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Astronaut snaps embarrassing photo of space junk while aboard ISS
A NASA astronaut aboard the ISS was trying to take a photograph of Mt. Fuji but captured an embarrassing piece of space junk instead.
Scientists discover the moon shakes much more than they previously thought
Researchers dived through abandoned data acquired during NASA's Apollo missions and found the moon shakes much more than they previously thought.
Scientists photograph explosive city-sized 'devil comet' with hidden spiral
Astronomers detected an explosive, green, city-sized 'devil comet' racing toward the center of our solar system, and at its core is a spiral.
Scientists spark thermonuclear explosion inside a supercomputer
A team of scientists ignited a thermonuclear explosion within a supercomputer, revealing new insights into the mysterious cannibals in space.
NASA astronaut explains the dreaded loss of a $100,000 bag in space
NASA astronauts returning from the International Space Station recounted their experiences aboard the floating laboratory, including their difficulties.
Researchers discover egg-shaped object in deep space caught in death spiral
Astronomers discovered an egg-shaped object in 2008 that's twice the size of Jupiter and seemingly caught in a death spiral into its host star.
NASA confirms a special plane is being built to fly on Mars
NASA is exploring the idea of building an extraterrestrial plane that would be designed to fly above the surface of Mars and scout the planet.
NASA's asteroid that it crashed into changed shape into an oblong watermelon
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) featured a refrigerator-sized spacecraft into a stadium-sized asteroid, and its impact changed it forever.
Elon Musk says SpaceX's 400-foot-tall Starship will go interstellar
Elon Musk has said that a future iteration of Starship, the 400-foot-tall rocket designed by SpaceX, will travel to other star systems.
SpaceX hits milestone with successful Starship launch in its quest to land on Mars
SpaceX has launched the world's largest and most powerful rocket, Starship, reaching a milestone in the development of the biggest rocket ever flown.
NASA telescope captures star cluster birth from five and half million years ago
NASA has shared a classic image snapped by the iconic Hubble Space Telescope of a star cluster being born five and a half million years ago.
Scientists respond to concerns of 1,200-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth in 2029
Astronomers originally believed that the asteroid Apophis had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2029 and now they are less concerned.
NASA confirms the ISS is suffering from an air leak in a life support module
NASA and Roscosmos have confirmed a life support module attached to the International Space Station is suffering from an air leak problem.
Astronomers detect hidden astronomical objects orbiting Neptune and Uranus
Scientists have detected objects orbiting two of the most iconic planets in the solar system, increasing the total object count for these planets.
Robot snaps 1st photo of the moon before its historic landing
Houston-based company Intuitive Machines has pushed its Odysseus lander into the moon's orbit ahead of a historic landing if everything goes to plan.
Stunning photo of the Sun erupting in fiery rage captured by space probe
The Sun is approaching the peak of its 11-year cycle, and NASA has captured stunning photo of the star having a massive fiery outburst.
Scientists photograph a vampiric sandwich-shaped object in deep space
Astronomers have discovered a strange and curious object approximately 800 light-years away from Earth resembling a vampiric sandwich.
Lunar lander launched by SpaceX shoots back epic images of Earth on its way to the Moon
The Odysseus moon lander built by US company Intuitive Machines has snapped some incredible images of Earth while journeying to the Moon.
NASA confirms largest asteroid sample ever collected, double what was expected
NASA has confirmed its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected more than doubled the expected amount of asteroid samples that have since been returned to Earth.
NASA hits big milestone in new spacecraft propulsion that uses the Sun
NASA has reached a crucial milestone in developing a new form of spacecraft propulsion technology that takes advantage of the Sun.
NASA releases haunting photo of solar flare exploding from the Sun
NASA has released a breathtaking image of a solar flare erupting on the Sun's surface, showcasing the star's raw power that keeps us alive.
NASA releases stunning photographs of a 'tortured moon' within our solar system
NASA has released some breathtaking photographs of a 'tortured moon' in our solar system captured by the legendary Juno spacecraft.
Scientists discover building blocks of life within asteroid sample
A space agency successfully collected samples from an asteroid called Ryugu, and scientists have now discovered the seeds of life within its samples.
Extremely rare 'green flash' coming from Venus captured by a lucky photographer
A very lucky photographer has captured the extremely rare phenomenon of green light flashing from one of our closest planetary neighbors.
Scientists discover star that defies current understanding of the cosmos
A team of scientists discovered a star that is shattering the general understanding of how the cosmos works, according to a newly published study.
NASA announces its reconnected with helicopter stationed on Mars
NASA has announced that global worries can now stop as it has re-established a solid connection with the helicopter stationed on Mars.
NASA releases epic 2.38 billion pixel photograph of a Martian crater
NASA's Mars rover reached a milestone number of days on the Red Planet, and to celebrate, the space agency released a 360-degree view of a Martian crater.
NASA celebrates helicopter breaking record on the surface of Mars
The helicopter stationed on the surface of Mars has completed its 70th flight, and NASA is celebrating the achievement of a new distance record.
Here's when the first meteor shower of 2024 will peak
The very first meteor shower of 2024 is about to take place, with the official date for the peak of the Quadrantids shower being January 4.
NASA spacecraft captures closest look at Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft has made a close approach with Jupiter's notoriously volcanic moon Io, providing the closest look at the object in decades.
NASA explains how far light from the Sun will travel throughout 2024
NASA has explained in a video just how far light emitted from the Sun on January 1 will travel throughout the entire year of 2024.
Astronomers believe there are habitable Eyeball Planets out in deep space
Astronomers believe that deep space may contain thousands of Eyeball Planets, and some may even have the right conditions to host life.
Scientists discover jaw-dropping space object that simply shouldn't exist
Researchers have discovered an object in deep space that shouldn't exist, and the fact that it does questions our understanding of solar system evolution.
Scientists discover six alien worlds that are an exceptional hidden jewel in the Milky Way
Researchers discovered a system of six exoplanets all orbiting a star in perfect harmony, a demonstration of an essentially untouched region of space.
Secret payload on Chinese rocket caused a weird double crater on the moon
A team of researchers believe they have confirmed the rocket that collided with the surface of the Moon was from China, and it had a secret payload.
NASA has fired a laser at an object 10 million miles away in deep space
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has fired a laser into the void of deep space at a metallic object located 10 million miles away from Earth.
Country responsible for crashing a rocket into the dark side of the moon confirmed
Astronomers detected a rocket expectedly crashed into the surface of the moon on March 4, 2022, and now we know who owns the rocket.
NASA telescopes scans nearby exoplanet and discovers its Earth-sized
NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has honed its instruments on a nearby exoplanet and discovered it approximately the same size as Earth.
NASA and Japan are going to send a wooden satellite into space, marking a world's 1st
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are planning on launching a wooden satellite into space, marking a world's first for low-Earth orbit.
NASA walks back statement that humans will never visit Jupiter with apology
NASA has apologized for its recent statement that there isn't a human alive today that will visit Jupiter, it's 'Hey, folks - we goofed up'.
NASA spacecraft detects organics on the surface of Jupiter's biggest moon
NASA's Juno mission has provided data that indicates organic compounds are present on the surface of Jupiter's biggest moon, Ganymede.
Elon Musk explains what it will take for humans to live on Mars
Elon Musk has explained what it will take for humans to terraform the Red Planet and how global warming will actually be a major goal.
NASA shows doubt for its Mars samples getting back to Earth on schedule
NASA's current plan for getting Mars samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth may cost too much to keep on schedule.
NASA confirms humans will never go to the biggest planet in our solar system
NASA has admitted that humans will never go on a trip to the biggest planet in our solar system, but we may go to one of its promising moons.
Uncomfortably close asteroid shows how Earth is still at risk of an undetected impact
An asteroid that passed close by Earth represents the greater threat of undetected space rocks potentially colliding with our planet.
NASA showcases the spacecraft four astronauts will take on a trip to the Moon
NASA has revealed the fully stacked spacecraft set to take four astronauts on a long journey to the Moon, around it, and back to Earth.
NASA rover discovers wild evidence Mars was likely a 'planet of rivers'
A team of researchers looked at data acquired by NASA's Curiosity rover and found that Mars had many more rivers than previously anticipated.
NASA shares eerie photograph of haunting 'face' on Jupiter captured by close spacecraft
NASA has shared an eerily haunting image of a 'face' engrained within the atmosphere of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter.
NASA confirms mysterious 'devil comet' size of two Mount Everest's is approaching Earth
A mysterious comet approximately the size of two Mount Everests stacked on each other is approaching Earth for the first time in decades.
NASA reveals its major statistical gap in knowledge for potential asteroid threats
NASA has revealed how many near-Earth asteroids it has discovered as of August 2023 while also showing how many it still expects to find.