By Doug Norrie | 2 hours ago Ever been able to see a moon crash all the way into a planet before? Me neither, but one day folks might get that very chance. Though its going to take a while. Scienti… [+2717 chars]
NASA is officially gearing up for a return to the Moon. And this time the space agency is testing out some sweet new technology to send with its next legion of lunar astronauts. Specifically, they’re… [+2038 chars]
Of the eight planets in our solar system, Saturn appears to be the only one surrounded by a system of rings. Saturns ring system is what makes it such a popular and beautiful planet. Without rings, S… [+7514 chars]
Archival observations of 25 hot Jupiters by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have been analyzed by an international team of astronomers, enabling them to answer five open questions important to ou… [+5673 chars]
In 1676, by studying the motion of Jupiter's moon Io, Danish astronomer Ole Rømer calculated that light travels at a finite speed. Two years later, building on data gathered by Rømer, Dutch mathemati… [+6818 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
NASA is pushing the pause button to the start of its newest moonshot program. On Monday, personnel at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, began to roll back the 5.75-milli… [+2403 chars]
According to a team of scientists led by Harvard researchers, analysis of some very rare, ancient, and nearly indestructible crystals – zircons – has shed light on when the plate tectonics might have… [+3615 chars]
Of the eight planets in our solar system, Saturn appears to be the only one surrounded by a system of rings. Saturns ring system is what makes it such a popular and beautiful planet. Without rings, S… [+7514 chars]
New research surrounding Pluto has revealed that the planet is subjected to chaotic perturbance and changes over shorter time scales, with the planet being stable, relatively, at larger timescales. … [+1714 chars]
The Project director of Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), Omran Sharaf has lauded Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and hoped for more collaborations in the future. The Emirates Mars Mission is U… [+5548 chars]
The 'Cupola Views Pattern' based on retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg's experience in the ... [+] International Space Station. Pattern designed by Karen Nyberg and Sarah Ruiz For those of us wish… [+2736 chars]
