WATCH: NASA’s Guide to Near-Light-Speed Interstellar Travel

SPACE 08.20.2020 22:41 PM

Sometimes science fiction goes beyond the imagination that even the impossible is made possible just like traveling through space in the speed of light as the characters explore the vastness of the universe. But the laws of physics do not allow that to happen in real life. In the new video of NASA, they showed what it would be like if someone is to travel in the speed of light.

Astronauts Train to Explore Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars

08.20.2020 07:15 AM

Astronauts train to explore lava tubes or underground caves, on the Red Planet and on the Moon. New data can give insight into former volcanic activity and reveal signs of life.

Equinox: The Light and Darkness Phenomenon That Happens Twice a Year

08.19.2020 08:42 AM

From the Latin words "aequus" (equal) and "nox" (night), equinox happens twice a year, a time when the day and night are both equal in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Citizen Scientists Help Discover 95 New Brown Dwarfs

08.18.2020 22:51 PM

Astronomers collaborate with astronomers to search the cosmos for stars, asteroids, brown dwarfs, and other space objects. A recent discovery identified 95 cool brown dwarf candidates.

Upcoming SpaceX Starlink Satellite Launch to Set New Milestones

08.18.2020 00:40 AM

As SpaceX prepares to launch its next batch of Starlink broadband satellites on Tuesday, August 18, the world awaits whether the space company will be setting new records.

There's a Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field, What Could This Mean for Satellites?

08.17.2020 23:05 PM

NASA is tracking a dent in Earth's magnetic field, an unusually weak spot in the field called the South Atlantic Anomaly, which allows harmful particles from the sun from going deeper into the Earth's surface than normal, which could be bad news for the low orbit satellites that pass through it.

NASA's THEMIS Mission Provides First Strong Evidence Explaining Mysteries of Auroras

08.15.2020 07:30 AM

Auroral beads are lights that often show up just before the large auroral displays. They caused by substorms or the electrical storms in space.

This New Space Salsa Is Out of This World

08.15.2020 07:30 AM

Danny's Rocket Ranch Space Salsa is oficially on sale on August 15. A portion of the sales of this new spicy space dish will fund kids in Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

NASA Moves Forward With Its Orion Adapter Installation

08.14.2020 07:30 AM

NASA technicians at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, have started to install an Orion adapter for its Artemis I Mission spacecraft.

Hubble Team Unveils Why Betelgeuse Unexpectedly Started Dimming

08.14.2020 06:00 AM

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the reason behind why Betelgeuse, a red supergiant and among the brightest in our night sky, has unexpectedly begun to dim earlier this year.

Dark Distortions: Art Installation Demonstrates How Dark Matter Interacts With Light

08.13.2020 22:18 PM

Dark matter remains one of the most mysterious occurrences in the known Universe, and a new artwork helps explain how it interacts with light.

Arecibo Observatory Reports Damaged Reflector Dish & Cables

08.12.2020 22:49 PM

The Arecibo Observatory has made significant contributions to astronomy since the 1960s. Although it has survived several storms and earthquakes, the cause of the recent damages are still being investigated.

ALMA Finds a Galaxy Like Our Own in the Early Universe

08.12.2020 22:20 PM

After pouring through data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers has found a distant galaxy similar to our own Milky Way.

Spacepower is a New Military Might, According to the US Space Force Doctrine

08.11.2020 11:45 AM

The United States Space Force (USSF) has officially rolled out its capstone doctrine, titled "Spacepower," on Monday, August 10.

After 50 Years, Earth Receives Laser Signals From the Moon

08.11.2020 07:30 AM

50 years after the first glass panel was installed on the Moon, laser beam signals were picked up at a station in France. Scientists can now measure the precise and changing distance between the Moon and Earth amongst other measurements.