Mysterious new purple aurora named Steve by scientists

Citizen scientist photographers have captured a new kind of purple aurora in Canada and named it Steve, which officially stands for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement .

Mar 16, 2018

Russia to launch Mars mission next year, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin made the revelation in an interview but few other details of the Mars mission were available.

Mar 15, 2018

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has entered key assembly, test and launch phase

The 2020 rover will be launched with updated tech, cameras, and instruments trained to look for bio-signatures and possible habitats for human travelers.

Mar 15, 2018

Aurora Steve: Mysterious purple lights in the sky spotted by citizen scientists

Steve is an acronym for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" and occurs in latitudes lower than the normal for auroras.

Mar 15, 2018

NASA prepares for live high definition video transmission from Mars using lasers

NASA aims to transmit up to 200 gigabits of data per second that will reach Earth in 20 minutes, making HD video of a future Mars landing a possibility.

Mar 15, 2018

All galaxies spin once every billion years, like cosmic clocks

If you were to be perched on the edge of any galaxy large or small, in a billion years, you would have gone all the way round.

Mar 14, 2018

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is getting taller and redder as it shrinks

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is undergoing massive changes. It is getting smaller, taller, and redder. It might not even be visible in about 10 years, says NASA.

Mar 14, 2018

Google's AI can help you find alien worlds using NASA data

Alien worlds and exoplanets can be found in Kepler data using Google's open-source AI now available for download.

Mar 14, 2018

Magnetic storm lesser known facts: How is it caused and other FAQs

United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration debunked the speculation that a "massive magnetic storm" is about to hit Earth on March 18.

Mar 13, 2018

Titan: Check out these pictures of Saturn's largest moon

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is almost double the size of Earth's moon and is the only known body to have a dense atmosphere of nitrogen.

Mar 13, 2018

History of time: From Big Bang to present day in 10 minutes

The whole timeline of the universe and its evolution has been put together in this video that shows every major event from star formation to life on Earth.

Mar 13, 2018

New exoplanet found 200 light years from Earth could have liquid water

The exoplanet is about 1.6 times the size of Earth and is in its star's Goldilocks zone so this makes it habitable and just the right size to harbor life.

Mar 13, 2018

NOAA explains why geomagnetic storm won't hit Earth on March 18

Geomagnetic storms are a temporary disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere caused by the charged particles of the solar wind.

Mar 13, 2018

Nasa's Hubble discovers 10 billion-year-old 'relic' galaxy near Milky Way

There has been no activity in NGC 1277 for over 10 billion years and it is filled with red, dying stars from the early years of the universe.

Mar 13, 2018

Tiangong-1 crash zone: Can out-of-control Chinese space station crash in India?

China's first space station is hurtling down to Earth and India is one of the areas where the out-of-control space module could crash.

Mar 12, 2018