What If a Big Asteroid Hits Earth? Scientists Explain the Extent of Danger

SPACE 01.31.2022 10:57 AM

Previously, NASA said that at present, no hazardous asteroids are coming their way to affect the planet but many now wonder, what will happen if one did hit the Earth?

Why NASA James Webb Telescope Chooses To Check Big Dipper For Its First Ever Assignment?

01.31.2022 03:24 AM

NASA said James Webb Space Telescope will check out HD 84406, a big star near Big Dipper, for its first task.

China and Russia Announce Joint Lunar Base Construction That May Rival NASA's Gateway Orbiting the Moon

01.30.2022 23:32 PM

China and Russia will join forces to construct International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) a base station on the moon that will hover side by side with NASA's Lunar Gateway.

Israel Joins NASA Artemis Program to Bring Astronauts to Moon

01.30.2022 21:26 PM

The Artemis Accords were signed by Israel to strengthen its current lunar engagements with NASA. Israel signed the Artemis Accords on Wednesday, joining the US-led effort to place humans on the Moon by 2025 and thereafter on Mars, according to the Israel Space Agency (ISA).

[LOOK] NASA Hubble Space Telescope Shares Stunning Photo of Interacting Galaxies

01.30.2022 02:51 AM

In a picture released to the public on Saturday, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught one such breathtaking sight of an interacting galaxy.

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Says Water on Mars Flowed 2 Billion Years Ago

01.29.2022 23:21 PM

Surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago, according to researchers who used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Planet Search Is Not Easy! Astronomers Tell Us How They Discovered Almost 5,000 New Exoplanets

01.28.2022 12:41 PM

When astronomers headed off to look for planets around other stars also known as exoplanets, they knew it wouldn't be easy. However, because of "tiny wobbles and faint twinkles," these space scientists found almost 5,000 new worlds.

SpaceX Wants to Launch Rockets Weekly to Achieve Elon Musk's Goal of Having 52 Missions in 2022

01.28.2022 00:51 AM

SpaceX told NASA that it will be able to launch 52 rockets in total in 2022 by launching at least one rocket every week.

NASA Completes Wind Tunnel Tests of Its Quiet Son of Concorde Supersonic Jet

01.27.2022 21:25 PM

The scaled-down version of the X-59 QueSST, which is also known as "son of Concorde," has completed wind tunnel testing at NASA's New Supersonic Jet.

NASA Psyche Spacecraft: Will It Check the Huge Crater on a Giant Asteroid?

01.26.2022 04:50 AM

A NASA spacecraft will launch in August on a mission to investigate 16 Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid.

Virtual Telescope Project Captures NASA James Webb Space Telescope Arriving In Final Destination [Watch]

01.26.2022 02:17 AM

The "Elena" telescope of the Virtual Telescope Project captured an image of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Tonga Volcano Eruption Was 1,200 Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima Atomic Bomb; The Most Intense Explosion in 30 Years, NASA Says

01.25.2022 23:33 PM

NASA said the amount of energy released by Tonga Volcano eruption was about comparable to 4 to 18 megatons of TNT.

Spinoff 2022: NASA Showcases Stories of Innovations That Address Challenges and Improves Life on Earth

01.25.2022 21:42 PM

The 2022 Spinoff publication of NASA features 45 companies and start-ups that created technologies to make products and services that boost the economy, and protect and save lives.

NASA Says SpaceX Dragon Ends Trip After Successful Splash Down In Florida Coast

01.25.2022 05:11 AM

SpaceX's improved Dragon cargo spaceship splashed down off the coast of Florida at 4:05 p.m. EST, according to NASA.

Falcon 9 Rocket's Second Stage Will Likely Impact Moon's Equator After 7 Years of Floating Through Space

01.25.2022 03:07 AM

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off SpaceX's Launch Complex 40 on February 11, 2015 as its first interplanetary mission but its second stage failed to return to Earth and is now on its way towards the Moon.

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Finally Arrives At Final Destination

01.24.2022 21:44 PM

NASA James Webb telescope has arrived at the place in orbit where it will survey the Universe thirty days after its launch.

Space Fitness: ISS Inhabitant Matthias Maurer Posts Video Showing Him Doing Some Exercise Beyond Walking

01.24.2022 09:49 AM

Present International Space Station inhabitant Matthias Maurer recently shared a 360-degree video that shows him performing some exercise on the treadmill, with the harness to guarantee that he does not flow away from the machine in the microgravity condition.

NASA Upgrades To Sentry-II to Track All Hazardous Asteroids, New Version Takes Into Account the Yarkovsky Effect

01.24.2022 02:53 AM

NASA Sentry-II is a computer program that predicts asteroid near-misses and crashes with Earth in the future.

NASA To Pay $1 Million For Those Who Could Feed Future Astronauts With Nutritious Meal For Their Long-Term Missions

01.24.2022 01:06 AM

Under Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA is looking for new food systems for future long-term missions.

SpaceX Cargo Dragon Undocked From International Space Station, To Return With 4,900 Pounds of Equipment and Science Samples, Experiments

01.23.2022 23:36 PM

On Sunday morning, SpaceX's autonomous Dragon cargo ship successfully left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Titanic Galaxy 115 Million Light-Years Away

01.23.2022 22:08 PM

Another beautiful image of deep space has been acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope, this time of the faraway galaxy NGC 3318.