Koch’s astronaut class of 2013 was split equally between women and men, but NASA’s astronaut corps as a whole is male dominated. Right now, four men...
The Sun’s activity, known as “space weather”, has a significant effect on Earth and the other planets of the Solar System. Periodic eruptions, also known as...
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Images from a powerful new telescope installed atop a volcano in Hawaii show the surface of the sun in the closest detail yet, revealing features as...
Two defunct satellites that looked as though they might collide Wednesday evening have missed each other. Private satellite-tracking company LeoLabs tweeted that it was “pleased to...
<!––>Gold standard: image of the surface of the Sun taken by the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope. (Courtesy: NSO/AURA/NSF) An image of the Sun with the...
What just happened? Most of us have seen the Sun thousands upon thousands of times throughout our lives, but only from a distance. True, high-definition images...
Satellite operators, and everyone else who wants a safe and sustainable space environment, dodged a bullet Wednesday evening (Jan. 29). Two defunct satellites — the Infrared...
WASHINGTON — Boeing is taking a $410 million charge to its earnings to cover a potential additional uncrewed test flight of its CST-100 Starliner, although company...
It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites – but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space? It...
