NASA’s Kepler Telescope is Dead
After nine years in deep space, NASA officially bid farewell to the Kepler telescope. The spacecraft revealed a universe full of planets.
The most prolific pla...
Month: October 2018
Parker Solar Probe Becomes Closest Spacecraft to the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe just broke the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object.
So, the spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 ...
Mars Could Have Enough Oxygen To Support Life
Salty Martian water could contain enough oxygen for life to exist. Researchers are confident they know exactly where to find it.
Space innovation suitors are s...
Astronomers Find A Titanic Structure In The Early Universe
Astronomers have discovered a titanic structure nicknamed Hyperion. It is the most massive structure existing so early in the formation of the Universe.
This m...
Researchers Find Four Alien Planets Orbiting Newborn Star
Astronomers have identified a young star with four alien planets orbiting around it. This system lies 500 light-years from Earth.
The newfound star is CI Tau w...
Virgin Galactic to Launch Space Flight Within Weeks
British entrepreneur Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, says the private company will be in space for test flights "in weeks, not months".
"We sh...
Hubble Telescope is in Trouble After a Mechanical Failure
One of the most important scientific instruments ever created is in trouble. NASA placed Hubble Space Telescope in safe-mode after a mechanical failure.
The 28...
SpaceX Launching NASA Astronauts For the First Time in 2019
NASA has scheduled its very first crewed flight by a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station for June next year.
The mission will be the first manned ...
Have We Discovered The First Exomoon?
Astronomers have collected compelling evidence for the discovery of what could be an exomoon, a moon outside our solar system.
If the discovery turns out to be...