Here on Earth, it seems easy and straightforward to know “where” anything is, or to know “when” an event either occurred or will occur. After all, we’ve mapped out the entire surface of the Earth, and can define our location with three coordinates — latitude, longitude, and altitude/depth — no matter where in the world
Fincke, Cardman, Yui and Platonov had been living and working aboard the International Space Station since early August and were originally expected to stay at the orbiting outpost until late February. Instead, top NASA officials and the agency’s chief health and medical officer opted to bring the astronauts back to Earth a week after the
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery in the search for distant exoplanets. A new super-Jupiter, nearly five times the mass of our own Jupiter, has been found orbiting the star TIC-65910228, a metal-rich sun-like star located 864 light years away. This discovery, made by an international team of researchers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
NASA has revealed new details about last month’s rare medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS). The agency confirmed on Tuesday that astronaut Mike Fincke, 58, experienced the medical issue that prompted Crew-11’s mission to end a month early. Fincke declined to share specifics about his condition or current health but praised his colleagues
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of China’s robotic Shenlong space plane above Earth. | Credit: Erik Simonsen/Getty Images China’s reusable space plane is circling Earth once again. The Shenlong (“Divine Dragon”) spacecraft launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi
Seeing Earth from space is a privilege that most of us will never get in our lifetime. As we all know, the first lucky people to set foot on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969, and since then, over 290 people have visited NASA’s International Space Station. But, well before the
A strange cosmic outburst might just provide the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole feeding on a white dwarf star. Discovered by the China-led Einstein Probe space telescope in July 2025, this event could open a window into a long-missing class of black holes. On July 2, 2025, astronomers using the Einstein Probe’s
A “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica is offering scientists a rare glimpse into Earth’s deep interior, a dynamic record of slow-moving processes that have been reshaping our planet for tens of millions of years. This immense, gentle low in Earth’s gravity field, formally known as the Antarctic Geoid Low, reflects how mass is distributed deep inside
The patient: A 64-year-old woman in New South Wales, Australia The symptoms: The woman was admitted to the hospital after experiencing abdominal pain and diarrhea for three weeks. She also had a persistent dry cough and night sweats. A CT scan of her lungs showed opaque areas where the tissue had thickened, likely due to
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