Indian astronomers in collaboration with their French counterpart, have found a galaxy that has a 'ghost-like' appearance. Stars are very much being formed in this galaxy. This faint galaxy was previ… [+1274 chars]
A new study examined the effects of the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s center on the atmosphere of planets in the Milky Way. To determine, scientists mainly focused on two fundamental mechan… [+3576 chars]
The International Space Station (ISS) and its astronauts had a busy March as teams performed spacewalks, welcomed new crewmembers, said goodbye to those returning to Earth, and prepared for the arriv… [+7614 chars]
Growing up in the Bronx during the 1960s and '70s, one of my mentors in astronomy was Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, Chairman and chief scientist at New York's Hayden Planetarium, who wrote about celestial… [+6219 chars]
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of the Red Planet from space. The pictures were captured by the HiRISE camera aboar… [+1615 chars]
The Mars Express orbiter has captured a series of images showing a stunning view of impact craters in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter took the images of th… [+2134 chars]
The first most intense shower of shooting stars of the year and visible in Brazil will be that of the Lyrids or Lyrids meteors, at dawn on April 23, a Saturday. The Lyrid meteor shower takes place a… [+1644 chars]
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A team of scientists from South Carolina and Alabama have discovered a new shark species that lived nearly 30 million years ago thanks to the discovery of the animal's teeth that ar… [+1141 chars]
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A team of scientists from South Carolina and Alabama have discovered a new shark species that lived nearly 30 million years ago thanks to the discovery of the animal's teeth that ar… [+1141 chars]
Rocket Lab will launch two new Earth-observation satellites into orbit from New Zealand today and you can watch it live online. A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle is scheduled to loft two Earth-observing… [+2944 chars]
The Mars Express orbiter has captured a series of images showing a stunning view of impact craters in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter took the images of th… [+2134 chars]
Saturn’s famous rings will eventually disappear – and we have a good idea when. The stunning belts of ice, rock and dust are slowly breaking apart. And it’s believed that we’re just a few hundred m… [+4742 chars]