NASA solves mystery behind levitating lunar dust!

The latest study conducted by NASA reveals how dust levitates just above the moon's surface, despite the absence of flowing water and wind

Jan 9, 2017

Scientists discover 'monster' supermassive black holes in the neighborhood of the Milky Way

Researchers claim that the reason the supermassive black holes went undetected for so long was due to the mass of gas and dust that surrounded them

Jan 8, 2017

Stephen Hawking celebrates 75th birthday

Stephen Hawking is turning 75 on 8 January. In 1959, he began studying physics at University College, Oxford, aged 17.Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21. He was married to Jane Hawking for 25 years, before splitting in 1995. After the divorce, he married his nurse, Elaine Mason, until they divorced in 2006.Hawking has 12 honorary degrees. His 1998 book A Brief History of Time has sold 10 million copies.

Jan 8, 2017

New technology could help us detect aliens earlier than usual

Scientists say they can start studying Proxima b, which orbits Proxima Centauri, as early as the 2020s with ground-based telescopes.

Jan 8, 2017

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket cleared by FAA for Monday launch; 10 Iridium satellites payload

A Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:22 pm EST on Monday carrying 10 Iridium communication satellites

Jan 7, 2017

NASA: Hubble discovers 'Exocomets' hurtling into a young star!

The latest discovery made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is that it captured the view of comets plunging to a star dubbed HD 172555.

Jan 9, 2017

NASA releases breathtaking image of Earth and Moon taken from Mars

The image was taken using the most powerful telescope in November 2016.

Jan 7, 2017

New extremely rare double-ringed galaxy discovered by researchers

Researchers reveal that the blue outer ring could be the remnants of a gas-rich dwarf galaxy swallowed by PGC 1000714

Jan 7, 2017

Watch: Chilean government declassifies UFO encounter details after 2 years [VIDEO]

In a rare instance, the government agency of Chile has confirmed that one of its helicopters encountered an "Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon".

Jan 7, 2017

NASA warns a huge iceberg the size of Delaware is set to break away from Antarctica

The massive rift in the Larsen C ice shelf was photographed on November 10, 2016, by the scientists of NASA's IceBridge mission.

Jan 6, 2017

NASA's Chandra has just witnessed a very rare cosmic phenomenon

Astronomers have discovered a unique phenomenon unlike anything seen before, after two enormous colliding galaxy met a supermassive black hole

Jan 6, 2017

SpaceX gets set to launch world's most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy

NASA's Planetary Science Division head, Jim Green, said that NASA would wait till SpaceX proves its ability to carry out a soft landing on Mars

Jan 6, 2017

VISTA telescope captures minute details of Orion A Molecular Cloud

Located 1,350 lightyears away from Earth, Orion A is the nearest gigantic star factory known.

Jan 5, 2017

Does it snow on Pluto? Scientists seem to think it does

Scientists have recently found proof that snow and ice features are present on Pluto's surface

Jan 5, 2017

NASA: These findings will reveal more about Mars' mysterious climate

Similar to Earth, the Red Planet too has polar ice caps.

Jan 5, 2017