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Buzz Aldrin embroiled in public feud with kids over 'misuse of finances'

The 88-year-old former astronaut is suing his children and longtime manager over misuse of his finances and slander. The two children, Andrew and Janice say they're merely trying to protect his businesses.

Jun 28, 2018

NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch once again

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to be the most complex and advanced imaging hardware that NASA has ever attempted to send to space

Jun 28, 2018

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Alien life confirmed? All 'Critical requirements for life' met on Saturn's moon Enceladus

Enceladus is the only body besides Earth that is known to simultaneously satisfy all of the basic requirements for life as we know it. Not even Mars qualifies.

Jun 27, 2018

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Spaceflight - it might not be as cool an idea as you think

Microgravity is capable of impacting the immune systems of the humans so seriously that the space travelers could even struggle to get rid off of something as minor as a cold, if they get infected

Jun 27, 2018

NASA's to-be launched James Webb space telescope will peer deep into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

The James Webb space telescope will be used to study planets in the Solar System as well as in the distant outer space.

Jun 26, 2018

City Killers? NASA gears up as more than a million asteroids pose threat to Earth

Now, NASA is more focused on searching the asteroids, which are larger than 450 feet across. These asteroids are also known as the "city-killers."

Jun 24, 2018

Mars storm update - NASA upgrades it to 'Planet Encircling'; Spells doom for Opportunity rover

Mars, in its entirety is now going through a storm of epic proportions and has reached a stage that NASA has categorised as, "planet-encircling".

Jun 22, 2018

NASA's Armageddon - Space agency's 'preparedness strategy' in case asteroids or comets come at Earth

The US space agency says that efforts related to comet and asteroid impacts are important because they are low probability, but high consequence natural disasters.

Jun 21, 2018

Aliens on Mars or nature's feat? Unfolding mystery behind UFO on Red Planet

The image of the object on Mars was initially snapped by NASA's Mariner spacecraft, and many conspiracy theorists claimed that it was a UFO on the Martian surface

Jun 20, 2018

Solar System's largest volcanic eruption happened on Mars creating the Medusae Fossae

The volcanic eruption likely spewed enough water to cover the entire planet in a thin sheet of liquid water filled with toxic volcanic chemicals.

Jun 19, 2018

NASA's 'Opportunity': Mars rover caught in dust storm might help study Martian climate

The Opportunity rover is caught in a massive dust storm that has grown to cover about one quarter the red planet. Scientists are excited to see the sheer volume of data they might gather on the Martian climate.

Jun 18, 2018

SpaceX, NASA and Blue Origin cannot go to Mars with their current engines, says Chris Hadfield

Astronaut Chris Hadfield feels that while rockets will make it to Mars, the first few missions are likely to be too dangerous for humans to survive.

Jun 18, 2018

Last week in Science: Highlights from what happened in Science and Space

Here are a few select stories from the last one week that you need to read about what happened in the world of science and research.

Jun 17, 2018

The exoplanet, called WASP-39b, is located more than 20 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun

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

NASA might have found evidence of alien life on dwarf planet Ceres but not revealing much, says study

A new study has found that the organic compound in Ceres may be much more than NASA assumed earlier

Jun 15, 2018

Going to Mars possible but return is full of hurdles, reveals top NASA scientist

NASA chief scientist Jim Green revealed that humans will definitely go to Mars, but will face some huge challenges during the mission which is not one-way ticket but two-way journe.y

Jun 13, 2018

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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.