Search Results for: Asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to discover Trojan asteroids this month!

A carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group, 101955 Bennu, has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth in the late 22nd century.

Feb 4, 2017

NASA's Juno Mission: Phenomenal Jupiter revealed in greater detail, and you too can be part of the mission!

JunoCam, the first interplanetary outreach camera, is now being guided with the assistance from the public -- people can participate by voting for what features on Jupiter should be imaged during each flyby

Feb 3, 2017

NASA's Cassini makes unprecedented discovery about Saturn!

This gas-giant has millions of "moonlets" or small moons orbiting it, and Cassini captured its most detailed images over a span of 13 years.

Feb 2, 2017

Earth just narrowly escaped being hit by an asteroid...AGAIN!

This asteroid is dubbed 2017 BH30, it is equal to a pickup truck's size and the closest encounter of the asteroid with Earth occurred at 0459 GMT on January 30, 2017 (2359 EST on January 29 2017)

Jan 31, 2017

Nibiru Apocalypse Now! Earth will be destroyed this October, claims conspiracy theorist

As per the belief of conspiracy theorists, hundreds of years ago, the orbits of other planets have been destroyed by Nibiru's gravitational impact.

Jan 27, 2017

Atmosphere on Mars could host microbes, scientists have discovered

Methanogens, which scientists speculate could survive in a Martian environment, are considered among the most ancient and simplest of organisms present on Earth.

Jan 20, 2017

Astronomers now believe there are more than 2 trillion galaxies in the universe!

A new revelation has been made about the universe, which states that it comprises a minimum of 2 trillion galaxies!

Jan 18, 2017

Moon Express: Private firm hopes to be the first one to put a robot on the moon; sets sights on 2017 mission

Naveen Jain, a tech entrepreneur as well as co-founder and chairman of Moon Express, expressed his hopes of lowering space travel prices and leading the way to the colonization on moon, followed by Mars

Jan 18, 2017

Saying goodbye to Gene Cernan also means letting go of our purest dreams

The moon itself, however, no longer captures the imagination the way it did in the 1950s and 60s. It's the solar system's 'meh'

Jan 17, 2017

Asteroid Hunting: Delay in NASA's NEOCam launch worries astronomers

NASA's Discovery Program recently declared that two of its space missions would be launched in the 2020s and they will fly by asteroids.

Jan 17, 2017

Scientists discover moon is much older than we thought!

Scientists now believe moon is formed 4.51 billion years ago.

Jan 12, 2017

NASA: Mysteries of giant asteroid 16 Psyche to be explored!

The Psyche mission hope to collect data regarding the asteroid's geology, element composition, mass distribution, magnetic field, and shape

Jan 12, 2017

Revealed! 97% of human body is made up of stardust!

Stars are made up of almost two dozen chemical elements, but researchers only listed those elements that are considered to be the building blocks of life on Earth

Jan 11, 2017

SpaceX Falcon 9: Here's why the launch is delayed again; now set for Saturday

SpaceX has postponed the launch of its first Falcon 9 rocket till Saturday, January 14 2017.

Jan 10, 2017

Apocalypse avoided: Earth just escaped an asteroid hit! And you weren't even aware of it

A small asteroid, dubbed 2017 AG13, was detected by space scientists on January 7, 2017, it passed Earth on January 9, 2017 at 1247 GMT (0747 EST).