Russian space freighter undocks from International Space Station
The space freighter Progress MS-02 has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and begun its descent to the Earth, the Flight Control Center told TASS on Friday. “The spacecraft...
NASA: Two trillion galaxies in ‘observable’ Universe
There are a dizzying two trillion galaxies in the Universe, up to twenty times more than previously thought, astronomers reported Thursday. The surprising find, based on 3D modelling of images...
Another would-be space tourist might make trip to ISS in 2017
A next space tourist may head to the International Space Station next year, a source in the rocket-and-space sector told TASS. “Negotiations are underway with a foreign participant in a space...
Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality
Today, President Obama outlined a vision to CNN for the future of space exploration. Echoing what he said in the 2015 State of the Union address, the President wrote, “We have set a clear goal...
Preparing to study the epoch of reionization
The epoch when the very first stars appeared is a key period of cosmic history. These stars began the manufacture of the chemical elements (those heavier than hydrogen and helium) and their light...
Evidence for Wandering Black Hole
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to discover an extremely luminous, variable X-ray source located outside the center of its parent...
Tehran plans to send first Iranian to space with Russia’s help
Iran plans to send its first astronaut into space in cooperation with Russia, the Fars news agency has reported citing Director of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Mohsen Bahrami. “The project to...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA’s Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its...
