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AIrglow Earth

Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow

By Laura Geggel published

Space
Russia's Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome on Oct. 11, 2018. Minutes later, it had to make an emergency landing.

Astronaut and Cosmonaut Survive 'Ballistic' Fall to Earth After Failed Soyuz Launch

By Rafi Letzter published

Sometime after 4:40 am Eastern, something went wrong with a rocket booster carrying two people to the International Space Station.

Space Exploration
SpaceX's Vision for a Mars City

The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond

By Mike Wall published

Mars
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NASA Created a Rare, Exotic State of Matter in Space

By Rafi Letzter published

A special device aboard the International Space Station has produced Bose-Einstein condensates in space for the first time ever.

Physics & Mathematics
Sahara Desert

Moldy Bread? Nope, It's a Photo of the Sahara Desert Taken from Space

By Laura Geggel published

Planet Earth
An illustration of the Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station

This Box Could Become the Coldest Spot in the Universe

By Mindy Weisberger published

Lasers and microgravity will chill this ice chest-size box to 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.

Cosmology
Astronauts Scott Tingle (left) and Norishige Kanai watch the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft arrive, carrying a cargo of frozen sperm (among other things).

There's a Lot of Sperm on the International Space Station Right Now

By Rafi Letzter published

For the first time (officially), NASA will set loose some human sperm in outer space.

Space Exploration
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Could Boeing's 'Starliner' Spacecraft Be a Next Step for Reaching the Moon and Beyond?

By Mindy Weisberger published

The space travel of science fiction could be closer than you think.

The Moon
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A Floating 'Brain' Will Assist Astronauts Aboard the Space Station

By Mindy Weisberger published

The crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) will soon welcome a new member, described by its creators as "a kind of flying brain."

Artificial Intelligence
Tug-of-war in Space

What Would Happen If You Played Tug-Of-War in Outer Space?

By Laura Geggel published

What would happen if you played tug-of-war in outer space? Would you be able to stand and pull with all your might, as you would on Earth, or would something entirely different happen?

Space
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