Scientists won't be able to process much of the data gathered by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and IRIS spacecraft for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe. That pipe — a 4-inch-wide ...

instruments as well as the IRIS spacecraft. JSOC said that its team is still working to assess the extent of the damage, however it has confirmed that the damage is “severe,” adding that data ...

The International Space Station took 15 nations about $100 billion and nearly two decades to build. Basically, it's humanity's most expensive object. It's also now host to Iris, an ultra-high ...