The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has doubled within the last few weeks, just like something out of a sci-fi movie. The asteroid, big enough to wipe out an entire city, now has a higher chance of smashing into our home planet in 2032, according to NASA.In a new update, the space
Some Canadians looking to the sky this weekend could be in for a treat as two solar flares that erupted on the sun on their way to Earth, potentially bringing some intense displays of the northern lights. The Space Weather Prediction Center in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration (NOAA) said on Thursday that
SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule rocketed into orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides
A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air
Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky. Six hours after departing the International Space Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, descending on autopilot through the desert darkness.It
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a routine Starlink mission, forcing the company’s second grounding this year. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched a batch of Starlink internet
Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA said on Saturday, deeming issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to carry its first crew home. The agency’s decision, tapping Boeing’s top space
The first supermoon of the year is set to lighten up the skies as the “biggest and brightest” full moon so far of 2024 — and it will be a rare lunar event. Monday’s full moon is not just a supermoon but also a blue moon — a rare occurrence of a super blue moon
Twenty years after researchers discovered an ancient race of “hobbit” humans on the Indonesian island of Flores, a new team has found fossils that are even smaller and even more ancient. The original hobbit fossils — named after the fictional race in The Lord of the Rings — date back to between 60,000 and 100,000
For roughly 3,500 years, the remains of an ancient Egyptian woman have preserved what may have been her final expression before death: an anguished shriek. The mummy, known as the “Screaming Woman,” has been the subject of intense curiosity since it was first discovered in 1935. Her mouth hangs wide open with her mostly-intact top