SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch This Week: Rare Polar Mission on Southerly Coast-Hugging Trajectory From Cape Canaveral

SPACE 06.29.2021 04:20 AM

SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, June 30, that will carry 88 small satellites to orbit. The rocket will land on Cape Canaveral, a first since last December.

Venus Clouds 'Too Dry' to Support Life; What About Jupiter?

06.29.2021 04:10 AM

It is too dry and too acidic for microbial life to exist above the surface of Venus. But Jupiter has the right temperature and water activity to support life.

Clay Minerals in Gale Crater Show Say Mars Once Habitable

06.28.2021 23:25 PM

Clay minerals collected in Gale Crater on Mars suggests the Red Planet may have been habitable for up to a million of years.

NASA Mars InSight Lander Continues To Do Science Work Despite 'Death' Sentence

06.28.2021 22:17 PM

NASA Mars InSight lander powers through dust issue, can keep doing science work. If you are a robotic explorer on Mars, dust is evil. The dust-covered solar panels on NASA's InSight lander have hindered its functioning since early this year.

Asteroid Deflection: How NASA, ESA Prepare for the Space Occurrence?

06.28.2021 21:40 PM

DART member, Professor Alan Fitzsimmons will explain at the upcoming World Asteroid Day, an online event, the details of an international experimental asteroid deflection.

How Does Space Affect Human Body? Researchers Believe Studying Space Could Shed Light on Human Health on Earth

06.28.2021 07:45 AM

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical College will launch three studies next year about how space travel could affect the human body as part of the first private mission to the ISS.

RockOn! NASA Launched 40 University Students' Experiments Aboard Suborbital Sounding Rocket

06.28.2021 04:10 AM

Various space news sites recently reported that 40 university student experiments were successfully launched on June 25, 2021, as part of NASA's RockOn! and RockSact-C Programs.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Launch Starship First Orbital Flight in July, Gwynne Shotwell Says

06.28.2021 00:45 AM

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has announced a tentative launch date for its first Starship orbital flight. But it may end up delayed if things do not go according to plan.

NYU Research Shows Earth's Prehistoric 'Heartbeat' Coincides with Mass Extinction Event

06.28.2021 00:21 AM

Researchers from NYU discovered a perceivable Earth's 'Heartbeat' coincides with major mass extinction events over the past 600 years that are hypothesized to be caused by the Earth's movement throughout the galaxy or dark matter absorption.

Solar System Is Expecting a Visitor From the Oort Cloud Soon; Could It Be Among the Largest Comets Yet?

06.27.2021 23:47 PM

Estimated to be 100–200 kilometers across, the unusual wandering comet from the Oort Cloud will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2031.

China Shares Amazing Footage, Sound From Zhurong Rover [WATCH]

06.27.2021 21:49 PM

China has released audio of what it says is its Zhurong rover arriving on the red planet and getting settled in.

Pentagon Addresses Difficulties in Confirming 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' Encounters Citing 144 Incidents

06.27.2021 08:39 AM

A highly anticipated UAP report from the Pentagon doesn't talk about much about life beyond here on Earth - it tackles human behavior and the current cultural climate making investigations difficult.

NASA's Mars Insight Lander Might Die This Year Due to Martian Dust; Here's Why

06.27.2021 00:47 AM

NASA's Mars InSight lander is not getting power due to Martian dust covering its solar panels and could end its mission in the less than a year.

How Did Perseverance Rover Take a Selfie on Mars? NASA Explains Process

06.27.2021 00:31 AM

The process used to get the historic Mars Rover photo involved over a dozen people and took about a week to code.

NASA on Hubble Space Telescope Restoration: Possible Read/Write Problem but Equipment "In Good Health"

06.26.2021 23:56 PM

NASA continues to diagnose the issue with the payload computer onboard the Hubble Space Telescope - with its recent tests last June 23 and 24 revealing that the telescope and its science instruments are still in "good health" and in a "safe configuration."