Putin boosts new space race hinting at Mars missions in 2019
President Vladimir Putin has announced Russia’s plans on both manned and unmanned missions to Mars, the Moon, and deeper outer space. Most of these...
The VLT gears up to look for alien planets in Alpha...
Breakthrough Initiatives and the European Southern Observatory announced on Monday an agreement to upgrade the instruments of the organization’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in...
There’s Opportunity for Passengers to Visit the ISS for 10 Days...
Private individuals can now visit the International Space Station (ISS) for 10 days of stay in orbit at a total cost of $55 million....
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...
Comet 45P will decorate the night sky on New Year’s Eve
2016 will have its own personal farewell, as a comet that travels around the solar system will be visible shortly after the sunset of...
Was the ‘world’s oldest axe’ discovered in Australia?
Fragments of the world oldest axe which is a size of a thumbnail has been found in Australia. It has been discovered in Kimberly,...
SpaceX to launch a rocket carrying ten satellites into orbit
On Wednesday morning, SpaceX provided a new update on the state of its September accident, saying the company would resume launch of its rockets...
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 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...
Opportunity Mars Rover set for last missions to find water
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover is ready for the last two years of its mission after it spent the month of October studying the rich...