High-speed debris is piling up in space, threatening vital satellites. Nations are developing needed techniques to clean up space and prevent hazards. A tiny, floating object pierced a hole in Canadarm, the Canadian robotic arm on the International Space Station...
Scientists are on the lookout for asteroids that could pose a danger to Earth but which could also hold the key to understanding life’s origin. A frame grab from a dashboard camera shows a meteor over Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, Russia, 15...
By exploring Mars, we have taken a step closer to understanding humankind. Did life begin on the Red Planet? Could we one day live there? The first high-resolution, color image sent by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on 18 February 2021...
It’s hundreds of miles above Earth. But the International Space Station is a scientific laboratory that is bringing myriad benefits to humans far below. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins conducts biomedical research to help understand the aging and weakening of heart...
Iceland has had only 10 deaths so far due to COVID-19. Testing and early use of track-and-trace have kept the new coronavirus in check. The message I received after I was tested for COVID-19 (Photos by Tira Shubart). As the world analyses COVID-19 statistics, the...