Astronomers with the Cassini mission have detected a bright, mysterious geologic object on Saturn’s moon Titan that suddenly showed up in images from the mission’s radar instrument. The object appeared in Ligeia Mare, the second-largest…
On November 17, 1970, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 17 delivered the lunar rover Lunokhod 1 onto the surface of the moon. For 11 months after, controlled in real-time by a human team in Moscow, it…
Most scientists can see, hear, smell, touch or even taste their research. But astronomers can only study light — photons traveling billions of light-years across the cosmos before getting scooped up by an array of…
Have you ever wondered what a nebula may look like in 3D? Wonder no more! Due to the vast distances that separates objects in interstellar space, it’s very unlikely that any of us will ever…
If a photo like this appeared from the deserts of Arizona, many would say the object appearing to be flying in the background, would be a bird or small plane. However, this photo is from…
“Interstellar travel may still be in its infancy, but adulthood is fast approaching, and our descendants will someday see childhood’s end.” The Starflight Handbook The first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the…
As seen on Cosmos … the collision and merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the nearby Andromeda galaxy 4 billion years from now. The video below illustrates what NASA scientists announced in 2012 –…
Even 45 years later, Buzz Aldrin has detailed memories of the Apollo 11 mission, when he became the second man to set foot on the moon. The ex-astronaut, who is speaking out this month ahead…
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, spotted UFOs during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in 2005. Chiao thus joins the long list of astronauts and cosmonauts who spoke about his experiences with unidentified flying objects out…
A new TV series will examine some of the more unusual, mysterious and sometimes spooky situations that NASA and its astronauts have found themselves in over the years. Take astronaut Leroy Chiao who was commander…
This “artificial satellite” aroused the interest of the media since the late 50’s, and it became one of the most discussed subjects in the space. Considered the first Russian spy satellite, satellite Black Knight captured the interest…
The final frontier smells a lot like a Nascar race-a bouquet of hot metal, diesel fumes and barbecue. The source? Dying stars, mostly. The by-products of all this rampant combustion are smelly compounds called polycyclic…
2012 VP113 was first observed in November 2012 and announced earlier today. It is the most distant dwarf planet to be found orbiting our sun. It is approximately 280 miles wide (450km) and orbits beyond…