Ask someone where outer space is, and they’ll probably point at the sky. It’s up, right? Simple. Except, no one really knows where “air space” ends and “outer space” begins. That might ...

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NASA's aerogel, once used to catch comet dust, is now redefining fashion, captured as the glowing, weightless ‘sky in a bag’ accessory.

A great example I use all the time is space launch. We had a space launch system that was inadequate during the space shuttle time and after the disasters there, was a period of time where we couldn’t ...

Program: To infinity – who's in charge of outer space? Source: ABC Radio National | Program: Big Ideas. Mon 9 Jun 2025 at 7:00am Monday 9 Jun 2025 at 7:00am Mon 9 Jun 2025 at 7:00am.

Outer Space. Stunning New Image ... The spacecraft’s tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial human activity on Earth. June 12, 2025.

Barcenilla says that when it comes to the smells of space, it really depends on what, specifically, you mean. "Most of space is quite empty and … it isn't really going to smell," she said.

NASA astronauts on International Space Station capture images of lightning from space. The images McClain and Ayers shared show electrostatic discharges – in other words, lightning – from ...

Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission will send a four-person crew to the ISS in June on a new SpaceX Dragon. The crew includes representatives from India, Poland, and Hungary.

The sun is causing Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to drop from space. Solar storms could see satellite parts hit the ground, scientists warn. Anthony Cuthbertson. Monday 02 June 2025 14:04 BST.

The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC6543, formed when an aging sun-like star cast its outer layers into space, forming a dense central cocoon of dust surrounded by a diffuse veil of stellar ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci‑fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey".