Tag Archives: Space

I’m a carry-on-only traveler through and through. Even on a recent monthlong trip through Northern Europe, I was able to fit everything I needed into a single carry-on suitcase—puffer jacket included. The best way to pack a suitcase, we seasoned travelers know, is to use compression packing cubes. These clever hacks flatten soft goods to half their size, so you …

Quick facts What it is: Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud Where it is: 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius When it was shared: Sept. 24, 2025 Why it’s so special: Stars in the Milky Way galaxy are born in huge molecular clouds. The most massive is Sagittarius B2, which is just a few hundred light-years from our …

Buried deep in Greenland’s ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ice drilled out of ice sheets and glaciers) and dated to around 12,800 years ago, has provided support for a hypothesis that the Earth was struck by an exotic …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The International Space Station will make a grand appearance tonight on the cosmic stage over Portland. At 8:10 p.m. the ISS will fly over Portland and will be visible for five minutes, appearing from the west, northwest and streaking to the southeast. You can’t miss it. It will be high in the sky, 68 degrees above …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌕 The Moon is seen as a potential source for the rare isotope helium-3, crucial for future technologies. 🔬 Helium-3 is vital for cooling quantum computers and has potential as a clean fusion fuel. 🚀 The United States and China lead the race for lunar helium-3 mining, driven by strategic interests. 🌐 The geopolitical landscape could shift …

Strangely sharp circles of radio waves in space have puzzled astronomers since their surprise discovery in 2019. Now, a team has analyzed one closely in hopes that it might give up its secrets. Firing up a new observatory brings the possibility of discovering brand-new phenomena out in space that our technology has not been able to see before. That’s precisely …

A fiery streak lit up Northern California’s night sky Thursday evening, dazzling onlookers from Sonoma County to the Sacramento region. The blazing object appeared around 7:45 p.m., sparking speculation over whether it was a meteor, rocket launch, or satellite debris. NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office did not immediately respond to inquiries, but experts say the spectacle was likely not a natural …

NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Currently, there is a strong chance the vehicle will never reach the ISS before the outpost is deorbited in 2030. The change to the contract means that Dream Chaser will now …

The Omega Speedmaster is by far the watch most associated with outer space, and it remains the only watch authorized by NASA for use during extravehicular activity (AKA space walks). But dozens of other watches have ventured outside Earth’s atmosphere, from early astronaut favorites like the Rolex GMT-Master to Fortis’s continuing flights with various space agencies around the globe. One …

NASA is about to run a health check in deep space using tiny lab devices that carry living human cells. The goal is simple and serious, understand how space changes our bodies so crews can travel safely to the Moon and, later, to Mars. The AVATAR investigation will put small organ chips made from Artemis II astronauts’ cells inside Orion …