space
Here’s an Animated Overview of the Space Station's New Inflatable Habitat
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be hitching a ride in the trunk of the SpaceX Dragon capsule on April 8.
An Exhaustive Inventory of the International Space Station's Medicine Cabinet
Birth control, lube, and antidepressants are amply stocked on the ISS.
See Jupiter’s Northern Lights at the Height of a Solar Storm
Exploring the relationship between planets’ magnetospheres and solar winds could ultimately help identify habitable exoplanets.
For the First Time, Witness the Shockwave of an Exploding Star
The Kepler telescope is still making magic happen after all these years.
This Common Microbe Grows Better in Space than on Earth
Scientists crowdsourced microbial samples from thousands of volunteers, and sent 48 of them to space.
A Doctor Is Spending a Year in Antarctica to Research the Isolation of Space
Among other things, Floris van den Berg will be studying whether his crewmates remember how to fly a Soyuz after spending time in the environment.
Astronomers Catch a Glimmer of Starlight from 'Most Eccentric' Exoplanet
Life on HD 20782 b is hell.
Watch Three Astronauts Launch to the International Space Station
NASA’s Jeff Williams will have clocked up over 530 days in space after this, his fourth mission.
Growing Up With the Space Race
Roger Easton Jr. reflects on the legacy of his father, Roger Lee Easton, who led Project Vanguard, America’s answer to Sputnik.
Astronomers Think They Know Why This Black Hole Is Flashing Red Light
Could this be signs of V404 Cygni choking as it feeds?