This October, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. Although NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken successfully launched to the station in May from the United States aboard the SpaceX Endeavour, launches to the space…… MORE

Iran struggled to explain a fire that tore through the Iranian Natanz nuclear complex on Thursday morning, causing major damage to a site that has been key to the country’s uranium enrichment program. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) shared an image of the damaged building, which appeared to show a roof charred by…… MORE

Six months into the pandemic, the situation is only getting worse. The World Health Organization said yesterday that the number of new infections has exceeded 160,000 every single day in the past week — double the level seen at the height of the European outbreak in March and April. In the Americas, the situation is…… MORE

Astronomers have been able to peer inside a planet for the first time, according to a new study. They discovered the exposed planetary core that was likely once at the center of a gas giant orbiting a distant star. The core is similar in size to Neptune and was found closely orbiting a star similar…… MORE