Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, where they will conduct research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory. The crew will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
heic2604 — Photo Release 10 February 2026 This stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Egg Nebula features a central star obscured by a dense cloud of
Geologists have mapped a strange magnetic anomaly in Australia – and in a stunning coincidence, it happens to look remarkably like the continent it lurks beneath. The anomaly seems to feature its own version of Queensland’s point in the north, reaches its widest section in the middle, and has two points extending downwards on the
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The Sun unleashes a torrent of charged particles. Some of them slam into the Earth’s atmosphere, triggering breathtaking auroras in the night sky. But for equipment that’s orbiting our planet in outer space, solar weather can quickly turn into a major headache. The particles have been shown to wreak havoc on the on-board electronics of
Teams monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in the
Yellowstone National Park is a place of wonder and beauty that never ceases to amaze the millions who visit each year. But there’s much more to Yellowstone than just the incredible views above ground. Watch the video below: Scientists monitoring the ground beneath Yellowstone National Park Scientists are also interested in what is happening below
WASHINGTON — As NASA prepares to launch a new crew to the International Space Station, the agency has yet to decide which spacecraft it will use for the next crew rotation mission. A SpaceX Crew Dragon is set to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on the Crew-12 mission. Liftoff,
Paleontologists in China have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of a previously unknown species of iguanodontian dinosaur that preserves exceptionally detailed fossilized skin, including structures unlike anything seen in other non-avian dinosaur fossils. Life reconstruction of a juvenile Haolong dongi. Image credit: Fabio Manucci. Haolong dongi lived in what is now northeastern China during the