Japan now has a military communications satellite in orbit
Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Kirameki-2 satellite aboard the agency’s H-IIA rocket on Tuesday afternoon. The payload will enhance military communications amid...
CIS discovers 63 new quasars from 13 billion years ago
A Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS) team of scientists announced today they had discovered 63 new quasars from 13 billion years ago. The Astrophysical...
NASA’s Cassini to explore Saturn rings on mission finale
On Wednesday, November 30, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will begin a series of maneuvers to get close to the rings of Saturn. The so-called ‘Ring-Grazing...
NASA says 2 moons in the Milky Way probably have Alien...
NASA scientists leading the Cassini mission to Saturn’s moons have found evidence of hydrothermal vents lying beneath the surface of Enceladus, and it has all...
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...
NOAA’s GOES-16 Lighting Mapper sends back first images
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has released the first images from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on the agency’s Geostationary Environmental...
Moon Express raises enough funds to try to mine the Moon
Moon Express, a private company that wants to mine the Moon, has just raised $20 million and achieved its funding goal to launch its...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts on NASA’s Behalf to the...
Following several delays and postponements, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. This would be SpaceX’s fourth...
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...
NASA launches InSight lander to mission on the Red Planet
NASA’S InSight Mars Lander has officially left Earth from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and has now taken a course towards the Red Planet,...