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- Study Proposes Orbital Ceres Colony Thu, 14 Jan 21, 5:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Ceres, once considered an Asteroid but now classified as a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, may harbour a significant under surface liquid water…
- Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow Sun, 18 Aug 19, 7:00pmFrom NASA Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or tiny, blobby jellyfish...
- Tesla Roadster in space could collide with Venus or Earth Mon, 19 Feb 18, 10:41pmElon Musk isn't the only person amused by a Tesla in space — scientists at the University of Toronto and Charles University have devoted their attention to figuring out just what might happen to the Roadster officially...
- Mike Pence says America will send humans back to the moon Mon, 9 Oct 17, 9:27pmHumankind took steps on the moon for the first time in 1969, and now vice president Mike Pence says it's time to go back. He penned an opinion editorial piece for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) stating "America will lead in...
- US and Russia are teaming up to build a lunar spaceport Thu, 28 Sep 17, 8:36pmThe space agencies of Russia and the United States just signed a joint statement to develop projects to further explore outer space. One could be the Deep Space Gateway, a lunar spaceport that could act as a launching point...
- Lockheed to turn shuttle-era module into a space habitat for NASA Tue, 25 Jul 17, 12:50amDeep space missions in the future will take humanity farther and farther away from Earth. Last year NASA chose six United States companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes as part of the Next Space Technologies for...
- NASA identifies 219 new planet candidates - and 10 potential 'Earths' Wed, 21 Jun 17, 12:39amOur knowledge of the galaxy just expanded significantly, thanks to NASA's Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet-finding machine allowed the agency to add 219 new planet candidates to their growing list. 10 of those planets...
- NASA planning to launch Orion test flight this week as first step towards Mars missions Thu, 4 Dec 14, 4:33amNASA plans to launch the first Orion spacecraft this Thursday, in an uncrewed test flight that is the next step on its journey towards a fully fledged mission to Mars...
- NASA Reveals Plans to Start Growing Vegetables in Space this Year Fri, 13 Sep 13, 2:30amNASA is planning to grow fresh vegetables in space, 230 miles above the Earth. Later this year the space agency’s Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) program will send astronauts to the International Space Station with...
- Solar-Wind Chime Lets You Listen to Weather on the Sun Fri, 6 Sep 13, 3:30amDesigner Helen White has created a high-tech wind chime that uses real-time data from a NASA spacecraft to create otherworldly, ambient sounds based on the vibrations of solar wind...