Nancy Atkinson
Radishes Can Likely Grow in Lunar Regolith
For many of us, gardening has been a therapeutic distraction during this time of pandemic quarantine. But some researchers from…
Mount Everest, Seen from Space!
One under-appreciated space asset is the photography skills of the Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station. They are…
AI Upscales Apollo Lunar Footage to 60 FPS
As exciting and thrilling as it is to watch all the historic footage from the Apollo Moon landings, you have…
NGC 2275: An Absolute Unit of Galactic Flocculence
The Hubble Space Telescope has the knack for finding every size and shape of galaxy imaginable – from small, medium…
One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2
Astrophotographer Thierry Legault is renowned for his amazing shots of spacecraft transiting the Sun. He’s now outdone even himself. (more…)
Take a Flight Over Korolev Crater on Mars
We love flyover videos from other worlds. These stunning videos, created from imagery gathered by orbiting spacecraft, can give us…
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There’s Another Piece of Space Junk
Oops. Dropping a mirror on Earth is only minor cause for concern, perhaps about the potential of some upcoming bad…
Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions
When you need a robotic arm in space, you call in the experts. Over the past several decades, the Canadian…
If You Could See in X-rays, This is What the Universe Would Look Like
X-ray astronomy helps scientists study neutron stars, binary star systems, and supernova remnants, and even helps detect black holes. But…
New Estimate Calculates There Could be 30 Intelligent Civilizations Communicating Across the Milky Way
Over the years, scientific estimates of potential intelligent life in our galaxy have ranged widely. Some estimates say just one…