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[ad_1] Watch the replay of the press conference with ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt taking place at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne (Germany) as he prepares for his first mission to the International Space Station.He was joined by another ESA astronaut,...
[ad_1] The northern lights are a truly remarkable spectacle, with curtains of light dancing across the sky, twisting and turning to the whims of Earth's magnetic field. Nothing quite beats seeing the dazzling performance with your own eyes. Unfortunately for most of...
[ad_1] Frank Borman takes a phone call from President Lyndon Johnson. Last week’s passing of Frank Borman, who led humanity’s first circumnavigation of the Moon, reduces the surviving number of Apollo lunar voyagers to eight. Aged 95, Borman was the oldest living...
[ad_1] Science & Exploration 14/11/2023 4955 views 54 likes An enormous burst of gamma rays, detected by ESA’s Integral space telescope, has struck Earth. The blast caused a significant disturbance in our planet’s ionosphere. Such disturbances are usually...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — If you're a Lego space set fan like me, Black Friday is always a great opportunity to look for great deals on Star Wars and other sci-fi sets — while grabbing some great free offers in the process. But for 2023, Lego appears to have raised the bar...
[ad_1] The Big Dipper is one of the most recognizable patterns of stars in the sky. But it represents different things to different cultures. Credit: Robin (Flickr) If there’s one star pattern everyone can name, it’s the Big Dipper. Famous and easy to identify, it can...
[ad_1] Science & Exploration 10/11/2023 3242 views 82 likes When future astronauts explore Mars’s polar regions, they will see a green glow lighting up the night sky. For the first time, a visible nightglow has been detected in the martian atmosphere by ESA’s...
[ad_1] For a number of decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) has been combing the stars for signs of a technologically advanced civilization lurking in their midst. And although no such signs have materialized so far, it's worth...
[ad_1] Back to Article List The Leonid meteors are one of the year’s best meteor showers — and also one of the most variable. Leonid meteors streak across a star-trail-filled sky over Sapello, New Mexico. Credit: John Chumack One of the best meteor showers of the year...
[ad_1] Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. Curbing methane emissions could deliver immediate and long-lasting benefits for the climate, seeing as the gas only lingers in the atmosphere for a...