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Astronauts Wilmore And Williams Mark Six Months In Space

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams adapt well during extended stay in space, contributing to experiments and leadership roles.

Top News · Dec 6, 2024

Dwarf planet Ceres could be rich in organics, defunct spacecraft data reveals

Data from a now defunct NASA spacecraft has revealed a massive internal reservior of organic material within the second wettest solar system body, Ceres.

Space · Dec 6, 2024

What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth

Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts currently “stranded” on the International Space Station, than…

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2024

6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Dec 6-8)

From starstudded rom-coms on Apple TV to a new Star Wars series on Disney Plus, here's what you should be watching this weekend

Total Film · Dec 5, 2024

Nasa says Artemis mission to Moon will be substantially delayed as it reveals details of spacecraft problem

Nasa says its Artemis mission to put astronauts back on the Moon will be further delayed.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024

NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024

The water on Earth might have been delivered from space by comets billions of years ago

NASA scientists say Jupiter-family comets like 67P could have helped deliver water to Earth

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024

NASA’s stuck astronauts hit six months in space. Just two more to go

NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024

Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive black holes expect to find binary systems – two supermassive black holes orbiting each other…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2024

Here's how SpaceX's 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video)

Cameras on the International Space Station captured the sixth-ever test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket on Nov. 19, as a new video shows.

Space · Dec 5, 2024