In this 30-second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower in 2021. This weekend, the Orionids will peak.…
With Florida launch, SpaceX sends 22 more Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit
1 of 3 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday.…
India wants a space station by 2035, moon mission by 2040
1 of 2 | After a series of successful space exploration milestones, including the launch of the Aditya-L1 solar observation mission…
New research helps date ancient art in Puerto Rico’s karstic caves
1 of 3 | Researcher Angel Acosta-Colon, a geophysicist at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, poses with a variety of…
NASA launches Psyche spacecraft to study metal asteroid
1 of 2 | NASA launched the Psyche asteroid mission from Florida's Kennedy Space Center Friday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License…