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18 Jan 2019

NASA Scientists Are Working On Plans To Send Dragonfly Spacecraft To Study Saturn’s Moon Titan

Asteroid Strikes On Earth Tripled In The Last 300 Million Years, Moon Study Shows

17 Jan

Image of Saturn and its rings taken by the Cassini spacecraft on April 25, 2016.

Saturn May Have Gotten Its Rings During The Reign Of The Dinosaurs, Suggests Cassini Data

China Commissions Chang’e-4 Lander And Rover Toys To Celebrate Successful Lunar Mission

Astronomers Have Discovered The First-Ever Star System With A Perpendicular Planet-Forming Disk

China Plans To Land A Rover On Mars In 2020

The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above the Earth.

Hubble’s Glitchy Camera Is Back In Action, Will Soon Begin Observing The Sky Again

16 Jan

First Plant To Sprout On The Moon Dies During Freezing Lunar Night

A New Study Has Uncovered Dramatic Evidence Of The Changing Seasons On Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon

NASA Unveils Cool Video Of Ultima Thule, Capturing The Object’s ‘Propeller-Like Rotation’

Start-up Company Plans To Put Ads In The Sky By Launching A Giant Billboard Into Earth’s Orbit

15 Jan

A Supermassive black hole.

Scientists Have Discovered A Completely New Method Of ‘Feeding’ Supermassive Black Holes

SpaceX Dragon Ship Wraps Up Second Mission To The International Space Station, Returns To Earth With A Splash

3D illustration of China's Yutu-2 rover and Chang'e-4 lander on the surface of the moon.

China Announces Next Lunar Missions Following The Success Of Chang’e-4

The First Seeds On The Moon Have Just Sprouted As China’s Chang’e-4 Mission Makes History

Chang’e-4: Plant Seeds Sprout On The Moon For The First Time In History

13 Jan

Catastrophic Collision To Hit Our Galaxy Sooner Than First Thought, Scientists Say

12 Jan

‘Light Echoes’ From A Distant Black Hole Show It ‘Shrank Dramatically’ After Gorging On A Star

A 269-Foot Asteroid Will Zip Past Earth Tomorrow, Coming Within Eight Times The Distance To The Moon

The Spektr-R radio telescope at Baikonur Space Center, within the integration and test complex of Launch Pad No. 31.

Russia’s Spektr-R Space Radio Telescope Is No Longer Responding To Commands

Scientists Suggest They May Have Captured The Very First Image Of A Black Hole Within The Milky Way

Photo of the Hebes Chasma taken by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft.

European Space Agency Unveils ‘Best Of Mars’ Video Featuring Gorgeous Views From Its Mars Express Satellite

Super Big Earth with Moon.

An Exciting New Study Suggests Barnard b, A Super-Earth 30 Trillion Miles Away, May Host Alien Life

3D illustration of a swarm of asteroids in front of the Milky Way galaxy and the sun.

Scientists Have Built A Steam-Powered Spacecraft That Can Hop Asteroids And Mine Them For Fuel

11 Jan

Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Cut 10 Percent Of Its Workers As Company Focuses On Interplanetary Travel

NASA’s InSight Lander Gets Busy On Mars, Starts Hunting For Marsquakes

Solar System - Venus

Japanese Scientists Have Discovered A Strange And Unique Pattern Formed Within The Clouds Of Venus

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a press conference at SpaceX headquarters on September 17, 2018, when he announced the Japanese billionaire chosen by the company to fly around the moon.

Elon Musk Unveils The First Starship Test Vehicle, Designed To Fly People To Mars

SpaceX Aces Iridium NEXT Launch, Successfully Lands Falcon 9 Rocket

China Unveils Incredible Photos From The Chang’e-4 Lunar Rover And Lander

Zoomed-in image showing the location of the 'Cow' in the CGCG 137-068 galaxy.

Mysterious ‘Cow’ Cosmic Explosion Explained — Hint: It’s Either A Black Hole Or A Neutron Star

10 Jan

SpaceX Gears Up To Launch Its Last Iridium NEXT Satellites Tomorrow

The SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Is Not Coming Home Just Yet

3D illustration of China's Yutu-2 rover on the surface of the moon.

Chang’e 4: China’s Yutu-2 ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover Awakens From 5-Day Nap, Starts Exploring The Lunar Far Side

The Sun Will End Up As A Giant Crystal Ball, Reveals New Study On The Death Of White Dwarf Stars

Astronomers Have Spotted A Monster Black Hole Spinning At Half The Speed Of Light

Launch Of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Astronaut Pod Pushed To February

OSIRIS-REx Captures A Glorious Photo Of The Earth, The Moon, And Asteroid Bennu

Astronomers Have Just Discovered The Brightest Quasar In The Early Universe

09 Jan

radio telescope at the dawn of a starry night.

For The Second Time, Astronomers Have Picked Up Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Outside The Milky Way

Japan’s Hayabusa-2 Probe Prepares To Land On Asteroid Ryugu In February

The Hubble Space Telescope Has Lost The Use Of Its Main Camera

SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Ship Returns To Earth Tomorrow With ‘Time-Critical’ Science Experiments

Rare-Sized Exoplanet Discovered By Citizen Scientists In Old Kepler Data

08 Jan

Bacteria On The International Space Station Are Mutating To Survive, Not To Become Superbugs

NASA Discovers New Super Planet That Is 23 Times Bigger Than Earth

06 Jan

Scientists Are Hunkering Down To Search For The Presence Of Moons Around Ultima Thule

05 Jan

Elon Musk Has Just Shared The Stunning Concept Artwork For The Design Of SpaceX’s New Starship Test Vehicle

The far side of the moon.

The Astounding Success Of China’s Historic Lunar Landing May Signal Flowers Growing On The Moon Soon

International Space Station Astronaut Accidentally Dials 911 From Space

04 Jan

An illustration of dark matter.

A New Study Has Provided The First Evidence Of ‘Dark Matter Heating’ And The Movement Of Dark Matter

China’s Chang’e-4 Rover Leaves Spacecraft And Kicks Off Moon Mission

Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748, March 28, 2001. A new Hubble telescope image has helped to decipher the complex interplay of gas and radiation of a star-forming region in the nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image graphically illustrates just how these massive stars sculpt their environment by generating powerful winds that alter the shape of the parent gaseous nebula. These processes are also seen in our Milky Way in regions like the Orion Nebula.

A Nearby Galaxy Will Collide With Our Milky Way In A Few Billion Years, Scientists Say

03 Jan

A Bold New Study Suggests Our Universe May Be Partnered With And Mirror An Antimatter Universe

Illustration of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launching atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Gets Ready To Launch Its Astronaut Pod, The Crew Dragon, Later This Month

Earth Just Reached Its Closest Point To The Sun

First Detailed Photos Of Ultima Thule Hit The Internet And People Are Already Drawing Cute Faces On Them

Image of the Von Karman crater on the moon, taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009.

China Releases Amazing Photos From The Historic Chang’e-4 Landing On The Lunar Far Side

The moon is seen during the Premier League match between Burnley FC and Newcastle United at Turf Moor on November 26, 2018 in Burnley, United Kingdom.

China Successfully Lands Chang’e 4 Spacecraft On Far Side Of The Moon

02 Jan

New Horizons Scientists Refuse To Let Nazis ‘Hijack’ Ultima Thule

That Hole In The International Space Station Was The Result Of A ‘Botched Repair Job,’ Not Sabotage

NASA Unveils The First Color Image Of Ultima Thule, Reveals Surprise Twist About Distant Icy Object

Quadrantids: The First Meteor Shower Of 2019 Peaks Tomorrow

A Giant Asteroid Will Pass Perilously Close The Earth At 20,000 MPH This Thursday-Friday

Juno Spots An Active Volcanic Eruption On Jupiter’s Moon Io

01 Jan

Hubble Spots Brilliant Arcs Of Light Spawned By A Baby Star 800 Light-Years Away

Scientists State That Jetlag And Personality Clashes Will Be The Biggest Difficulties In Traveling To Mars

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Probe Slips Into Orbit Around Asteroid Bennu, Breaks Double Record

First images of Ultima Thule showing its shape and rotation, beamed back by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after the historic flyby on January 1, 2019.

New Horizons Unveils First Photo Of Ultima Thule After Historic Flyby

Close-up view of Ultima Thule, snapped by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft about 24 hours before the epic flyby on January 1, 2019.

NASA’s New Horizons Snaps First Close-Up Photo Of Ultima Thule Ahead Of Epic Flyby

Artist’s rendition of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountering Ultima Thule.

NASA Rings In The New Year With The Farthest Flyby By Any Man-Made Spacecraft

30 Dec 2018

Canis Major constellation with Sirius star.

Get Ready To Ring In The New Year When Sirius Will Be The Brightest Star In The Night Sky At Midnight

Earth appears on the horizon of the moon, as seen by the crew of the Apollo 15 mission, 1971.

China Reportedly Planning For First-Ever Landing On The Dark Side Of The Moon

Rare Blood Wolf Moon To Appear In January Of 2019

29 Dec

The expansion of the universe from the Big Bang to the present.

A Study Suggests That Time May Still Have Existed Before The Big Bang Occurred

28 Dec

An Intriguing New Study Suggests Our Universe May Be Sitting On A Bubble Within An Extra Dimension

Elon Musk Shares Image Of The Futuristic Stainless Steel Starship That SpaceX Will Be Testing In 2019

27 Dec

Here Are The Top Five Astronomy Events To Look Forward To In 2019

NASA To Ring In The New Year With New Horizons’ Epic Flyby Of Ultima Thule

24 Dec

Russia Says The Hole In The International Space Station Was Drilled From The Inside

Mars exploration, Planet of the Solar system. InSight mission. Elements of this image furnished by NASA .

Former Apollo Astronaut Says It Would Be ‘Stupid’ To Send Humans To Mars

22 Dec

NASA’s InSight Lander Has Just Successfully Set Its First Instrument Down On The Surface Of Mars

$Big close up of the Christmas Comet, also called 46P/Wirtanen. Taken with refractor telescope and with huge amount of stars as background$

NASA Publishes New Photos Offering Closer Look At The Brightest Comet Of 2018

Scientists Have Finally Discovered A Way To ‘See’ Dark Matter With The Hubble Space Telescope

SpaceX Cancels Launch Of Military Satellite Due To Strong Winds

The Very Special Christmas ‘Hippo’ Asteroid Is Set To Fly Past Earth On Its Closest Approach In 400 Years

21 Dec

Yury Kostitsyn Says There Is No Moon Landing Conspiracy, And Faking It Would Be More ‘Complex’ Than Doing It

ESA Releases Stunning Photos Of Mars’ ‘Winter Wonderland’ Near Planet’s North Pole

20 Dec

a stock photo of people watching the sky

A Strange Light Lit Up The Skies Over Northern California – Was It A Meteor, A UFO, A Missile?

19 Dec

Astronomers Have Detected An Extremely Rare Fossil Cloud Of Gas Left Behind After The Big Bang

18 Dec

Astronomers Have Just Discovered The Most Distant Planet In Our Solar System, Giving It The Nickname ‘Farout’

Humans Could Kill Life On Mars, If It Doesn’t Kill Us First

17 Dec

The Mystery Of The Missing Methane On Mars Continues To Deepen

a stock photo of saturn

Saturn Is Losing Its Rings In A ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ Deterioration

16 Dec

Scientists Believe A Special ‘Tunnelbot’ Could Help Scout For Hidden Life On Jupiter’s Moon, Europa

Scientists Believe Life On Mars Might Exist In Red Planet’s Underground

15 Dec

NASA's TRICE-2 sounding rockets launching from Andoya Space Center in Norway.

TRICE-2: NASA Sends Another Pair Of Sounding Rockets Into Earth’s Polar Cusp

Huge Geminid Meteor Captured On Police Dashcam Lights Up The Night In A Green Fireball

NASA Gives Out 120 ‘Backstage’ Passes To The SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch, Now Scheduled For January 17

Composite image of the molecular gas fountain in Abell 2597.

NASA Unveils A Stunning Image Of A ‘Cosmic Fountain’ In The Abell 2597 Galaxy Cluster

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