Astronomers studying data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope discovered a new system of seven “scorching” planets orbiting a distant star that is bigger and hotter than the sun, the space agency said Thursday. NASA described the newly found planets as “sweltering” and “bathed” in radiant heat emitted by the host star that was described … Read more
A spacecraft exploring an asteroid belt successfully “phoned home” to NASA after a high-speed asteroid encounter on Wednesday. The spacecraft, named Lucy, has a primary mission of exploring Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, a series of asteroids trapped in the gas giant’s orbit. The new high-speed encounter was with a small main belt asteroid that NASA called … Read more
The space is filled with mysteries, and no matter how many of them we uncover, finding something new still instills a feeling of awe. That is one of the reasons why space agencies such as NASA invest so much in space exploration. In 2021, it launched the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a space observatory … Read more
There have been several close calls with asteroids in history. But did you know that not all asteroids have the same composition? According to NASA, the three primary classifications of asteroids are C-type, S-type, and M-type. C-type asteroids, which are composed primarily of carbon-rich substances, are the most frequent. S-type asteroids, which are made up … Read more
Two Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday to look for the source of a leak at or near a newly installed radiator on the Nauka lab module and to isolate the radiator from coolant lines. They also planned to attach a small synthetic aperture radar instrument to the hull of the … Read more
Not just the Moon, but NASA has been sending missions to asteroids, other planets, and even other moons in the solar system as of late. The US space agency recently launched the Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, while the collected samples from the Bennu asteroid also returned to Earth last month. It has also … Read more
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been successfully launched, embarking on a groundbreaking mission to explore an asteroid of the same name, which is a metal-rich world that holds the potential to shed light on the formation of rocky planets. Integrated onto the Psyche spacecraft is NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, aimed at testing deep … Read more
The solar storm event on October 20 has become somewhat of a mystery to astronomers and space weather physicists. The storm was triggered by a couple of coronal mass ejections (CME) that sideswiped the Earth and did not make head-on contact with the planet. They left the Sun one after the other in small eruptions, … Read more
A meteor shower described by NASA as “one of the most beautiful showers” of the year is expected to peak in the coming days. The Orionids are known for their brightness and speed, NASA said, with the meteors traveling at about 148,000 miles per hour, or 41 miles per second. Because of their speed, some … Read more
Yet again, NASA has mesmerized the world with its beautiful images of the space glories. The NASA Hubble space telescope is known for studying and capturing images of celestial objects that are present in our galaxy and beyond. Over the years, we have seen its abilities and despite being an observer of the near space … Read more