NASA is always on the lookout for ‘possibly dangerous’ asteroids that might endanger Earth. NASA is also planning for the worst-case scenario: a collision with an asteroid. Yes, an asteroid might collide with Earth. In a surprising turn of events, ...
We may learn about some distant extraterrestrial rocky planets with breathing atmospheres similar to Earth in a very short period of time. Those observations will be made possible by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is now in the ...
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth, being Earth’s only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that ...
A swarm of planet-forming dust has been discovered by astronomers to contain the biggest organic molecule yet seen, possibly providing fresh insights into how the building elements of life eventually wind up on planets. A team of researchers from the ...
The finding of a possibly deadly asteroid early this year sent scientists on a thrill ride, and they were not alone. On January 6, 2022, scientists at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona announced the discovery of an asteroid measuring ...
Researchers have discovered a massive explosion around 130 million light-years away from Earth. Previously, scientists discovered a gigantic collision here caused by a well-known fusion of two neutron stars, which are collapsed stars that are among the highest density things ...
One of NASA’s space security experts describes how the agency prepares to avoid a catastrophic tragedy. Our home planet is situated in a hazardous environment. Asteroids and comets are among the celestial bodies that are continually racing through space and ...
According to experts, a discarded piece of a rocket might have landed onto the Moon’s distant side by now, since the impact was expected around 12:25 GMT. The 3 tonnes rocket component had been traced for a couple of years, but ...
Scientists have discovered for the first time, with the help of the most sophisticated telescopes that we have on this planet, as well as in space, a neutron star consuming stuff from a neighboring star, which is producing bursts of hot, ...
An astronomers team has detected a pair of enormous black holes on the verge of a cataclysmic merger that would shatter space-time. The black holes, named PKS 2131-021, are around 9 billion light-years away from our planet, per research released ...
Despite the considerable buzz around an interesting snapshot taken on our neighboring planet, there is still no evidence of alien life on Mars at any stage of development. Curiosity, NASA’s Mars rover, obtained a fascinating photograph of what seems to ...
Astronomers have discovered a pair of odd stars that are unlike any other stars they have ever seen before, and that are coated with a perplexing accumulation of peculiar compounds. This cosmic unusual pair may have come into being as a ...
Ever think that Saturn could be so extraordinary? Thanks to an infrared picture of the planet displaying an aurora right at its southern pole, we can witness quite the phenomenon! The occurrence is also unique because it shows a never-before-seen ...
Planets do not take much longer to form after stars have formed. For example, the Sun formed 4.6 billion years ago, and the Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. However, scientists now say it is not necessarily the only possibility. ...
NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge is awarding $1 million to public members who can show inventive solutions to the challenge of feeding astronauts on long-term missions. The Issue Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) generally consume canned or dry ...
The International Space Station still has a long way to go before it is decommissioned in 2030, but we’re getting a glimpse of the “space cemetery” where it will be buried. According to NASA’s International Space Station Transition Report, Point ...
This stunning drone footage shows SpaceX launching a spy satellite and landing a rocket. On February 3, SpaceX’s NROL-87 mission was launched and landed by a drone. SpaceX has released a spectacular new film that captures the experience of seeing ...
Establishing a new human colony on another planet provides a chance to experiment with novel concepts. More significantly, it’s a chance to learn from humanity’s previous blunders in habitat construction. Even though we have yet to dominate the moon or ...
Liftoff will occur over a three-hour window beginning at 2:10 p.m. EST (1910 GMT). 12 p.m. ET UPDATE: NEW LAUNCH TIME Astra is now aiming for a 2:10 p.m. EST (1910 GMT) launch from Florida today, the company’s initial East ...
NASA has said that it intends to decommission the International Space Station in 2031 by crashing it into an uninhabited section of the Pacific Ocean. Satellites, like every other technology, do not endure forever. Whether their mission is to watch ...
The NASA TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission just discovered something significant: our own sun is remarkably well-behaved in comparison to its counterparts elsewhere in the cosmos. (Image courtesy of NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and Getty Images.) According to Universe Today, ...
The dwarf galaxy appears in a swirl of dazzling light and crimson colors in the new photograph. The small, oddly shaped galaxy has been dubbed a “cosmic oddity” by the European Space Agency (ESA). The ESA reported that the NGC ...
A black hole’s structure is straightforward in the grand scheme of things. All you need to know is the black hole’s mass, electric charge, and spin to determine the structure of space and time surrounding it. However, things get complicated ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station do spine scans, heart checks, and breathing tests. During a spacewalk on January 19, 2022, Russian spacewalkers Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov worked on the Prichal module. The International Space Station’s main scientific activities ...
A new study by a biologist at the Université de Montréal aims to explain how squirrels save energy while hibernating and what implications this knowledge may carry for the future of space flight. Matthew Regan’s study of the thirteen-lined ground ...