NASA news: Russia claims to have discovered water on the Moon 50 years before US agency
Oct 28, 2020 07:54 am UTC| Science
This week, NASA announced the presence of water on the Moon, becoming a big breakthrough for future exploration. However, Russia has claimed that it had already found the presence of water on the lunar surface decades...
Mars mission breakthrough: NASA receives design for nuclear-powered engine to speed space travel
Oct 28, 2020 07:17 am UTC| Science
As far as we know, interplanetary travel could take up to years, with the journey to Mars alone taking almost a year to make. As NASA prepares for its upcoming Mars and Moon missions, the agency has received a promising...
NASA announce the presence of water on the Moon
Oct 27, 2020 08:22 am UTC| Science
The Moon, as well as other cosmic entities, remain to be a mystery to astronomers as there is still so much to learn about them. Recently, NASA announced one major discovery about our own Moon, revealing the presence of...
Asteroid news: Fireball spotted over the skies on US west coast
Oct 27, 2020 07:31 am UTC| Science
Asteroids usually have a very small chance of colliding with Earth, especially massive space rocks that travel through space. However, the same could not be said for the much smaller ones, which wind up meeting our planets...
NASA satellites capture massive 'Doomsday machine' solar flare
Oct 26, 2020 16:26 pm UTC| Science
Solar flares are a usual occurrence in space and its side effects are usually experienced by the nearest planets in the system, like our own Earth. Recently, NASA satellites were able to capture one particular solar flare,...
Oct 26, 2020 15:58 pm UTC| Science
With the exploration of neighboring planets such as Mars being a goal among space agencies in recent years, the future seems bright for space travel. As NASA looks into developing new technologies to be able to travel...
Alien discovery: Astronomers say extra-terrestrials may already know of humans
Oct 23, 2020 10:09 am UTC| Science
Part of space exploration is the search for aliens to put to rest the question of whether or not we are alone in the universe. Even though we have yet to see for ourselves if there is an alien civilization out there, some...
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