Showing posts from March, 2018
image credit: Dr. Steuard Jensen If you look throughout the history for the definition of what really a planet is has actually changed always with time and meant different things at the same moment depending on what kind of person…
China lost control of its first space station, Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace" in 2016. The spacecraft should burn up in Earth's atmosphere on April 1, give or take four days. Chunks of the 9.4-ton vessel should be durable enough t…
NASA could use paint to defend our planet from a doomsday asteroid that may wipe out life on Earth, according to one of the agency's top engineers. It was recently revealed that the rogue space rock 101955 Bennu, which is larger than the Empi…
The magnificent Westminster Abbey in central London will be the final resting place of Stephen Hawking. The ashes of the world-famous British physicist will be interred at the 10th-century Gothic church, it announced on Tuesday – close to the gra…
Jupiter is, without a doubt, one of the most fascinating planets in our solar system. Jupiter is huge. Mysterious. Colorful. Hypnotizing. And did I say it so big it doesn’t actually ‘orbit’ the sun? Anyway, the gas giant has remained one of the m…
There's a lot we can learn by looking at all those voids making space between galaxies - and now, for the first time, astronomers have used a new method to peer inside these mysterious pockets of nothingness. Voids in space are due to the ex…
A final theory explaining how mankind might detect parallel universes was completed by Stephen Hawking shortly before he died, it has emerged. Colleagues have revealed the renowned theoretical physicist’s final academic work was to set out the gr…
Flat-Earthers are not known for their logic. They’re generally known for their willingness to ignore the facts, and their dank memes. When it comes to explaining the logical flaws in their arguments, however, they tend to fall a little, well, f…
NASA will be unable to defend our planet against a doomsday asteroid that could smash into Earth in 2135, a chilling study has revealed. Researchers found that it might be impossible to stop the space rock - which is the size of the Empire State …
A gang of amateur aurora chasers have helped to discover a new form of aurora that appears as a narrow band of dancing purple light that arches up into the night sky. They have named it… “STEVE”. These celestial skylights have now been investigat…
Vladimir Putin has unveiled Russia's plan to launch a series of missions to Mars. The Russian President said the space programme would start with an unmanned launch in 2019 to explore the Red Planet. With days to go before presidential electi…
