Female Mathematician Receives Highest NGS Award for Role in Space Exploration
Katherine Johnson, a female mathematician, whose calculations made space exploration possible will posthumously receive the National Geographic Society Hubbard medal for 2020. This is coming...
NASA launches TESS spacecraft to look for planets beyond our galaxy
After the launch of NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Wednesday, on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral....
NASA publishes pictures of Saturn’s Rings – Cassini Images
In a statement published yesterday, NASA revealed a set of close-up pictures of the rings surrounding the planet Saturn. The images give scientists more...
NASA: Get ready for the August 21 total solar eclipse
On Thursday, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the partial solar eclipse that was visible in the United States that afternoon. Millions of people...
Astronomers find a Giant Black Hole 660 million times bigger than...
According to a study report published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on May 09, 2016, it has been found that a humongous black hole at...
International Space Stations receives cargo shipment from NASA
October 23rd, Sunday morning, the International Space Station (ISS) received a shipment of more than 5,100 lbs (about two tons) of supplies and technical...
NASA finds water deposit on Mars, the size of Lake Superior
Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found an ice deposit hidden beneath the surface of Mars, a report published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Obama pays $500M to climate change fund, still owes $2B
The U.S. government paid $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund on Tuesday. The contribution made through the State Department could be the last of...
Lost Ancient City Found Underwater is Not Man-Made
When sea divers in Greece's Zakynthos island found smooth floors and circular column bases under the sea, they thought that they have discovered an...
India holds the record of most satellites in a rocket launch
India has surpassed Russia and all of the other countries in the space race by putting 104 satellites into orbit at once. The launch...