Last year, the brightest comet to pass near Earth passed through the farthest orbit from the Sun. in January 2022, the object collided with the Sun after passing through the Earth. Comet Leonard has … [+1184 chars]
Astronomers have spotted an enormous and mysterious object more than a million light-years across, called an odd radio circle (ORC). ORCs were first identified in 2019, and now researchers have relea… [+2184 chars]
Asteroid 2013 BO76, which was approaching Earth on Thursday, has not impacted the planet, but it was the closest asteroid to pass Earth in 2022. The asteroid maintained its course at a speed of 50,00… [+2093 chars]
Collecting satellite data for research is a group effort thanks to this app developed for Android users. Camaliot is a campaign funded by the European Space Agency, and its first project focuses on m… [+5214 chars]
Washington: NASA said it has ordered six additional resupply missions from SpaceX under its Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract and also placed an order for six more missions with aerospa… [+1372 chars]
With the James Webb Space Telescope continuing its commissioning phase, NASA is already looking ahead to its next major space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Currently scheduled t… [+11401 chars]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — On March 17-18, NASA rolled its Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket out of the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC‘s) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and 4.2 miles to Launc… [+5559 chars]
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