Solar Flares Are 6.5 Times Hotter Than We Thought
A solar limb flare with a comparatable scale of Earth. Credit: Created by Alexander Russell (University of Andrews)…
Lasers Can Melt Through Extraterrestrial Ice Efficiently
Lasers aren’t just useful for entertaining cats or pointing out features of powerpoint slides. They can also drill…
NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations
Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to advance the future of modern…
Russian Progress spacecraft arrives at the ISS with 2.8 tons of cargo
The astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) just got a fresh shipment of supplies. Russia’s robotic…
New Technology Gives Fresh Hope For Future Life On The Moon » TwistedSifter
Pexels One day, scientists hope, it will be possible for regular human life to take place not just…
US scientists find ‘critical gaps’ holding back Nasa moon plan as China races ahead
Scientists have found critical gaps in Nasa’s development of space life support systems that could prevent the United…
SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)
SpaceX just lofted yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying…
The rare photos that capture ‘deeply personal moments in space’
Sarah Spina-Matthews & Mat Trewernin Manchester NASA/Andy Saunders An image of astronaut Ed White was recovered from two…
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force…
Maximum alert: scientists aboard China’s Tiangong space station discover a new bacterial species
© Maximum alert: scientists aboard China’s Tiangong space station discover a new bacterial species Scientists on the Tiangong…
Life on Earth May Be Thanks to a Lucky Planetary Collision
Artistic illustration of the early formation phase of the Solar System. At that time, the young Sun (in…
Scientists Say They Can’t Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy
Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing as much energy in…