NASA's space ninja Peggy Whitson retires at 58

Peggy Whitson, the oldest woman ever to go to space, is also widely known for being the world's most experienced female spacewalker.

Jun 18, 2018

Scientists discover over 100 planets with possible habitable exomoons

Each of these planets is over three times the width of Earth and they all are orbiting their star within the habitable zone.

Jun 18, 2018

Stephen Hawking's voice beamed to closest-known black hole

The legendary astrophysicist has been buried at the Westminster Abbey, London, between two other legendary British scientists -- Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Jun 17, 2018

Japan's Hayabusa2 mission to return a sample of an asteroid has almost reached its target

The craft will land on asteroid Ryugu, collect samples from the surface, dig in, take some subsurface samples and fly back to Earth.

Jun 17, 2018

A new type of photosynthesis that works in low light could pave the way for energy on Mars

Low-light adapted cyanobacteria that can photosynthesise in near-infrared, low energy light could actually be used to colonise Mars and be used to produce oxygen and create a biosphere there, say scientists.

Jun 17, 2018

Black holes could be eating dark matter, spewing out lasers and radiation

Rapid radio bursts from black holes, that are often discussed, might actually be lasers caused by the degradation of dark matter in black holes.

Jun 17, 2018

UTA researchers complete milestone in International Physics Experiment

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have built prototypes for an aluminium electric field cage inside a particle detector for an international physics experiment in Switzerland.

Jun 17, 2018

Potentially habitable moons of giant planets could be better for humans than Earth

Moons of large gas giants could be the perfect place to look for life and so far there are 121 candidates where life could flourish.

Jun 15, 2018

Deja vu 2003: Mars to shine the brightest this July

The Red Planet will appear brighter than usual between July 27 and 31st this year. The distance from the earth will be 35.8 million miles, as opposed to 34.9 million miles which was the closest in the last 60,000 years.

Jun 15, 2018

Scientists stunned to find dust on Earth older than solar system

The dust is made of tiny grains called of glass embedded with metal and sulphides and it is really fine- less than one hundredth the width of human hair.

Jun 14, 2018

First time image: Supermassive black hole shreds entire star which leads to huge eruption

Never before have astronomers been able to directly observe the formation and evolution of a jet from a star being devoured by a black hole

Jun 14, 2018

Russia to build powerful space laser cannon to burn out space junk in low-Earth orbit

The design of this "cannon" is based on a telescope design that is about three metres long and its construction has already started. This telescope can be used to monitor debris floating in space and if needed transform into a giant laser and evaporate it.

Jun 13, 2018

Massive sandstorm on Mars hits Opportunity Rover, stalls mission as dust blots out Sun

This is one of the largest storms that the rover has had to encounter and there are chances that Opportunity rover could become too cold to continue with its experiments.

Jun 11, 2018

Rituals that Russian astronauts invariably follow before every space flight

Movie night and haircut are among several traditions that the Russian astronauts follow at the Baikonur Cosmodrome before undertaking every space flight

Jun 11, 2018

SpaceX wants to build new facility in Florida to support over 60 rocket launches per year

SpaceX has asked for a 67-acre land to help facilitate their ambitious launch plans of approximately 64 launches per year.

Jun 10, 2018