NASA Upgrades To Sentry-II to Track All Hazardous Asteroids, New Version Takes Into Account the Yarkovsky Effect

SPACE 01.24.2022 02:53 AM

NASA Sentry-II is a computer program that predicts asteroid near-misses and crashes with Earth in the future.

Asteroid Collisions That Formed Martian Craters Have Been Consistent For Over 600 Million Years

01.24.2022 02:07 AM

Curtin University revealed that the asteroid collisions responsible for numerous impact craters on the Martian surface were very consistent over the past 600 million years.

NASA To Pay $1 Million For Those Who Could Feed Future Astronauts With Nutritious Meal For Their Long-Term Missions

01.24.2022 01:06 AM

Under Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA is looking for new food systems for future long-term missions.

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Undocked From International Space Station, To Return With 4,900 Pounds of Equipment and Science Samples, Experiments

01.23.2022 23:36 PM

On Sunday morning, SpaceX's autonomous Dragon cargo ship successfully left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Titanic Galaxy 115 Million Light-Years Away

01.23.2022 22:08 PM

Another beautiful image of deep space has been acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope, this time of the faraway galaxy NGC 3318.

What Will Happen If Earth Stops Spinning in Its Orbit?

01.23.2022 21:38 PM

There will be significant changes in the temperature and animals heavily relying on the magnetic fields will be confused if the earth tops spinning in its orbit.

Why Do Earth-Like Planets Form? Experts Pinpoint Hypothesis

01.23.2022 20:30 PM

Earth-like planets are discovered near their parent or host stars, with searing temperatures; but they are also discovered far from their stars, more than 10 times further away than Jupiter is from our Sun.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope About To Arrive Lagrange Point L2; What To Expect Next?

01.22.2022 23:44 PM

On Monday, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will enter a million-mile parking orbit. On Monday, the NASA James Webb Space Telescope will arrive at its new home, L2, or the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, over 1 million miles distant.

ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Brings Space Force Tracking Satellites Rocket From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station [Watch]

01.22.2022 23:16 PM

Two more satellites were launched today in geosynchronous orbit, some 22,000 miles away from Earth, as part of the Space Force's effort for increased Space Domain Awareness, or SDA.

Asteroid Impacts the Inner Solar System for the Last 600 Million Years

01.22.2022 21:19 PM

The crater detection algorithm "automatically counts the visible impact craters" from a high-resolution image, a planetary research team from the United States, Australia, France, and Côte d'Ivoire has analyzed the formation of over 500 massive impact craters on Mars.

Imbalanced Earth? Tug of Sun, Moon Drives Planet's Plate Motion

01.22.2022 20:47 PM

The circulation of the whole mantle is driven by unbalanced forces in the Earth-moon-sun system, according to a new research.

NASA, SpaceX All Set for the Undocking of Cargo Dragon from ISS to Return to Earth, Completing CRS-24 Mission

01.22.2022 20:30 PM

Ground controllers are currently aiming at 10:40 am EST on January 23, for the undocking back to Earth of the Cargo Dragon, Space news reports recently said.

NASA Captures Moderately Strong Solar Flare in the Northeastern Part of the Sun Spotted Friday [Watch Footage]

01.21.2022 23:21 PM

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured stunning footage of a solar flare on Friday, which is classified as an M5.5 class flare.

Atlas V Rocket Takes Off Carrying 2 Surveillance Satellites to Geosynchronous Orbit For Space Force Program

01.21.2022 22:22 PM

Two satellites were launched to the geosynchronous orbit through the Atlas V satellite Friday. Two surveillance satellites will be added to monitor the current traffic in the geosynchronous orbit after the successful launch by Atlas V rocket Friday.

Zodiacal Light Spotted in 3 Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Classified as Super-Earths

01.21.2022 22:09 PM

Astronomers and high school students in China detected zodiacal light in the skies of a few potentially habitable exoplanets, which could give scientists a clue of what other planets may look like.