NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is set to release a rainbow coloured map of the Red Planet, over the next six months. The 5.6 gigapixel map will cover the 86 per cent of the planet, allowing… [+2494 chars]
A scheduled reboost manoeuvre of the International Space Station was aborted after only 5 seconds for unknown reasons. Cargo spacecraft moored to the International Space Station fire their thrusters… [+2076 chars]
In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on the lander were diminishing and that they expected the lander to become inoperative by December 2022. However, I… [+7826 chars]
Its solar panels are caked with dust and the batteries are running out of juice, but NASAs InSight Mars lander continues to soldier forth collecting more science about the Red Planet until its very l… [+3906 chars]
A supernova is a massive explosion of a star, leaving behind nothing of it. However, recently, scientists were taken by surprise when they found that the supernova didnt destroy the star and made it … [+1469 chars]
The night sky is a sparkle to start with. The countless stars are just there for us to unravel their mystery. But just sometimes, when we are in the mood for some dreamy stargazing, weather plays a s… [+1202 chars]
It's real fun to observe astronauts in space bouncing around in zero gravity. Though we theoretically know that space does not have gravity, actually seeing zero gravity in action is amusing nonethel… [+1171 chars]
The new analysis of the Martian meteorite challenges current thinking about how the planets of the Earth acquire elements, including basic life-forms, in the early stages of their formation. Researc… [+2001 chars]
Space weather is weird. Down, Down Down Most folks probably don't think of satellites as capable of sinking, but according to the European Space Agency they can and do. Space news site Space.com r… [+1364 chars]
A long-standing question in nuclear physics is whether chargeless nuclear systems can exist. Only neutron stars represent near-pure neutron systems, where neutrons are squeezed together by the gravit… [+6222 chars]
MIT scientists are investigating the idea of floating frozen bubbles comprised of a thin film above Earth to reflect the suns rays, dubbed Space Bubbles. This is a variation on the common geoenginee… [+3673 chars]
Celestial events are always interesting to witness and most recently we are witnessing a gigantic sunspot that has grown equal to twice the size of Earth. The sunspot has reportedly doubled its diame… [+1949 chars]
