Special Skinsuits Could Help Astronauts Avoid Back Pain When Their Spines Expand In Space
The microgravity in space makes astronauts' spines to elongate, causing back pain. A new SkinSuit being developed by the European…
This was Exactly Where Cassini Crashed into Saturn
NASA has released a mosaic image that shows exactly where the Cassini probe would crash into Saturn's atmosphere, mere hours…
Wow, Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung is Making a Mess. Here’s the View From Space!
The Eruption of Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, was recently photographed from space by satellites belonging to…
Spacecraft Shields Will Need to be Tough. Here’s an Aluminum Bullet Shattering a Shield at 7 km/s
A team of ESA researchers recently tested a new type of shielding by firing an aluminum bullet at it and…
Maybe There’s no Connection Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies?
A recent study by an international team of scientists has indicated that there may be no connection between SMBHs and…
SpaceX Launches the First of Thousands of Space Internet Satellites, but Didn’t Quite Catch the Fairing
After a few delays, SpaceX launched the first of its planned constellation of internet satellites, but failed to recover the…
Here’s How SpaceX is Planning to Recover Rocket Fairings: a Boat With a Net Called Mr. Steven
In their latest attempt to reduce the costs of individual launches, SpaceX is looking to make their rockets payload fairings…
Astronomers Find The Most Distant Supernova Ever: 10.5 Billion Light-Years Away
Astronomers with the Dark Energy Survey have discovered the most distant and ancient supernova yet: a rare Super Luminous Supernova…
Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 21, 2018: Dr. Jessie Christiansen and “Exoplanet Explorers”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Some of The Last Glaciers in The Tropics. They’ll be Gone in About a Decade
Images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show how ice loss in the tropics is advancing, and how glaciers there will…