Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fourth all-female spacewalk of all time on Wednesday (Nov. 1), and you can watch the action live. Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli are scheduled to step outside the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT) on a spacewalk that...

This stunning spiral isn’t a gateway to the abyss. It’s the galaxy M83, as seen through the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). More specifically, the spaceborne observatory captured this image by tapping into one of its powerful infrared devices, the  Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Also...

Access to reliable internet service is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity. In Ghana, as in many other parts of the world, the digital divide has been a significant obstacle to progress, education, and economic growth. Starlink, a satellite-based internet service provided by SpaceX, is changing...

Galaxy Aerospace Ghana paid a stunning visit to the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) to gain an understanding of the company’s Astronomical contribution to the country and the world at large. Apart from South Africa, the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) is the first of its sort...

On pace with its once-a-month flight goal, Virgin Galactic is about to embark on its fifth commercial mission, and likely its final flight of 2023. Galactic 05 is scheduled to lift off this Thursday (Nov. 2) and will carry three passengers on a brief trip to suborbital space. The trio will fly...

The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission returned to Earth on Monday (Oct. 30) after completing a five-month stint aboard the country’s space station. Astronauts Jing Haipeng (the mission’s commander), Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao touched down in their Shenzhou 16...

Yesterday, a team of CNES, ESA, Arianespace and ArianeGroup personnel at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, completed a full-scale wet rehearsal of the new Ariane 6 rocket that was fuelled and then drained of its fuel. The test lasted over 30 hours with three teams working in shifts...

SpaceX launched 22 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (Oct. 29), on the first of two planned missions for the day. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT; 2 a.m. local California time). The...

Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can detect alien life in physical samples — though they aren’t sure exactly how it works. The new machine-learning algorithm — trained using living cells, fossils, meteorites and lab-made chemicals — can distinguish between...