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Humongous asteroid with its own moon to skim Earth
NASA astronomers expect that an asteroid will flyby our planet this weekend. The space rock called the 1999 KW4 will swing by the Earth around 7:05 p.m. ET on Saturday and when it does it'll bring...
May 25, 2019 | News -
NASA to place your name on chips aboard Mars 2020 rover
It's a well-known fact that it will take at least a few years for humans to set foot on Mars, however, NASA still wants the public to register their names, stenciled on chips and send them to the...
May 25, 2019 | News -
NASA's Juno spacecraft data shows striking similarities between Jupiter and Earth
NASA's Juno spacecraft has chronicled some breathtaking images of Jupiter, making it easy for astronomers to understand how the planet works. Latest study claims that the storms on the planet are...
May 21, 2019 | News -
NASA finds water on the farthest object explored in our solar system
NASA has found evidence of a mixture of water ice, methanol, and organic molecules on the surface of Ultima Thule - the most distant object explored in our solar system. The space agency has...
May 21, 2019 | News -
NASA Hubble Telescope snaps new star formation from galaxy collision
NASA scientists have suspected that the NGC 4485 has been involved in a collision with a bypassing galaxy. Rather than destroying the galaxy, there's a possibility of a new generation of stars, and...
May 20, 2019 | News -
NASA successfully tests first Astrobee robot in space
NASA has successfully finished the first hardware test of a robot in space. The robot will be taking care of the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming years. Dubbed Bumble, the robot is...
May 20, 2019 | News -
An asteroid just skimmed Earth hurtling at speed of 21,500mph
A space rock hurtling at high speed of 21,500mph just skimmed Earth at a fraction of the distance between our planet and the Moon, revealed NASA's asteroid trackers. The asteroid known as the...
May 18, 2019 | News -
NASA selects 11 space companies to build human lunar landers
NASA has shortlisted 11 firms including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to build prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration mission. The space agency aims to put...
May 17, 2019 | News -
NASA finds huge "bullet holes" in Milky Way's star stream
Astronomers have claimed that something unknown has punched huge, cosmic "bullet holes" in parts of the Milky Way. There's a string of holes in a long stream of stars known as the GD-1 that...
May 16, 2019 | News -
NASA initiative to put women on Moon gets named after Greek goddess Artemis
NASA's latest plans shows that women are on the forefront of the space agencies lunar ambitions. NASA has announced that its mission to put a female astronaut on the Moon by 2024 is named Artemis,...
May 15, 2019 | News -
NASA study reveals Moon shrinks continuously causing quakes on its surface
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has beamed back an image of the Moon which shows that the Earth's natural satellite is steadily shrinking which causes wrinkling on its surface and quakes....
May 15, 2019 | News -
NASA lunar 'gateway' space station to see major development soon
NASA's ambition of going back to the Moon saw a major development this year when the space agency awarded its first contract for the Lunar 'gateway' programme. The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway...
May 13, 2019 | News