NASA’s Peggy Whitson arrives at ISS, becomes oldest female astronaut
On Saturday, the Soyuz capsule carrying the astronauts Oleg Novitskiy, Thomas Pesquet, and Peggy Whitson arrived and docked at the International Space Station. With...
Watch: Elon Musk details SpaceX’s Mars plans
Elon Musk is set to take the stage this Friday at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, South Australia, to share updates about the...
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...
ESA’s Schiaparelli EDM lands on Mars to test new key landing...
Today October 19, 2016, the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) of the ExoMars project landed on Mars. The goal of the ExoMars...
Humanity’s oldest ancestor is not a monkey but a weird fish
Scientists have identified a new microorganism that could be humanity's oldest ancestor. It is a bag-like sea creature with a large mouth, eyes like...
China clones monkeys for the first time ever
Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Neuroscience created two macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using Somatic Cell Nuclear...
Flat-earther delays self-made rocket launch
Mike Hughes, the Flat Earth Society advocate, and amateur rocket scientist has delayed its much-awaited rocket launch due to regulatory issues with the Bureau...
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....
SETI detects strong signal coming from outer space
A Russian radio telescope detected a strong signal coming from outer space on Monday. The SETI device has been scanning the heavens for signs...
Scientists recreate ancient night sky to date 2,500 yr-old Greek poem
A group of Washington scientists accurately defined the date referred to in a 2,500 year old poem by the Greek poet Sappho called “Midnight...