Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS
The focus of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), which is also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). M88 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, a collection of more…
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time. Quantum mechanics governs the world of particles and fields. Both work brilliantly in their own domains. But put them together and contradictions appear – especially when it comes to black…
Summer is “Go” for launch, and NASA has a universe of ways to help you to jump in, explore, and create! Whether you prefer to spend this season fueling your creativity, going outdoors into nature, or daydreaming about your future, NASA offers ways to take your interests to the next level. Here are some opportunities…
While I’ve been going through early extraterrestrial ideas like those of Ronald Bracewell I’ve run back into that most unpronounceable of stellar objects, Przybylski’s Star. This one is worth a return look and I was reminded of it by author and futurist John Michael Godier on his Event Horizon podcast. I do few interviews but…
Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He and his fellow muckrakers redefined modern journalism Jon Grinspan | Curator, political history, National Museum of American History Summer 2026 American journalist, lecturer and political philosopher Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), in Union Square, New York City,…
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org There’s a new Air Force One: The Boeing 747-8 acquired from Qatar is now officially flying as the VC-25B “Bridge” presidential aircraft. The airplane, a gift to the…