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

SPACE 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

Venus Weather Forecast: Winds Run Backwards at Night on Earth's Evil Twin

07.22.2021 01:25 AM

Japanese Akatsuki Venus probe found the night-time winds flow counter to the winds in the daytime. Weather projections based on space-based infrared photography claim that winds on "Earth's Evil Twin" sister, planet Venus, run backward at night.

Do You Want to Get Married in Space? Possible, Says Space Perspective!

07.22.2021 00:10 AM

Lucky spacefarers can now book flights aboard Space Perspective's luxury capsules, with flights from 2024. Some have already booked for weddings!

Perseverance Rover Prepares to Collect First Martian Rock Sample, Will Be Returned to Earth by Missions in the 2030s

07.21.2021 23:30 PM

NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready to collect Martian rock samples to determine if Mars had ever hosted life in the past The sample will be packaged in a sealed tube to be sent to Earth by missions in the 2030s.

Russia Launches Nauka Lab Module to Space Station After Years of Delays

07.21.2021 23:10 PM

Russia has launched a laboratory module to its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. Russia launched a new multifunctional laboratory module dubbed Nauka to the International Space Station on Wednesday from Kazakhstan, after years of delays.

NASA Awards Over $41 Million Fund for Lunar Hopper to Hop Around Moon's Surface, Takes First Pictures Inside Craters

07.21.2021 22:50 PM

NASA recently awarded a $41.6-million project to build, fly and operate a deployable lunar hopper lander on the moon.

Mysterious Supernova Gives Birth to Black Hole, Astronomers Stunned!

07.21.2021 06:36 AM

A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out.