Enceladus: A Water World with a Huge Plume
Enceladus is one of the most fascinating moons of Saturn. It is a small, icy world that harbors a global ocean of liquid water beneath […]
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The Strawberry Moon: What It Is and How to watch It on June 3
The Strawberry Moon is a special name for the full moon that occurs in June every year. It is also known as the Rose Moon, […]
How Elon Musk plans to implant computer chips in human brains with Neuralink
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin human trials of its brain implant technology. The company […]
Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Arabsat Badr-8 Satellite to Geosynchronous Orbit
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Arabsat BADR-8 satellite on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The […]
Yellowstone Volcano’s Last Super-eruption Not One Big Bang, But a Series of Explosions
New research suggests that the last super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano was not one huge explosion but a series of smaller eruptions or multiple vents spewing […]
NASA’s Latest Lunar Lander To Be Built By Bezos’ Blue Origin
NASA’s director announced on Friday, May 20, closing a high-stakes competition, that a team led by Jeff Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin had won the sought-after […]
Mysterious Cosmic Explosion 8 Billion Lightyears Away Baffles Scientists
Astronomers have spotted the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. The explosion, called AT2021lwx, is more than 10 times brighter than any known exploding star, or […]
NASA Warns of Solar Storm Threat from Massive Sunspot
A massive sunspot has been spotted on the far side of the Sun. It is so large that it is changing the way the Sun […]
Saturn Reclaims Title of ‘Moon King’ with Discovery of 62 New Moons
A team of astronomers has discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet’s total number of moons to 145. The discovery, made using the […]
Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
Astronomers are baffled by the largest cosmic explosion ever seen. The explosion, dubbed AT2021lwx, is more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova and […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches 51 Starlink Satellites into Orbit
Date: May 10, 2023 Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Rocket: Falcon 9 Satellites: 51 Starlink Outcome: Success SpaceX successfully launched 51 Starlink satellites into orbit on May 10, […]
Asteroid 2023 HV5: A bus-sized space rock to fly by Earth-Moon system
On May 4, 2023, a school bus-sized asteroid will zoom past Earth at a distance of about 270,000 miles, which is slightly more than the […]
A Planet Devoured by a Star: A Rare Cosmic Event Witnessed by Scientists
In a rare and spectacular event, astronomers have witnessed a star devouring a planet for the first time. The cosmic drama occurred in our own […]
Chandra Grahan 2023: Where and how to watch the event live on May 5
What is a penumbral lunar eclipse? A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the faint outer part of Earth’s shadow, called the […]
Japan’s Commercial Spacecraft Crashes On The Moon
A Japanese start-up firm called Ispace announced on Wednesday, April 26, that its quest to become the first business to land on the Moon had […]
Rare solar event triggers spectacular auroras across the globe
If you are fascinated by the beauty of the night sky, you might have witnessed a rare solar event that lit up the sky with […]
NASA Unveils Outcomes from First Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review
NASA has recently completed the first concept review of its Artemis program, which aims to send humans to the Moon and eventually to Mars. The […]
Live: How to Watch the 2023 Solar Eclipse and Witness the ‘Ring of Fire’
A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that occurs when the moon’s apparent size is very close to the sun’s. Depending […]
SpaceX’s Most Powerful Rocket, Starship, Is In The Final Stages Of the Much-anticipated Launch
Early on Monday, April 17, Elon Musk’s SpaceX finished final preparations for the launch of its powerful new Starship rocket system into orbit on […]
Watch: NASA releases stunning video of its Ingenuity helicopter flying over extraterrestrial landscape
NASA has released a stunning video of its Ingenuity helicopter flying over the Martian surface, capturing a bird’s-eye view of an alien landscape. The Perseverance […]