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24 Mar 2019

Scientists With Asgardia Are Demanding Swift Action To Stop Threat Of Apocalyptic Asteroid Strike On Earth

New NASA Mission Eyes Neptune’s Moon Triton, Aims To Find Out If It’s Habitable

NASA Unveils Stunning New ‘Marble-Like’ Image Of Jupiter, Showcasing Its Spinning Storm

this is a stock photo of mars

New Mars Fungus May Show Evidence Of Life On Red Planet

23 Mar

This handout image provided by the European Space Agency, transmitted by the space craft Rosetta, shows the asteroid Lutetia at closest approach July 10, 2010 between Mars and Jupiter in outer space.

Japanese Scientists May Have Finally Discovered The Origin Of The Ryugu Asteroid

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the SAOCOM 1A and ITASAT 1 satellites, as seen during a long exposure on October 7, 2018 near Santa Barbara, California.

Stunning Aerial Photos Show SpaceX’s Majestic Starship Hopper On Launch Pad Ahead Of Next Week’s Test Flight

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

Elon Musk Shares Tantalizing Video Post Of The SpaceX Starship’s Fiery Hexagonal Heat Shield Tests

20 Mar

A Massive 820-Foot Asteroid Just Skimmed Past Our Planet On Its Closest Approach In 113 Years

19 Mar

Last Supermoon Of 2019: Here’s How To Snap The Best Photos Of The ‘Super Full Worm Moon’

18 Mar

The March Full ‘Worm Moon,’ The Last Supermoon Of 2019, Rises On Wednesday

17 Mar

Artist's impression of a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet.

NASA Scientists Are ‘Cooking Up’ Alien Atmospheres In The Lab — Here’s Why

False-color mosaic of Saturn's moon Titan made from data gathered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Humans Should Think About Settling On Saturn’s Moon, Titan, Says NASA Scientist

Artist’s impression of a magnetar in the very rich and young star cluster Westerlund 1.

Astronomers Stumped By Enigmatic Magnetar That Has Just Awoken After A Decade Of Slumber

The Cosmic Bat nebula, imaged by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in 2019.

See The Cosmic Bat Nebula Take Flight In This Stunning Photo

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner imaged in September of 2018, ahead of its close approach to Earth.

Famous Comet 21P, Source Of The Draconid Meteor Shower, Spotted In Deep Space Near Bright Star Cluster

16 Mar

New Research Indicates That NASA’s Pathfinder Landing Site On Mars May Have Once Been An Ancient Sea

A 174-Foot Asteroid Just Shot Past Earth On Its Closest-Ever Approach

A Team Of Astronomers Has Discovered 83 Supermassive Black Holes That Formed Soon After The Big Bang

An image of Jupiter's moon Europa.

The Intense Magnetic Field Of Jupiter May Be Creating Movement In Europa’s Underground Ocean

15 Mar

The ExoMars Orbiter Has Captured A Captivating Image Of A ‘Hairy Blue Spider’ On The Surface Of Mars

14 Mar

NASA Discovers Impossible Dust Ring Deep In Our Solar System

Near-Earth asteroid approaching our planet.

A 390-Foot Asteroid Will Dart Past Earth Next Week On Its Closest Approach In 40 Years

NASA's InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on February 2.

NASA’s InSight Lander Spots The Shadow Of An Eclipse On Mars

13 Mar

Final photo of NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars.

NASA Unveils Final Photo Taken By The Opportunity Rover On Mars — And It Is Breathtaking

11 Mar

Snow Capped Mount Fuji and The moon are seen on November 14, 2008 in Gotenba, Shizuoka, Japan.

NASA’s Jim Bridenstine Has Announced That Astronauts Will Return To The Moon By 2028 And ‘Will Stay’

Astronomers at the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured this image of a solar prominence erupting from the surface of the Sun on October 25, 2002.

A New Study Has Revealed That An Intense Solar Storm Struck Earth 2,600 Years Ago And May Occur Again

NASA Discovers Water ‘Hopping’ On Moon’s Surface

09 Mar

A 260-Foot Asteroid Just Zoomed Past Earth On Its Closest Approach In 100 Years

Scientists Have Just Calculated The Truly Phenomenal Weight Of The Entire Milky Way Galaxy

Bizarre Footage Captured By NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Shows Moon Moving Backwards Across The Sun

08 Mar

Quantum Mechanics May Be The Key To Recovering Trapped Information Stuck Inside Of A Black Hole

SpaceX’s Astronaut Pod, Crew Dragon, Returns To Earth With A Big Splash

07 Mar

Distant galaxy cluster RXC J0142.9+4438 imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Listen To The Eerie Song Of Distant Galaxies In This Haunting Audio Clip From NASA

First All-Female Spacewalk In History Scheduled For 2 Astronauts

06 Mar

A Huge 660-Foot Asteroid Will Zoom Past Earth On Friday At 16,000 MPH

05 Mar

Kepler-1658b Has Officially Been Confirmed By Astronomers As An Exoplanet With The Kepler Space Telescope

Asteroids That Could Threaten The Earth Are Stronger And Harder To Deflect, Says New Research

03 Mar

Breathtaking Scenic Locations On Mars That Space Tourists Will Be Able To Explore In The Future

02 Mar

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with its Crew Dragon payload on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Aces Historic Launch Of The Crew Dragon Astronaut Pod

01 Mar

New Research Provides Compelling Evidence That Planet Nine Is Still Out There Waiting To Be Discovered

New NASA Mission Explains How The Moon Got Its ‘Sunburns’

Artist's impression of FarOut, the previous holder of the title of 'most distant object' in the solar system.

Meet FarFarOut, The Most Distant Planet In Our Solar System

27 Feb

NASA Unveils A Breathtaking Photo Of The Clouds Over Jupiter

Near-Earth asteroid on a close approach to our planet.

An 82-Foot Asteroid Just Skimmed Past Earth At 11,700 MPH

SpaceX Is Preparing The Crew Dragon Spacecraft For Its Maiden Journey And First Test Flight This Weekend

26 Feb

This is a stock image of a satellite entering the atmosphere.

Cosmos 482, A Failed ’70s Soviet Venus Probe, May Crash To Earth This Year

22 Feb

Japan’s Hayabusa2 Probe Just Landed On Ryugu And Captured A Sample From The Asteroid

Astronomers Have Detected Over 300,000 New Galaxies In A Small Section Of The Northern Sky

Astronomers Have Mapped A Rare ‘River Of Stars’ Within The Milky Way That Formed One Billion Years Ago

20 Feb

3D illustration of an asteroid approaching planet Earth.

A Massive 1,500-Foot Asteroid Taller Than The Empire State Building Just Shot Past Earth At 60,000 MPH

NASA’s Insight Lander Can Report The Weather On Mars

18 Feb

In this NASA handout, the umbra, or moon's shadow, passes over Earth during the total eclipse Monday, August 21, 2017.

China Has Firm Plans To Build An Orbiting Megawatt-Level Solar Power Station In Space By 2030

17 Feb

Could Scientists Use NASA’s Curiosity Rover To Repair Opportunity On Mars And Bring It Back To Life Again?

A 280-Foot Asteroid Will Skim Past Earth On Tuesday On Its Closest Approach For The Next 70 Years

16 Feb

A 79-Foot Asteroid Just Skimmed Past Earth On Its Closest-Ever Approach

A Bright-Green Comet Buzzed Earth This Week On Its Closest Approach In 1,300 Years

A 1,772-Foot Asteroid Taller Than The Empire State Building Will Be Heading Towards Earth In April

Image of a full moon in the night sky.

The February Full ‘Snow Moon,’ The Largest Supermoon Of 2019, Rises Next Week

14 Feb

3D illustration of a heart-shaped supernova nebula with planets and stars.

This Valentine’s Day, Show Your ‘Galactic Love’ With A Space-Themed NASA E-Card

13 Feb

The Mars Opportunity Rover Is Officially Dead, Says NASA

11 Feb

A Russian Satellite Has Spotted Mysterious ‘Explosions Of Light’ In The Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Elon Musk Is ‘Confident’ A SpaceX Ticket To Move To Mars May Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000

09 Feb

Stunning NASA Video Captures 360-Degree Panorama Of Mars

NASA Is Now Making It A Top Priority To Send Astronauts To The Moon Again And Stay There

A 130-Foot Asteroid Is Headed For Earth Tomorrow On A Safe ‘Close Encounter’

New Horizons Has Captured Surprising New Images Of Ultima Thule That Have Created ‘Scientific Puzzles’

08 Feb

The Great Galaxy of Andromeda.

Scientists Have A New Estimate Of When The Andromeda Galaxy Will Smash Into The Milky Way

Planet Neptune as captured in a photo issued by NASA.

The Hubble Space Telescope Has Captured A Raging Storm On Neptune That Stretches For 6,800 Miles

06 Feb

NASA Snaps Epic Photo Of The Chang’e-4 Lander On The Moon

Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Is Still Boldly Traveling Through Space Exactly One Year After SpaceX Launch

Chinese Satellite Captures Jaw-Dropping Photo Of The Far Side Of The Moon & Planet Earth

NASA To Attempt To Knock An Asteroid Off Course For The First Time Ever

05 Feb

Alien Spacecraft Are ‘Zipping’ Past Jupiter, Claims Respected Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb

03 Feb

The Very First Photo Of A Black Hole’s Event Horizon Is Set To Be Released Soon

02 Feb

Elon Musk Shares New Photos As Excitement Grows Over Forthcoming Tests For SpaceX’s Starship Raptor Engine

jupiter and moon europa " Elements of this image furnished by NASA".

NASA Scientists Are Busily Designing The Europa Clipper, Which Departs For Jupiter’s Moon In 2023

A 220-Foot Asteroid Will Swoop By Earth For A ‘Close Encounter’ Today

01 Feb

A Giant 1,100-Foot Asteroid Just Skimmed Past Earth At Nearly 30,000 MPH

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.

Curiosity Rover Makes Incredible Find On The Slopes Of Martian Mountain

31 Jan

Tiny Galaxy Discovered By Accident In Our ‘Cosmic Backyard’

30 Jan

Astronomers Have Spotted A Mysterious Object Floating At The Edge Of The Solar System

Illustration of an asteroid passing near planet Earth.

A Large Asteroid Will Swing Very Close To Earth Today At 37,000 MPH

29 Jan

The south pole of asteroid Bennu, photographed by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe from a distance of eight miles.

NASA Unveils Epic Photos Of Asteroid Bennu

Curiosity’s last selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge.

Curiosity Rover Snaps Adorable ‘Farewell’ Selfie, Embarks On A New Journey On Mars

28 Jan

Rocket launching into space.

Challenger Explosion Remembered 33 Years After Space Shuttle Tragedy

Hubble photo of the spiral galaxy D100 leaking a massive tail of hot hydrogen gas as a result of ram-pressure stripping.

Hubble Spots A Spiral Galaxy Bleeding Out Into The Cosmos

27 Jan

NASA Scientists Fear That The Mars Opportunity Rover Died In Dust Storm, Making One Last-Ditch Try To Reach It

The Hubble Space Telescope Has Revealed ‘Lost’ Light Of The Universe In Breathtaking New NASA Photo

Earth’s Oldest Rock Ever Discovered Has Been Found On The Moon And Dates Back Over Four Billion Years

Glowing Auroras: Scientists Explain The Surprising Difference Between The Northern And Southern Lights

25 Jan

In A New Study, Astronomers Suggest The Star Material Glycolonitrile May Be A Crucial Building Block Of Life

NASA Makes New Attempt To Hail The Opportunity Rover On Mars

24 Jan

An asteroid collision with Earth.

Life On Earth May Have Appeared After A Violent Collision With Another Planet

23 Jan

Color picture of Mars landscape

New Book Claims Trump Offered Unlimited Funding To NASA If They Could Get To Mars In Three Years

22 Jan

ESO Unveils Gorgeous VLT Photo Capturing The ‘Last Breath Of A Dying Star’

The Moon Was Struck By A Meteorite During The Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse [Video]

European Space Agency Signs Contract To Study Lunar Mining, Plans To Start Drilling On The Moon By 2025

21 Jan

Astronomers Have Discovered Three New Globular Clusters In The Heart Of The Milky Way

Venus And Jupiter Cozy Up In The Sky Tomorrow Morning

Scientists Now Have Fresh Evidence From The Lab Which Backs Up Stephen Hawking’s Theory About Black Holes

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