How fast is the universe expanding? Gravitational waves give us a hint

Researchers believe knowing how fast the universe is expanding could shed light on the origins of the existence as well as describe whether the cosmos is ultimately headed for collapse or indefinite expansion.

Jul 13, 2018

Watch NASA demolish two rocket launch towers using explosives

This is the same complex where Opportunity, Spirit, and all the Pioneer missions were launched. It was active from the 1950s all the way to 2011.

Jul 13, 2018

Our nearest exoplanet has the perfect conditions to host life

Ross 128b is more likely than not to have an "equilibrium temperature" 21 degrees C that is neither too hot nor too cold for humans.

Jul 13, 2018

Partial Solar Eclipse Today: Super Moon to shield the Sun; Here's where and when to watch

Those deep in the southern hemisphere, in New Zealand, southern coast of Australia, and Antarctica can see this event as it unfolds today.

Jul 12, 2018

Largest solid rocket engine ever built waiting to be hot fire tested

If successful, the engine will gain validation as the booster of choice for Vega-C in 2019 as well as the Ariane 6 starting 2020.

Jul 12, 2018

NASA might have found, destroyed complex organic material on Mars 40 years ago

Complex organic material is the closest pointer to actual life outside the Earth. We now know that they exist on Mars, but this discovery could have come 40 years back.

Jul 12, 2018

How big are SpaceX rockets? This visual helps you see just how massive these machines are

One of the reasons why it is not easy to visualise the size and magnitude of these machines is because of the way they are presented. Launch pads are isolated, normally near the coast, and there is nothing near them except for the sky and a launch tower for scale comparison.

Jul 11, 2018

Hydrogen drawn from water in microgravity could fuel future deep-space travel

A multinational team of researchers decided to test their experiment in microgravity by building a tall tower and dropping it in a theme park styled laboratory.

Jul 11, 2018

Russia breaks record by launching fastest-ever mission to International Space Station

The mission was to deliver nearly 3 tonnes material that includes food, fuel and other supplies, the unmanned Progress cargo rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Jul 11, 2018

Israel is going to the Moon – SpaceX to launch lunar lander by year end

If it goes according to plan, Israel will be the third nation to successfully manage a soft touchdown on the Moon. Only the USA and China have managed to leave their mark on the Moon so far.

Jul 11, 2018

Listen to spooky plasma waves moving between Saturn and its moon Enceladus

Sweeping, hollow wave-like sounds, punctuated with a steady, fast-moving beat make it sound like the background score of a gripping horror film.

Jul 10, 2018

Panspermia theory proposes Earth was impregnated with life by falling asteroids

The Earth is about 4 billion years old and there is enough evidence to show that life evolved here, but where and at what point of time did life originate?

Jul 16, 2018

Airbus working on Mars rover to bring soil samples back to Earth

In 2026, Nasa will launch a recovery mission and will land a rocket on Mars carrying the Fetch rover.

Jul 9, 2018

Milky Way Galaxy looks the way it does because of a collision 10 billion years ago

The galaxy that crashed into the Milky Way did not survive the collision and its remains got scattered all over the galaxy. The debris is still visible to this day.

Jul 9, 2018

Aggressive mutant space bacteria poses serious risk to life on Earth, warns Russia

Bacteria and life, in general, go through a massive change in space and these mutated life forms could pose a serious risk to Earth, say the Russians.

Jul 8, 2018