SPACEThe huge mysterious hexagon at Saturn's north pole may finally have an explanation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.
Astronomers will observe "Beta Pictoris", the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor for 200 days continiously. The 'bRing Project' mission is to find out what's responsible for a mysterious series of dimmings.
NASA confirmed that on Feb. 26, people in the U.S. will be able to view a rare cosmic event. On that day, a solar eclipse will take place which the scientists are calling the ''Ring Of Fire."
Russian cargo ship Progress 66 has successfully reached orbiting space laboratory ISS on Feb. 24. The unmanned spacecraft is delivering 3 tons of supplies to the crew of Expedition 50.
NASA will launch an Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1 and then an Exploration Mission 2 (EM-2. NASA is currently trying to figure out all the cost for adding up extra facilities for the launch.
NASA has given the nod for two Space Technology Research Institutes to develop new generation technologies using new materials like carbon nanotubes for transit vehicles and habitats in deep space missions including Mars.
The presence of shifting dunes has surpised scientists researching on the comet 67P. Usually formation of dunes requires strong winds to move the grains so the discovery has initiated even more probing into Comet 67P's surface and atmosphere.
Dragon cargo ship of SpaceX finally gets attached to the International Space Station. There was a problem in GPS which was responsible for the late delivery. The Dragon was carrying foods and other scientific equipment for the ISS
Now, NASA's Fermi mission said that a strange Gamma-Ray signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate the presence of the mysterious stuff known as dark matter.
Carrying around three tons of supplies, SpaceX's Dragon failed to have a rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 22. This is actually due to glitch with the navigation system of the Dragon.
NASA just revealed that another system houses seven Earth-like exoplanets which also revolves around one star just like Earth. Take a peek at the TRAPPIST-1 system.