After 340 weightless days, Scott Kelly is finally back on Earth. Strapped into a Russian Soyuz capsule, the NASA astronaut and his fellow crew member, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, landed safely in Kazakhstan just before midnight Eastern time on March 1. Kelly and Kornienko lived aboard the International Space Station for a little less than … Read more
It’s time to get to know a new friend: asteroid 2015 TB145, a sizeable chunk of rock that’s hurtling through space at speeds of over 126,000 km/h (78,293 mph) right now. Discovered just 10 days ago, the asteroid has caught the attention of scientists at NASA because on October 31, it’s expected to draw closer … Read more
Mars, our dear old friend and elusive spectacle, has finally delivered some astoundingly good news for the future of mankind. According to a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists have discovered “definitive signs of liquid water” on the surface of the notorious red planet. This means that, in addition to its boastful status … Read more