PBS's NOVA will present "Operation Space Station," a two-part special premiering November 5 and 12, documenting 25 years of continuous human habitation on the International Space Station (ISS) through ...

Sputnik 2 was launched by the Soviets shortly after Sputnik 1, with its rapid preparation intended to sustain propaganda momentum and align with the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. This ...

Under the leadership of George Ellery Hale, the 100-inch mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory's telescope was ordered in 1906, with funding provided sequentially by businessman John Hooker and then ...

The First Quarter Moon is scheduled for October 28 at 12:21 P.M. EDT, presenting its terminator halfway across the visible lunar disk. During this lunar phase, observers can distinguish maria and ...

A leadership contest for the permanent NASA administrator position is underway, involving current interim administrator Sean Duffy and Jared Isaacman, whose prior nomination was unexpectedly withdrawn ...

Guidance is provided for observing the planet Mercury. Optimal viewing is specified as shortly after sunset, with Mercury positioned low in the western sky. Binoculars are recommended as an aid, ...

Star formation begins with protostars in cold molecular clouds, where gravitational contraction precedes nuclear fusion, and their early evolutionary stages are best characterized through ...

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

The SPAINSAT New Generation II satellite is scheduled for launch via a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on October 22, representing the second component of the SpainSAT NG program. Operated by ...

The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 5:46 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will stand 251,996 miles (405,548 km) away. With the Moon sinking low in the hours ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully completed its tenth test flight (Flight 10), achieving all major objectives including the deployment of a dummy Starlink satellite payload and critical heat ...

Geological evidence, including an Ordovician-era increase in earthquakes, tsunamis, meteorites, and crater formation, suggests a significant celestial event approximately 466 million years ago. A ...