Photo of the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka from the International Space Station.

Volcanic eruption casts cloud over Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula was blanketed by clouds of ash as the active Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight on Tuesday. Image source: NASA/JSC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula was blanketed by clouds of ash as the active Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight on Tuesday. The eruption reached its peak six hours…

International Space Station (ISS)

Coolant leak at International Space Station likely caused by meteorite strike

International Space Station (ISS). Source: European Space Agency, Wikimedia Commons A micrometeorite strike was likely the cause of a coolant leak onboard the International Space Station (ISS), according to a Russian space official. Just before two cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, were about to embark on a space walk outside the ISS, ground crew…

The Sun which also produces energy from nuclear fusion

UK firm developing nuclear-powered rockets for travel beyond our solar system

Pulsar Fusion has received funding to develop spacecraft powered by nuclear fusion. Source: NASA. Pulsar Fusion, a rocket company in the United Kingdom, has been awarded UK government funding towards the development of nuclear fusion-powered rockets that could travel beyond the Solar System within our lifetime. The company currently manufactures Europe’s largest and most powerful…