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Think spaceflight is pointless? It might already have saved your life. Four ways space tech transformed healthcare on Earth
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1352+ words) Discover the unexpected medical breakthroughs born from our quest to explore the cosmos Eleven years ago, I was watching a talk by superstar astronaut Chris Hadfield, and when he was asked what one of the most interesting things about going…...
Two spacecraft photographed comet 3 I/ATLAS at the same time as it flew by the Sun. Here's what they found
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (606+ words) Comet 3 I/ATLAS was imaged and studied simultaneously by the Juice and Europa Clipper spacecraft as it flew past the Sun Two spacecraft on their way to Jupiter observed and imaged both sides of the interstellar comet 3 I/ATLAS and…...
We're about to get a new star in the night sky. Here's how to photograph the Blaze Star when it erupts
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (838+ words) The constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is the location of the so-called Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis (T Cr B), which is due to brighten any time soon, creating the effect of a 'new' star visible with the naked eye....
Meet the ghost particle: invisible, weightless and trillions of them pass through your body every second
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1365+ words) This mystery ghost particle could hold the key to the origin of all the matter in the Universe In recent decades, scientists have turned their attention to an elusive ghost-like subatomic particle known as the neutrino. We know very little…...
6, 000 alien worlds are scattered across the plane of our Galaxy in this brand new NASA image
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (468+ words) The glowing plane of our Milky Way and nearly 6, 000 distant worlds This image shows 6, 000 planets beyond our Solar System as scattered dots stretching across the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. It comes courtesy of NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey…...
NASA has revealed what the Artemis III mission will look like " and says crew could be announced soon
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (757+ words) NASA announces the preliminary outline of the Artemis III mission, including more time spent in space, docking practice and new heat shield The Artemis III astronauts will spend longer in space than the Artemis II crew, and the mission will…...
Newly-discovered asteroid is as big as a basketball court " and it's about to skim past Earth even closer than the Moon
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (601+ words) What we know about 2026 JH2 and its close-approach to our planet An asteroid about as big as a basketball court is due to swing close to Earth this Monday, and will pass well within the orbit of the Moon. While astronomers…...
Between the stars of our Galaxy, light is bent by chaotic turbulence the size of our Solar System. Scientists have just seen it for the first time
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (678+ words) What lies in the space between stars? Astronomers have taken one step closer to finding out Astronomers say they've made the first ever direct detection of turbulence in the space between stars distorting light from deep space. What's more, the…...
Strange, dark material spotted in an ancient channel on Mars, where water once flowed 3. 5 billion years ago
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (376+ words) Shalbatana Vallis, near Mars's equator, is 800 miles long The European Space Agency's Mars Express mission has captured an image showing a section of an ancient channel where water once flowed on Mars. The channel is Shalbatana Vallis, which can be…...
A large section of a Space X rocket is about to smash into the Moon. Here's what we know so far
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (566+ words) A Falcon 9 upper stage is due to hit the Moon on 5 August 2026 and will be travelling 5, 400 miles an hour when it hits A large section of a Space X Falcon 9 rocket is due to smash into the Moon in August…...