Space

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station wish that we could all see Earth as they just did.An orbital view reveals the immense beauty of our blue planet, the only world we know of that...

As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems...

This image over part of West Antarctica was captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 30 September 2026.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution.At this time of year, winter is coming to an end in the southern hemisphere...

The age of exoplanet science took shape with the Kepler mission, and gained more momentum with the TESS mission. The initial goal had a simple definition: use the transit method to...

On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "Whirlpool Galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or M51.Charles Messier was scanning the sky for objects that could confuse comet hunters when he catalogued the galaxy as...

NASA’s SpaceX 35th commercial resupply mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and...

When stars reach the end of their life cycles, they undergo gravitational collapse and shed their outer layers. More massive stars leave a black hole, while smaller stars leave a remnant...

After 237 days and over 3,700 orbits around Earth aboard the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot is back on Earth!Following a handover to Crew-13, Sophie and her Crew-12 crewmates undocked on 7 October and splashed down off the coast...

There’s lots of things you can do with balloons. Children’s birthday parties come to mind, as do retirement parties. But you can also observe the Sun in unprecedented detail with one...

Science & Exploration 10/10/2026 2337 views 27 likesESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has arrived back in Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, following her return to Earth with Crew-12 after 237 days, nearly eight months, aboard the International Space Station for her...