NASA Announces Plans to Put a Woman on the Moon in 2024

SPACE 05.15.2019 08:47 AM

There will be a seat on the 2024 lunar mission specially reserved for a woman. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke Jr.

Mars Potential Future Home: NASA Announces 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Winners

05.14.2019 18:03 PM

New York-based design agency AI SpaceFactory took the top prize in a NASA competition to 3D print a habitat that could be used on the moon or Mars.

MIT’s Annual 2.007 Competition Pays Homage to Apollo 11

05.14.2019 10:12 AM

MIT’s popular class 2.007 proved that robots can be efficient, ingenious, and even highly entertaining moon-rock scavengers.

The Hottest Known Exoplanet Has Rare-Earth Metals

05.14.2019 07:41 AM

Scientists have recently detected traces of evaporated sodium, magnesium, chromium, and the rare-Earth metals scandium and yttrium on one exoplanet.

The Hunt for the First Supermassive Black Hole Has Begun

05.13.2019 15:02 PM

Chasing its early stages is among the missions of future powerful telescopes It is believed the formation and growth of most galaxies across the universe have been fueled by supermassive black holes that are growing together with their host galaxy, as they collect matter to get millions of solar masses.

Gold on Earth Could Be Result of Ancient Neutron-Star Colluision

05.13.2019 10:39 AM

Research had been recently published stating that the planet's gold did not come from the same place as the rest of the Earth.

Jeff Bezos Unveils Blue Origin’s Design for Their Lunar Lander

05.10.2019 10:15 AM

Blue Moon is Blue Origin’s original design for a lunar rover that has a launch date of 2024. The commercial space race is heating up, with the likes of Elon Musk's SpaceX, as well as JAXA's partnership with Toyota and of course, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic all vying for the title to be the first commercial company in space.

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

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.