On the news this week: unmanned space capsule successfully docked onto the ISS; the Trump administration is considering reevaluating climate change; and is TV bad for your memory?
ISS
Other Worlds: Strange New Homes
Alternative habitats in the solar system could provide us with opportunities to escape Earth
Why Conduct Experiments in Space?
The Soyuz MS-02 rocket launch on Wednesday 19th October in Kazakhstan. A very similar rocket took Tim Peake and Time Ronke up to the ISS in 2015 (Source: NASA/Joel Kowsky) It’s been a big week for space – with a mars rover crash landing, a successful launch of three new astronauts to join the team […]
Image of the Week: Extraterrestrial Life
This week’s image, taken from the International Space Station, is of a flower blossoming in space.
Bacteria in space
Faiza Peeran on why the citizen scientists of America collected bacteria to send into space
Aurora: Delights and Delusions
This article is taken from the Winter 2011 issue of I, Science. Richard Millar explains why the Aurora Borealis isn’t just a light-show. Throughout human history the Aurora Borealis has been an ever-mystical backdrop and inspiration to the life beneath. Whether you see the aurora as lights carried by Norse Valkyries as they ride across […]