Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS

Climate change is actually nothing new to our old planet. It has long driven the evolution of Earth’s flora and fauna and good thing, too: Without those major shifts, we wouldn’t be here today. But as human-driven climate change accelerates, looking back at how ecosystems once responded to drastic climate swings could help prepare us…

HELSINKI — SSC Space and Firefly have set a 2028 target for the first orbital launch from Esrange, with key infrastructure and regulatory pieces falling into place. The companies announced the timeline during a press briefing in Stockholm, June 30, following a string of milestones that include construction progress at Launch Complex 3C, a new…

In one sentence, what does HWO aim to do?   The Habitable Worlds Observatory is NASA’s next flagship mission in development, built to search for life on dozens of Earth-like planets beyond our Solar System while addressing fundamental questions about our Universe, including how galaxies evolve, where heavy elements come from, and how the most…

The formation of continents was an important step in Earth’s history. Continents and plate tectonics are connected to the planet’s habitability, and the same is true for the habitability of other rocky exoplanets. Understanding when and how continents formed, and what factors and processes governed it, is one of planetary science’s major goals. Plate tectonics…

For this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month we return to the constellation Orion (the Hunter), a location familiar to Webb. This area of the sky is replete with star-forming clouds that make up a complex hundreds of light-years across. We find ourselves in the giant molecular cloud Orion A, of which the familiar Orion Nebula…

Gold earrings PHETCHABURI, THAILAND—The Bangkok Post reports that a ninth set of human remains has been unearthed at Don Yai Thong, a burial site in central Thailand dated to between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. Earlier this year, archaeologists uncovered eight skeletons with bronze vessels placed over the heads and chins of the deceased; glass…