New photographs of interstellar visitor revealed
12-18-2019 |
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NASA has released two new images showing interstellar comet Borisov traveling through our solar system.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
12-9-2019 | 4
If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Large pyramid-shaped asteroid to fly past Earth
12-7-2019 | 14
A large space rock the approximate size and shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza is set for a close encounter.
Scientists identify organism that eats meteorites
12-7-2019 | 2
A microbe with an appetite for meteorites has shown that space rocks may be able to carry life across the cosmos.
Planet found orbiting white dwarf in world first
VIDEO 12-5-2019 | 0
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
NASA reveals Parker Solar Probe discoveries
VIDEO 12-4-2019 | 7
The groundbreaking solar probe has sent back its first observations from the edge of the Sun's atmosphere.
Fireball may have been an orbiting 'minimoon'
12-2-2019 | 3
Scientists have discovered new evidence of a temporary moon burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Gargantuan black hole LB-1 'should not exist'
11-28-2019 | 6
Scientists have discovered a black hole in our own galaxy that could rewrite the book on stellar evolution.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
11-26-2019 | 4
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
First Mars samples will be quarantined on Earth
11-24-2019 | 11
NASA and ESA are planning an ambitious mission to return samples of Mars to the Earth for the first time.
Scientists have detected water vapor on Europa
11-22-2019 | 8
The water vapor from one of the Jovian moon's elusive plumes has been directly detected for the first time.
Mystery oxygen fluctuations detected on Mars
11-13-2019 | 4
The long-running mystery of methane on Mars has now been joined by another perplexing enigma - oxygen.
Geneticists propose human/tardigrade hybrids
11-11-2019 | 9
Combining tardigrade DNA with our own could one day improve our ability to survive for long periods in space.
Mercury set for rare transit of the Sun tomorrow
VIDEO 11-10-2019 | 2
This spectacular celestial event, which only happens a few times per century, will be visible for 5.5 hours.
The universe may be a giant loop, study claims
11-5-2019 | 32
New evidence suggests that, rather than being flat like a sheet, the universe may in fact loop around on itself.
Scientists propose interstellar space mission
11-1-2019 | 2
A space probe designed to venture into the interstellar void could launch within as little as ten years.
Sun 'smiles' like a pumpkin in this NASA image
10-31-2019 | 1
NASA celebrated Halloween today by Tweeting this image of the Sun looking rather like a jack-o'-lantern.
Interstellar comet may be carrying 'alien water'
10-30-2019 | 6
Astronomers have determined that comet 2I/Borisov could be carrying water from a distant solar system.
Cosmic 'ghoulish face' photographed by Hubble
10-29-2019 | 7
Just in time for Halloween, astronomers have captured a spooky visage of literally cosmic proportions.
Secretive X-37B lands after 780 days in space
10-28-2019 | 4
The US military's notoriously secretive miniature space shuttle is back and nobody knows what it has been up to.
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