Tags: Space

NASA’s Fuel-less Space Engine Has Been Tested

EmDrive, the physics-defying contraption ostensibly produces thrust, no fuel required. Spaceflight is hard. Blasting heavy cargo, spacecraft, and maybe people to respectable speeds over interplanetary distances requires an amount of propellant too massive for current rockets to haul into the void.

Solar System Exploration To Be Conducted by Eight Teams

The agency is launching its newest venture into space. This time, they are looking at a solar exploration where they are to send space rovers in many parts of the solar system to collect data. Particularly, they will be sending spacecraft to the moon, Saturn and the red planet.

Giant Golden Asteroid Prompts Intergalactic Mining Race Discussion

The massive quantities of gold, iron and nickel contained in this asteroid are mind-blowing. Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don't really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we've already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals.

Mystery Of The Galaxy Without Dark Matter Resolved

In 2018, a mystery in the field of extragalactic astrophysics has been revealed and it woke up the curious mind. The study was published in the journal Nature and it has since then paved the way for more studies about it to be conducted.

New Galaxy Discovered By An Amateur Astronomer

How helpful can amateur astronomy be? What is amazing about amateur astronomy is the fact that it encourages people to get out and look up. Not only does it make them discover things in the sky, but it also fosters a kind of appreciation of what's above us and all the beauty that it comes with. Amateur astronomy, no matter how simple the ways may be, it helps advance science in ways that may be difficult for professional astronomers.

Black Hole Accretion Disk Blocks The View

The supermassive black hole that has been lurking around the galaxy comes with an accretion disk that is far by larger than the Milky Way galaxy.

Why Aliens Remain A Secret To Us

The universe is unimaginably big and it is teeming with life, but the existence of life outside of the Earth remains to be unknown to humans. Where the heck is everybody? Are aliens for real?

Astronomers Discover a “Forbidden Planet”

Its mass is 20 Earth masses and it speeds around its star in a full orbit every 1.3 days. Astronomers have found an exoplanet so rare that they have deemed it "The Forbidden Planet," according to a new study.

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