NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Has Now Flown Over One Mile, Capturing Images to Help Perseverance Rover

SPACE 07.26.2021 02:30 AM

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now flown over one mile, marking its successful tenth flight on the Red Planet. It has taken photos of Raised Ridges that Perseverance rover might soon be visiting.

Marsquakes Studies Reveal Mars Have Larger Metallic Core than Previously Believed

07.25.2021 23:35 PM

Studies published in the journal Science reveal that Mars may have a massive metallic core based on the seismic waves produced by marsquakes.

Artificial Intelligence Improves NASA's Sun Images, Solar Dynamics Observatory Says

07.25.2021 01:03 AM

Experts said that the upcoming artificial intelligence could specifically enhance NASA's captured images of the Sun.

Momentum on Planetary Scale: What Happens When Earth Suddenly Stops Spinning?

07.25.2021 00:33 AM

Perhaps shortly after mankind knew that the Earth rotates on its axis, other people began wondering: "What happens if the Earth just stops spinning?"

Great Pyramid of Giza-Sized Asteroid to 'Close' Approach Earth Soon, Should We Worry?

07.24.2021 22:33 PM

An asteroid about as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall will make a "close" approach with Earth on Sunday, NASA calculations said.

NASA Awards $178 Million Contract to SpaceX for Jupiter Moon Mission; Falcon Heavy Rocket Set to Launch Europa Clipper

07.24.2021 02:40 AM

SpaceX has just been awared a $178 million contract for NASA to use the Falcon Heavy Rocket to launch the Clipper and future rover to Jupiter's 6th moon, Europa.

Moon-Forming Disc Discovered Around Very Young 5.4 Million-Year-Old Jupiter-Like Exoplanet; Astronomers Consider Their Discovery Important

07.24.2021 00:10 AM

For the first time, a Moon-forming disc has been discovered, providing astronomers with an understanding of early planetary systems.

NASA's $4.25B Europa Clipper Spacecraft is Going to Jupiter's Icy Moon Aboard Falcon Heavy

07.23.2021 23:00 PM

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will be sending NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter instead of the original plan of sending it via the Space Launch System (SLS), saving NASA $2 billion.

NASA Gives Boeing Starliner A Go Signal For July 30 Test Launch

07.23.2021 05:30 AM

NASA and Boeing held a day-long flight readiness review Thursday and cleared the company's CST-100 Starliner astronaut ferry ship for launch July 30 on a second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin vs Elon Musk's SpaceX: Who Won the Space Race?

07.23.2021 03:50 AM

The race between the two largest space firms had been on the space race for quite a while now. Who won between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk?

Why Does Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Look So Much Like A Male Genitalia? Rocket Scientist Explains

07.23.2021 03:30 AM

When Jeff Bezos launched into the great unknown and made his mark on the space race, why does his rocket look so much like a penis?

Previously Unseen Star Formation in Milky Way Detected in New Study

07.23.2021 01:40 AM

Previous surveys by various other teams had so far detected 270 SNRs, all of them observed by the radio emissions through the interstellar space.

Moon Exploration: SIU Engineering Students Win NASA's Competition to Design Mining Robots

07.23.2021 01:20 AM

Engineering students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale have won first place in LUNABOTS, NASA’s annual robotics mining competition, which aims to produce robots that can operate and mine on the Moon.

NASA's Mars InSight Says Red Planet's Crust Runs About 12 Miles Deep!

07.22.2021 22:40 PM

Mars' core takes up about half of the planet's interior — much larger than scientists expected.

Life on Mars, Moon? Mystery Viruses Detected in 15,000-Year-Old China Glacier

07.22.2021 22:10 PM

A new study recently showed the mystery viruses recently detected in ancient China glaciers that could possibly help scientists in their exploration initiatives in extreme climates like the ones detected on Mars or the moon