NASA Explores Future Moon and Mars Homes Made of Fungi

SPACE 01.29.2020 08:04 AM

Landing on Mars is one thing, but having a safe habitat and being able to stay on the red planet is another one altogether.

Christina Koch, Jessica Meir Accomplished the Third All-Female Spacewalk

01.22.2020 07:34 AM

Koch and Meir performed a third successful spacewalk to repair old batteries on the ISS. Early this week, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir once again made history as they accomplished their third spacewalk to replace the aging batteries at the International Space Station.

NASA's Lucy is Already Starting to Reach for the Sky and the Asteroids With its Newest Mission

01.16.2020 20:59 PM

While the Artemis mission is on its way, NASA is taking mankind further into space and into the asteroid belt with its new mission. This will be the first time for humanity to have a close-up look at the Trojan asteroids.

NASA Introduces New Spacesuits For Astronauts Joining the Artemis Mission to the Moon

01.13.2020 08:40 AM

This new year marks a new chapter for the agency as they try to achieve another giant leap for mankind. Earlier, NASA introduced the new spacesuits that will be worn by the astronauts that will embark on the Artemis mission.

Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered While Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star by NASA's TESS

01.12.2020 20:07 PM

TESS is off to a good start as the planet hunter discovers an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star. However, debates are still going on regarding whether or not the planet is habitable or not.

NASA's Tiny Satellite ASTERIA is Lost in Space

01.08.2020 09:05 AM

NASA lost contact with its tiny satellite that was designed to look for exoplanets. This weekend, NASA's mission operators at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California lost contact with Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics or ASTERIA, a satellite designed to study exoplanets.

CHEOPS Launched by European Space Agency to Search for Exoplanets

01.08.2020 08:47 AM

Exoplanets are not visible through telescopes, which is why ESA and NASA found a way to be able to search for them through CHEOPS.

ICESat-2 and Its Contribution in Understanding Climate Change

01.07.2020 03:54 AM

ICESat-2 has harvested more data than its predecessor and it helps scientists, big time. Satellite launching -- especially those that are observing Earth -- is not exactly news unless of course, the satellites are from private companies like SpaceX or Boeing so when NASA's observation satellite ICESat-2 was launched last September 2018, it was regarded as just another day at work.

Astronauts Playing with Fire at the International Space Station

01.06.2020 10:33 AM

Fire plays on a different set of rules in space and in this experiment, astronauts try to understand the science of combustion in zero-gravity environments.

NASA Unveils The Mars 2020 Rover -- Looking Forward in Hosting the First Human Mission to Mars

01.06.2020 03:26 AM

There is no stopping humans in exploring space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ended the decade with the unveiling the Mars 2020 rover which is scheduled to set off to Mars.

6 Mishaps in Space Missions That Are Not Complete Failures

01.02.2020 07:33 AM

They may crash hard but these space agencies are not giving up on space missions. Spaceflight is not always about success. Sometimes, a slight change in calculations can send spacecraft crashing but if there is a silver lining in these failed missions, it's that astronomers and engineers have improved their theories in creating spacecraft that will eventually complete their mission.

Christina Koch Sets Another Historical Record For Female Astronauts

01.01.2020 10:50 AM

Koch already exceeded the former record of the longest single spaceflight done by astronaut Peggy Whitson last 2016.

Two Young Super Puffy Exoplanets Discovered by Hubble Space Telescope

12.30.2019 09:04 AM

"Super-puffs" may be the last name you'd expect to be used as a description for planets but NASA's discovery proves that super puffy planets exist.

The Opportunity Rover Shows Most Remarkable Mission of the Decade: Panoramic View of Martian Landscape

12.26.2019 21:23 PM

In 15 years, the Opportunity Rover provided remarkable discoveries that mark a great change in how we view the universe. Because of that, we end the decade optimistic about future space missions.

Troublemaking Mars Lander "Mole" Is Digging Again

12.24.2019 07:39 AM

Images were captured documenting the situation from every angle, even evaluated the soil and the rocks in the area and mimicked those characteristics here on Earth to do some testing. As if like the mole is already tired of the whole mission, the camera was able to document that the mole popped out of Martian crust.

Boeing Launches CST-100 Starliner But Is Not Quite Successful

12.21.2019 06:46 AM

Boeing and NASA entered a partnership to efficiently and safely transport astronauts to International Space Station. However, this collaboration encountered a minor setback.

How NASA Evolved When It Entered a Partnership With the Private Sector

12.21.2019 06:46 AM

NASA attributes the advances in space science with its partnership with the private sector but will it continue to uphold scientific discovery over business ventures?

Juno Spacecraft Discovers the Hexagon-Shaped Storm on Jupiter's South Pole

12.18.2019 08:53 AM

The Juno spacecraft was able to discover the giant storm during its death-dodging flyby last November 3 and it was observed that the Texas-sized storm is made up of six other cyclones.

OSIRIS-REx Sets Its Eyes on Nightingale Crater to Collect Samples from Asteroid Bennu

12.17.2019 06:43 AM

Fun fact: Asteroid Bennu's craters are named after birds; Osprey, Kingfisher, Sandpiper, and Nightingale.

Saturn's Moon Enceladus' Tiger Stripes Origin Explained

12.16.2019 09:05 AM

As seen from space, Saturn's moon Enceladus has a pure white surface save for a series of long fissures in its southern region which kind of looked like tiger stripes.

Modified MAVEN Spacecraft Found Surprising Data About the Circulation Patterns on Mars

12.13.2019 06:17 AM

The journal details the findings that were collected by the modified MAVEN spacecraft from 2016 to 2018 and there were a lot of surprises for the astronomers.