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NASA's women scientists rank space movies from worst to best - the list

Scientists at NASA are fans of film, more so when they are based in space - here is a ranking of what real space engineers think of space movies.

Apr 22, 2018

Top 5 flat Earth conspiracies

According to a suprising amount of people, the Earth is flat and everyone else is wrong. Here are some of the crazy consipiracies that flat-Eathers belive.

Apr 18, 2018

NASA ropes in Lockheed Martin to build civilian supersonic low-boom aircraft

It has been nearly 15 years since the last Concorde flew. Now, NASA wants to bring back supersonic flights for passengers.

Apr 4, 2018

Hubble records most distant star ever seen – 9 billion light years away

Gravitational lensing made it possible for Hubble to capture light that has been traveling through the cosmos for billions of years.

Apr 3, 2018

NASA's Dawn mission finds Ceres geologically active, more than previously thought

This is the first time that hydrated carbonates have been found in any other planet in the Solar System outside of Earth

Mar 18, 2018

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

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

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

Ayesha Aziz: India's first female pilot from Kashmir

Ayesha Aziz is India's youngest pilot, having received her student pilot license at the age of 16. She is also the first female pilot from Kashmir.

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

Who is Scott Kelly? NASA astronaut's DNA partially changed in space

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has spent a total 340 consecutive days at International Space Station in low-orbit Earth.

Mar 10, 2018

Chinas Tiangong-1 space station to crash land into Earth

Chinas first manned space station Tiangong-1 may crash land into the Earth. After launching in 2011, contact was lost with the module and a controlled re-entry is no longer possible. 

Mar 8, 2018

Nasa's Juno finds that Jupiter's storms are larger and deeper than previously thought

Storm systems over Jovian poles are distinct and tightly packed, scientists say.

Mar 8, 2018

Nasa's Hubble space telescope finds massive dust system swirling a young star

The dust disk extends about 150 billion miles from host star, held in place by the gravity of the giant planet.

Mar 7, 2018

Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars

NASAs Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.

Mar 1, 2018

Jupiters Great Red Spot is about to disappear within the next ten years

The Solar Sytems largest, most ferocious storm is finally calming down and it could be gone in about ten years. The Great Red Spot (GRS)- a defining feature of Jupiter is getting less intense by the day.Jupiters GRS is actually a hurricane-like storm that has been roiling in the planets atmosphere for about 188 years now. The eye of the storm, which was, when first observed in the 19 century, over twice the width of Earth has already shrunk to about 10,000 miles across –1.3 times the diameter of Earth.

Feb 21, 2018

Jupiter's Great Red Spot may die within 2 decades, says a new study

Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot is shrinking slowly, and may become a "Great Red Memory" soon.

Feb 20, 2018

NASA's Opportunity finds mysterious 'rock stripes' on Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which reached its 5,000th Martian day or sol on February 16, 2018, recently sent a picture of the Red Planet that created much curiosity among the scientists.

Feb 19, 2018

Hundred new 'alien planets' discovered beyond our solar system by NASA's Kepler probe

With the new discovery, the total number of exoplanets discovered by the K2 mission has gone up to almost 300.

Feb 17, 2018

Earth and moon in the same frame: NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures rare image from 40 million miles

Earth appears as the largest radiant spot present at the center of the image, while the moon appears to be dim and can be seen towards the right of Earth.

Feb 16, 2018