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Here's a spooky sound compilation by NASA for Halloween 2017

The US space agency released a compilation of radio emissions this year which consists of spooky sounds from space.

Oct 30, 2017

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NASA's Dawn mission finds signs of ancient ocean on dwarf planet Ceres

The crust of the dwarf planet comprises ice, salts and materials belonging to geological activities which took place in the past.

Oct 28, 2017

Pope Francis speaks to International Space Station crew

Pope Francis made a phone call to the International Space Station today (Oct. 26) to ask its six occupants deep questions about humanitys place in the universe.

Oct 28, 2017

Pope Francis speaks to International Space Station crew

Pope Francis made a phone call to the International Space Station today (Oct. 26) to ask its six occupants deep questions about humanitys place in the universe.

Oct 28, 2017

Touch-and-go! These GIANT asteroids just brushed past Earth this October 2017

Here's a list of close asteroid flybys that took place this October.

Oct 26, 2017

Here's what solar wind does to Mars' moon Phobos

Phobos has no atmosphere or magnetosphere and is exposed to the solar wind directly.

Oct 25, 2017

GIFs in space: Moon photobombs Sun in stunning NASA image

The Moon photobombed on October 19 and covered 26 percent of the Sun.

Oct 24, 2017

Italy footballer claims he could be Messi and Neymar of Mars

Antonio Cassano is a retired footballer for Italy. He is known for his sudden mood swings and exclamatory statements throughout his career, besides football acumen.

Oct 23, 2017

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to be launched this November; updates and all you need to know

Elon Musk has made an announcement about the first-ever launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, but no dates have been specified yet.

Oct 23, 2017

NASA's MAVEN finds Mars has a mysterious magnetic tail

Red Planet's "magnetotail" comprises of highly charged particles which have originated from solar wind that was connecting with the magnetic fields on the Mars' surface.

Oct 20, 2017

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Giant cave discovered on Moon which could aid human colonisation on the lunar surface

This discovery was made by using the data from Japan's SELENE lunar orbiter, also nicknamed Kaguya, which is the second Japanese lunar orbiter following the Hiten probe.

Oct 20, 2017

NASAs ICON satellite to study ionosphere, space weather

NASA plans to launch a new satellite, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, on 8 December. Orbiting above the upper atmosphere, through the bottom edge of near-Earth space, ICON will observes both the upper atmosphere and a layer of charged particles called the ionosphere, which extends from about 50 to 360 miles above the surface of Earth. ICON will observe how interactions between Earths weather and the ionosphere create bright swaths of color in the sky, known as airglow, as well as other changes in the space environment.

Oct 19, 2017