Space News

Since Bora Zivkovic first asked me to moderate a session back at ScienceOnline 2009, I’ve been hoping to instill the importance of imagery into the wider science communication conversation.... --

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The autumn equinox today (Sept. 22) marks the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. The exact time of the equinox is 4:44 p.m. EDT (2044 GMT) when the length of the day and night are roughly equal.

A new robotic commercial cargo ship for the International Space Station skipped its first attempt to link up with the orbiting lab Sunday (Sept. 22) due to a rendezvous glitch that delayed its arrival for 48 hours, NASA ...

(University of California - Los Angeles) Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts, scientists believed these belts consisted of two rings of highly charged particles. In February, scientists reported the disc...