Space

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

Scientists may have discovered how magnetic waves heat the Sun

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

Flat Earth theory slammed with logic by Neil deGrasse Tyson, again

Noted American astrophysicist slams flat-Earthers in a new video and blames free speech and a failed education system for the rise of such theories.

Mar 12, 2018

Elon Musk says Mars spaceship test flights could happen in 2019

The announcement comes a little over a month after SpaceX successfully tested its most powerful reusable rocket, the Falcon Heavy.

Mar 12, 2018

Magnetic storm this weekend will be no cause for concern

Update: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has clarified that there will not be a massive magnetic storm as was reported here.

Mar 12, 2018

James Webb, the world's largest space telescope, to investigate origin of water

Studying interstellar molecular clouds could yield clues to the origin and evolution of water and other key building blocks necessary for life to arise.

Mar 11, 2018