New Planet 9 Theory: Earth-Like Body Drifted and Hid in the Outskirts of Solar System

SPACE 09.23.2021 04:40 AM

A new study suggests that an Earth-like planet intially existed in our solar system, but drifted away past Neptune and to the Kuiper Belt.

NASA Boeing Starliner Update: Test Launch  Might Lead to 2022 As Module Needs Replacement

09.23.2021 04:10 AM

The study into Boeing's troubled maiden test flight of a Starliner crew capsule is now complete, and the firm and agency are planning a second test flight later this year.

Two Chromospherically Active Variable Stars Detected in Highly Eccentric, Eclipsing Binary System

09.23.2021 01:57 AM

Astronomers reported finding two chromosphericaly active variable stars in an eclipsing binary system with a highly eccentric orbit during the ongoing All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN).

NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Readies For 14th Flight; Will Flying This Copter Challenging?

09.23.2021 01:13 AM

The NASA Ingenuity helicopter is gearing up for its 14th mission to Mars, but the thin Martian air is making such missions increasingly difficult.

NASA Hubble Telescope Spots 6 Dead Giant Galaxies From Early Cosmos; How Did They Run Out of Fuel to Make Stars?

09.22.2021 23:59 PM

Six early, huge, "dead" galaxies were discovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

NASA's Umbilical Test Completed: A New Milestone for the Space Agency for Its SLS Artemis 1 Mission

09.22.2021 21:07 PM

The Space Launch System rocket of NASA recently completed another milestone on its way to take off with the URRT or the Umbilical Release and Retract Test.

How Did the Planets of Solar System Align on the Same Plane? Orbit Line-Up Explained 4.5 Billions of Years Ago

09.22.2021 06:45 AM

The planets in our solar system is aligned in a flat plane, but how did it ended up that way? The answer lies 4.5 billlion years ago.

Jupiter May Have Solved Mystery of Uranus, Neptune Atmosphere; Absence of Ammonia Explained

09.22.2021 03:03 AM

For a long time, scientists have been perplexed by a riddle involving Neptune and Uranus, but Jupiter may have finally solved it.

Near-Earth Object Estimated to Be Thrice Than Size of Statue of Liberty to Whiz Past Earth This Fall Equinox 2021

09.21.2021 23:48 PM

During the Autumn Equinox on Wednesday afternoon, a near-Earth object called as "2021 NY1" will make a safe fly by on Earth.

NASA Splits Human Exploration Into Two Departments to Better Improve on Future Space Flights

09.21.2021 23:27 PM

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Tuesday that the agency would establish two new mission divisions that will best position the space agency for the next 20 years.

NASA Spacecraft to Investigate Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche By Launching Futuristic Electric Thrusters Emitting Cool Blue Glow

09.21.2021 21:26 PM

NASA spacecraft will be fueled by futuristic electric thrusters generating a blue glow when they launch in 2022 to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, which is "worth more than $10,000 quadrillion."

COVID-19 Kills As Much As Many Americans During Spanish Flu, Data Shows

09.21.2021 03:09 AM

Americans who died due to COVID-19 might outnumber those who perished as a result of the Spanish flu pandemic in during the World War I and World War II.

Disney’s New Space 220 Restaurant Is Indeed Out of This World; Here’s Why!

09.21.2021 01:20 AM

How does it feel to eat in a space restaurant? Well, the new Space 220 restaurant in EPCOT will undoubtedly provide that experience to its patrons.

Augmented Reality Help Astronauts Fix, Maintain Equipment in the International Space Station Without Assistance From Ground Crew

09.21.2021 00:54 AM

Communication delays between the International Space Station and Mission Control Center had been a problem in the past, but now NASA's new augmented reality program is assisting astronauts without help from the ground crew.

NASA Viper Rover: Where Will This Space Agency Send This Golf Cart to Look for Ice?

09.20.2021 22:01 PM

NASA picked the Nobile crater near the lunar south pole as the landing site for Viper in order to look for frozen water that would be necessary for future manned missions.