STEVE: Phenomenon Of Beauty Lighting Up The Night Sky

Medicine & Technology Apr 24, 2017

Steve's colorful projection of the night sky sparked wonder and awe to the Aurora Photographers and enthusiasts. After asking for assistance from the European Space Agency, it was believed that Steve is not a proton arc and is the result when the sun's charged particles interact with the earth's giving it the glow and radiance that we noticed as Steve

Antarctica’s Larsen-C Ice Shelf Crack Continues Growing, Experts Predict It Will Be The Largest Ever Recorded

Apr 22, 2017

The crack in Antarctica’s Larsen-C ice shelf continually grows at an alarming rate. Scientists foresee that it will the biggest in the history to be recorded.

NASA Uses ESA's LISA Pathfinder Spacecraft To Find Traces Of Dust ‘Crumbs’ Left By Comets & Asteroids

Apr 19, 2017

NASA wants to map the dust trails of comets and asteroids in space using ESA's LISA Pathfinder.

European Space Agency Plans To Install 3D-Printed Village On The Moon By 2030

Jan 04, 2016

The European Space Agency wants to focus more on an installment of a Moon village to test out outer space living conditions before sending manned missions to Mars and beyond.

European Space Agency Hacked

Dec 16, 2015

Anonymous has hacked into the system of the European Space Agency (ESA) and leaked thousands of passwords and personal data.

UK: Lyme Disease Now Spreading Into The Suburbs

Oct 13, 2015

An alarming number of people getting infected with Lyme disease is gaining concerns in the U.K.

European Space Agency May Have Discovered a Supervolcano on Mars

May 25, 2015

The European Space Agency has found what it believes to be a supervolcano on the surface of Mars that could be the Red Planet's equivalent of Yellowstone. The massive crater has been measured to be 40 kilometers by 30 kilometers and drops as low as 1,750 meters.

NASA Video Shows Giant Solar Filament Exploding from the Sun

May 06, 2015

A new video has been released by NASA that shows our very own Sun sending out a giant solar filament, extending its visible hemisphere by close to half. The incident occurred last week and demonstrates the raw power and influence the Sun has on Earth and the rest of the solar system.

New GPS Study Reveals Giant Pandas Hang in Packs in the Wild

Mar 27, 2015

While they may have millions of admirers around the world for their unique looks and lackadaisical personalities, little is truly known about the nature of China’s giant pandas in the wild. Researchers to date have sought to discover exactly how it is that these picky eaters have survived in the wild bamboo forests, but with strict laws governing who and what research is conducted on the endangered species, biologists have had little to no luck in finding out exactly what happens behind the bamboo curtains of the pandas’ homes. That is, until now.

Antarctica's Ice Shelves Melting Faster Than Originally Thought

Mar 27, 2015

Times are tough for the massive ice sheets of Antarctica these days with the latest report that the giant floating ice shelves that form a fringe along the continent's coast are beginning to melt and deteriorate much faster than scientists once believed.

Molecular Nitrogen on Comet 67P Reveals a Frigid Start to Our Solar System

Mar 20, 2015

For the past several months the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft mission has been tailing the famous Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with many answers at the core of its research. While in orbit the mission has been able to gather an immense amount of data, creating a never-before-seen view of comets as the first spacecraft to ever successfully orbit one in our history. Yet, many molecular ingredients that are thought to have given rise to comets have not been found.

China's Lunar Rover Reveals Moon's Complex Geological History

Mar 13, 2015

Preliminary results from China's first lunar rover, Yutu, has suggested that the moon's geological history is much more complex than previously thought.

ESA Mars Express Orbiter Reveals Place for Caffè on Mars’ Southern Icecap

Feb 13, 2015

Thanks to some clever innovation, and one determined Italian astronaut currently stationed aboard the International Space Station, espresso and aroma of dark-roasted coffee beans has finally reached outer space. But what about the far off planet of Mars? Though the planet may be desolate, and according to current reports, completely absent of life, a new image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) looks like the red planet may have a place for caffè.

Fire Starter—ESA’s Planck Satellite Reveals Later Star Formations

Feb 05, 2015

Looking to gather a clearer view of the history of our Universe, researchers with the ESA’s Planck satellite constructed a new image of the entire sky, utilizing Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) fossil light originating only 380,000 years after the creation of the Universe. The new sky map uncovers the polarized light from the Universe’s early formation, and reveals that the first stars may have originated far later than researchers once thought.

Three Moons Cast Shadow on Striped Gas Giant—Jupiter

Feb 05, 2015

Though researchers have studied the four natural satellites orbiting around Jupiter, a new set of images courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rare new view of three of the moons in action. In a rare, and short-lived event, three of the moons moved across the striped face of the gas giant, casting shadows on the planet below.