NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory is altering our perspective on the cosmos — and it is beautiful.
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Skylab: First U.S. Space Station
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Directed by Timo Vuorensola. With Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Udo Kier. The Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.
Astronomers have discovered a spinning star dragging the very fabric of spacetime at the centre of a unique cosmic laboratory.
For 16 years, NASA’s trusty scope revealed a hidden infrared universe. Now it’s up to the James Webb Space Telescope to pick up where it left off.
A mysterious cosmic event might have ever-so-slightly stretched and squeezed our planet last week.
There’s a good reason why we need to take a closer look at the sun. When the solar atmosphere releases its magnetic energy, it results in explosive phenomena like solar flares that hurl ultra-energized particles through the solar system in all directions, including ours. This […] can wreak havoc on things like GPS and electrical grids. Learning more about solar activity could give us more notice of when hazardous space weather is due to hit.
You can see structures on the surface as small as 18.5 miles in size.
- Some everyday things are near-impossible for astronauts to do in space.
- Common items like salt and bread are banned from the International Space Station due to fears that they’ll send floating pieces everywhere and potentially damage space equipment or accidentally get inhaled by astronauts.
- Basic eating, sleeping, and showering habits must also be modified.
Astronauts make a lot of sacrifices when they venture off of Earth.
Besides the dangers of space travel and time away from family, microgravity comes with a whole new set of rules that dictates many facets of everyday life.