NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
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Scientists Probe How Long-Term Spaceflight Alters Immunity
NASA scientists assess biological samples from astronauts on the International Space Station to gauge how long-duration spaceflight changes the immune system.
Read MoreStellar Remnant at the Core of Mysterious Flash Dubbed “The Cow”
Astronomers have identified the origin of a mysterious flash that occurred three years ago. The post Stellar Remnant at the Core of Mysterious Flash Dubbed "The Cow" appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreNo Release for the Hubble Tension
New data and analysis show that a long-standing discrepancy in the measurement of the current expansion rate of the universe is real — even as the reason for it remains a mystery. The post No Release for the Hubble Tension appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreThe Geminids Are Here!
Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky.
Read MoreSpace law hasn’t been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi Greg Autry, Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy and Business, Arizona State University On Nov. 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile launched from the surface of Earth, creating a massive debris cloud that threatens many space assets, including the International Space Station. This happened only two weeks after the United Nations General Assembly First Committee formally recognized…
Read More‘Bubble curtain’ could reduce hurricane intensity in Gulf of Mexico
A technology that keeps Norway’s fjords ice-free in winter could help prevent devastating hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in the future, a Norwegian company now backed by an independent study believes. It’s a hot, humid summer in Louisiana sometime around the mid-2020s. Weather forecasters are keeping an eye on a tropical depression forming in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Puerto Rico. So far, it’s just a bit of rain and wind, but the sea is warm near Cuba, right in the storm’s predicted path, over 80 degrees…
Read MoreHubble telescope shows the sparkling side of a spiral galaxy
A new Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral galaxy shows sparkling stars, including a couple that snuck into the foreground. The telescope captured UGC 11537, a galaxy 230 million light-years away in the constellation Aquila; the galaxy sits at almost 10 times the distance to the spectacular Andromeda Galaxy (M31) that is just barely visible by the naked eye in Earth’s sky. Because UGC 11537 is close to the plane of the Milky Way where most of our galaxy’s stars reside, two starry interlopers closer to home snuck into…
Read More‘I want to go back!’ Michael Strahan can’t get enough of space after Blue Origin launch
Michael Strahan can’t wait to go back to space. The former NFL football player and “Good Morning America” co-anchor launched into space on Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket Saturday morning (Dec. 11) and apparently enjoyed every second, judging from the smile on his face after landing. “I want to go back,” Strahan told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after exiting the New Shepard spacecraft at its landing site near the company’s Launch Site One outside of Van Horn, Texas. Strahan, 50, and five other passengers launched on Blue Origin’s…
Read MoreBlue Origin launches necklace honoring ‘Star Trek’ actor Leonard Nimoy into space on New Shepard
When “Star Trek” captain William Shatner – James T. Kirk to we Trekkies – flew to space in October, the family of one of his co-stars played close attention. Shatner’s Oct. 13 flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft inspired worldwide tributes and discussion about “Star Trek,” a series that embedded diversity into its framework from the start. The family of Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the half-Vulcan Spock, told Space.com they wished Nimoy could have flown, too. Sadly, the actor died in 2015 at age 83 of a long-term health…
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