NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency's ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos

In a fascinating breakthrough that combines technology and archaeology, artificial intelligence has cracked 2,000-year-old writings on papyrus scrolls that were carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The ancient texts, long thought to have been lost forever, are now

Spanish tech business Marsi Bionics, together with The Superior Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and four hospitals in Madrid, have debuted the first exoskeleton designed for children to be used not only in clinical settings but also at home and

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making history by taking humanity closer to the Sun than ever before. Since its launch in August 2018, this groundbreaking spacecraft has been gathering crucial data, helping scientists unlock some of the biggest mysteries about

As mankind inches closer to realizing a manned mission to Mars, scientists are considering some very innovative ways of overcoming one of the biggest hurdles: keeping astronauts healthy and functional on the long journey. The most intriguing idea has to

For decades, the human imagination has been captivated by space travel: walking on alien worlds and travelling beyond Earth. There are many wonders that astronauts witness on board the International Space Station: breathtaking views of Earth, weightlessness, and the vastness

When thinking of launching rockets into space, there are few things as stimulating as this in the realm of science and engineering. But how actually do we launch things beyond our planet? Let's break it down. To leave the pull

Super-Earth: here are more than seven thousand extrasolar planets known to date, but there is something even more significant than this resounding number. It is their variety, determined by different characteristics, that, as far as we know at the moment,

The Greek island of Santorini, renowned for its very beautiful caldera and volcanic past, has seen the most energetic seismic activity recently. Over 2,500 tremors reported since early January hint at some pending big seismic event. For the last year,