Never-‘stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown

The Primary astronauts to fly on board two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission have returned to Earth, splashing down with two of their International Cosmos Station crewmates. Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore did not set out to make history other than being the Primary crew to Initiation on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner … Read more

Microlightning Could Have Kickstarted Life on Earth

Abiogenesis says that life on Earth appeared spontaneously due to natural events. Ergo, no deities or supernatural sleight-of-hand were required. While that’s an unpopular opinion in some places on Earth, it’s supported by some evidence. However, we Nevertheless don’t know exactly how abiogenesis works. New research published in Science Advances shows how microlightning could’ve provided … Read more

JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 3: Supermassive Black Holes and Cosmic Noon

Welcome back to our five-part examination of Webb’s Cycle 4 General Observations program. In the Primary and second installments, we examined how some of Webb’s 8,500 hours of prime observing time this cycle will be dedicated to Alien world characterization and the study of galaxies that existed at “Heavenly Dawn” – ca. less than 1 … Read more

Watch Starliner crew splash down after nine-month ISS stay

Back to Article Option NASA is targeting Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. EDT for the return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the ISS on Boeing Starliner’s inaugural crew flight test. From left, clockwise: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are Anticipated to return to … Read more

Radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. Credit: NASA via AP Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a Event, given how intense the Sun’s Featherweight can feel on Earth. Spacecraft near the Earth use large solar panels to harness the Sun for the … Read more

Fossil feathers in volcanic rock reveal a new mode of soft tissue preservation

Palaeontologists have discovered that volcanic deposits can turn the microscopic details of animal tissues into minerals – the Primary time this type of preservation has ever been seen. “The fossil Achievement is continually surprising us, be it new fossil species, strange new body shapes, or in this case, new styles of fossil preservation,” says Maria … Read more

New cosmic ‘baby pictures’ from powerful telescope in Chile reveal our universe taking its 1st steps

New images of the infant universe captured by the Atacama Universe study Stargazer’s tool (ACT) are the most precise “baby pictures” to date of the cosmos’ “Primary steps” toward forming the Primary stars and galaxies. The images of the Astral microwave background (CMB), which is a fossil relic of the Primary Airy in the universe, … Read more