Phys.org – Space

There are tall, pointy metal tubes aplenty at Port Canaveral, but one is extra large.This post was originally published on this site

Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts’ cardiovascular systems. Determining how to mitigate these health risks is challenging, as countermeasures are tested in Earth’s gravity. But what if there was a way […]

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle moments before boarding the airborne science aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Outside the window, the […]

We live in changing times. While we once flippantly threw villains to the lions, now we seek to fire them into the sun.This post was originally published on this site

NASA is facing increasingly sharp challenges as it pursues its goal of landing astronauts on the moon again before this decade is out—and as the space agency braces for another leadership change, it’s clear that […]

Stargazers across the United States are in for a treat this weekend as the annual Leonids meteor shower lights up the night sky.This post was originally published on this site

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 […]

Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris.This post […]

Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.This post was originally published on this site

Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred metal tank, roughly 1.5 meters across. It had crashed from space during the night, part of a […]