OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Mission Seeks to Search for Origin of Life Chemistry
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first mission to retrieve and return samples of “pristine materials” from the surface…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Explosion Aftermath Brings Legal Battles
In the aftermath of the explosion that took place on Sept 1st, SpaceX may be facing legal hurdles with the…
NASA’s EM Drive Passes Peer Review, But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
In the latest new to emerge about the "impossible" EM Drive, it now appears that the technology has passed the…
The Solar System Gets A Second Mercury
Freddie Mercury, the iconic front man from the band Queen, is having an asteroid named after him to commemorate what…
An Impalpable Penumbral Eclipse
Great ready for the final eclipse of 2016, with a penumbral lunar eclipse on September 16th visible from Europe to…
NASA’s InSight Lander Approved for 2018 Mars Launch
Top NASA managers have formally approved the launch of the agency’s InSight Lander to the Red Planet in the spring…
There It Is! Philae Lander Found
The search is over, and looking at these images, no wonder it was so hard to find the little Philae…
How Could We Create Settlements on Venus?
Colonizing Venus presents many advantages and challenges, and could be done using cities that float on top of its dense…
How Cold Are Black Holes?
Black holes absorb everything that falls into them, including photons of light and heat. So what does it mean to…
Juno Captures Jupiter’s Enthralling Poles From 2,500 Miles
The first images of Jupiter have arrived from the Juno spacecraft and they are a tantalizing taste of what's to…