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It was only in the last few years that we could fully grasp how many other planets there might be beyond our solar system. Some 64 million miles or 104 kilometers from Earth, the Kepler Space Telesco…
The Saturn V is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket Homo sapiens have ever manufactured. In 13 missions, it took 24 astronauts outside earth's orbit, counting all 12 who ever set foot…
NASA has released a batch of new images in its Hubble Messier Catalogue , giving us fresh looks at galaxies, nebulae, and more. Almost 250 years ago, French astronomer Charles Messier drew up a list …
It’s the 21st century, yet these days it’s feeling an awful lot like the frosty bite of the Cold War is, somehow, back from the dead. We’ve got Russian attacks on American institutions (well, cyber…
A couple of years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center discovered a thruster system which actually generates thrust, despite requiring absolutely no propellant. The implications of this di…
Only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, has ever visited the ice giants Neptune and Uranus . That could be set to change next decade, as NASA is considering sending an orbiter to one of these planets. A repo…
A huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth at devastating speed, and NASA intends to save the planet by blowing it up with a nuclear warhead, the Daily Star is reporting . However, it will be over …
If an asteroid the size of a small village were headed straight toward Earth, there isn't much we could do on short notice to prevent a major disaster – except blow it up, that is. Scientists are…
If it's quiet solitude and beauty you seek, there is no better place than the surface of Mars. Mars has, long ago, earned its moniker as the red planet , but the HiRISE camera aboard NASA'…
