Dart (double asteroid redirection test) aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday. According to the BBC, the mission will be carried out on… [+1048 chars]
This will likely come as a surprise to no one who has closely watched the development of NASAs next giant rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), but its going to be expensive to use. Like, really e… [+4285 chars]
Most life on Earth can be broadly split into oxygen consumers and oxygen producers. This delicate balance of givers and takers keeps the concentration of oxygen in our planet's atmosphere around 21 … [+3820 chars]
A joint mission to Mars between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian space agency Roscosmos has been suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ExoMars mission, which included a… [+1791 chars]
THE Northern Lights are renowned as one of the most spectacular natural phenomenons on Earth. But how is the sky magically lit up by the spectrum of colours? Here is what we know. The Northern Ligh… [+4077 chars]
Chinas Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency h… [+2993 chars]
Eugene Parker, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is remembered for seminal contributions to the understanding of our sun and solar system Credit: Photo by John Zich/… [+9683 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be… [+6681 chars]
A new research has proposed using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimetre, as a new gravitational wave detector wit… [+4018 chars]
Albert Einstein didnt plan to donate his brain to science. In fact, he requested his entire body be cremated and the ashes scattered secretly. But when the theoretical physicist died on April 18, 195… [+14947 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be… [+6681 chars]
There are at least 20 solid forms of ice known to us. Recently, UNLV scientists have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures. Scientists devised a new meth… [+2528 chars]
