SPACE

NASA Failed To Prevent ”Fake" Asteroid From Hitting "Stimulated" New York

SPACE 05.09.2019 20:36 PM

It may be the Hollywood scenario that will scare all of us, but it is something that could happen in real life. How prepared are we?

NASA Investigating Soft Robots to Help Explore Other Worlds

05.09.2019 14:19 PM

Two interns at NASA are part of a larger group working on "soft robots" that could be used for exploring worlds beyond Earth. This includes the moon, NASA's next major destination for astronauts.

NASA's Cutting Edge Carbon Mapper Arrives at International Space Station

05.07.2019 09:00 AM

Despite countless political setbacks, climate science technology and research continue to march forward. NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3), an instrument that measures atmospheric carbon dioxide arrived at the International Space Station early Monday morning.

Scientists Discovers Ancient Neutron Star Crash That Showered Our Solar System in Gold

05.06.2019 10:51 AM

Two neutron stars rip each other apart to form a black hole in this NASA simulation. New research suggests that a stellar collision like this occurred very close to our solar system some 4.6 billion years ago, showering our cosmic neighborhood with many of the heavy elements crucial to life.

NASA Says the Possibility of Earth Being Hit with a Meteor is Very High

05.06.2019 10:34 AM

A meteor could hit the Earth within our lifetime. Dangerous asteroids flying past Earth are not rare, and more meteor strikes happen than the public is aware of, the head of NASA has said.

Water Found in Itokawa Asteroid Sample Raises Suspicion on Earth Water Origins

05.06.2019 08:25 AM

A team of scientists found traces of water from the said asteroid sample. (Photo : JAXA, ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.

Planet Habitability Could Depend on Its Interior Composition Rather than Atmospheric Conditions

05.05.2019 22:30 PM

Colleagues from Carnegie propose the concept of planetary interiors as the main player in habitability.

Electricity Generated From a Plutonium Derivative

05.04.2019 22:30 PM

Scientists in the UK have generated electricity from americium, a rare chemical element derived from plutonium that could power future space missions for up to 400 years.

Saturn’s Moon Shows Signs Of Life

05.04.2019 08:37 AM

Titan - Saturn’s moon that is likened to that of the Earth because of its physical characteristics is beginning to show signs of life.

Aurora Station: The First Outer Space Luxury Hotel

05.03.2019 07:44 AM

With training, a small deposit and a large fare, the luxury hotel is targeted for launch in 2021. Orion Span, a Houston-based company, is looking to put the world's first luxury hotel in space by 2021, followed by its first guests the following year.

Scientists Track Giant Ocean Vortex From Space

05.02.2019 16:56 PM

Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study.

10 Years Later, NASA Explains Why Two Rocket Launches Were Failures

05.02.2019 11:59 AM

NASA lets everyone in on what exactly happened to two Taurus XL launches. A little more than a decade ago, on February 24, 2009, a Taurus XL rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying a NASA satellite designed to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.