There is an object flying through space about 20 light-years from Earth that has intrigued astronomers for quite a while. It ...

That includes downright awesome feats like floating in microgravity ... perpetual freefall as their home in space spins around the planet. Many everyday activities are banned on the ISS.

What's black and white and can see you when you float? Japan's Internal ... onboard the International Space Station while they are going about their day-to-day activities. Who wouldn't want ...

The world’s premier space observatory has spotted a mysterious and huge, free-floating planetary-mass ... and possibly some effects of auroral activity affecting the brightness, but we weren ...

There's a small crisis emerging in outer space, as the skies above our planet are slowly filling with floating space trash and experts are rushing to find a way to clear away the worst of it.

the European Space Agency launched LISA Pathfinder as a feasibility test. Rather than having detectors on a single rigid structure, LISA Pathfinder tested whether an array of free-floating ...

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