Category: Space

Buzz Aldrin’s UFO was not an alien spacecraft

The Apollo 11 mission of 1969 was a momentous one for Buzz Aldrin. At that time, he became the second man to set foot upon […]

Private Team’s Attempt to Move Vintage NASA Probe Hits Snag

The quest to rescue a 36-year-old NASA spacecraft will go on for at least another day, as a private group controlling the probe achieved only […]

Saturn’s Rings, Hexagon on Display in Amazing Photo

A NASA probe exploring Saturn and its many moons has captured an incredible photo of the planet’s swirling north polar vortex and distinctive rings. read […]

Curiosity travels through ancient glaciers on Mars

3,500 million years ago the Martian crater Gale, through which the NASA rover Curiosity is currently traversing, was covered with glaciers, mainly over its central […]

The Moon: 10 Suprising Lunar Facts

  • July 7, 2014
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The moon is Earth’s nearest cosmic neighbor, but it is more than just a big pretty light in the sky. Here are 10 cool, and […]

History of Flight and into Space

When we look back at the history of flight from the beginning of time so to speak, it is amazing how far we have travelled… […]

What did Vela see?

On September 22, 1979 an aging satellite named Vela 6911 detected two very distinct flashes in the vicinity of the Indian or South Atlantic oceans […]

Space tourism company flies a balloon 20 miles above Earth

An Arizona company says it has successfully completed the first small-scale test flight of a high-altitude balloon and capsule being developed to let tourists float […]

‘Magic Island’ Possibly Seen in Seas of Saturn’s Huge Moon Titan

  • June 24, 2014
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A mysteriously bright anomaly winked in and out of existence on the seas of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan — potentially the first time waves, bubbles or […]

Private Team to Restart Engines on 36-Year-Old NASA Spacecraft

A decades-old spacecraft appears to be in great health despite being abandoned in the solar system for the better part of two decades, the private […]

Comet PanSTARRS Keeps Getting Better

With the Moon departing the early evening sky this weekend, eager skywatchers have a delightful prize before their eyes: Comet PanSTARRS C/2012 K1. This reliable […]

The lasting allure of the flying saucer

Nasa is launching a spacecraft that strongly resembles a flying saucer. For more than half a century the distinctive shape has exerted a powerful grip […]

Solar Flare Could Hit Earth On Friday 13th

  • June 12, 2014
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A trio of major solar flares could spell trouble for Earth on Friday 13th, scientists have warned.The solar events, captured on film by Nasa, caused […]

The Fermi Paradox

  • June 11, 2014
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A really starry sky seems vast—but all we’re looking at is our very local neighborhood. On the very best nights, we can see up to […]

Polish meteorite venerated by Neolithic man?

The meteorite was discovered among a large group of sacral objects in a hut on the banks of Swidwie Lake in the West Pomeranian region. […]

What Is the Fermi Paradox?

The Fermi Paradox seeks to answer the question of where the aliens are. Given that our star and Earth are part of a young planetary […]

Scientists: 100 million worlds may have complex alien life in our galaxy

A group of international astronomers and astrobiologists have published new research that assesses the possibility of complex life on other worlds. Their calculation in the […]

Lunar Samples Support Giant Impact Theory

  • June 7, 2014
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The most accepted hypothesis for the formation of the moon involves a giant collision between the Earth and another Mars-sized planetary body about 4.5 billion […]

To infinity and beyond! Father and son team capture amazing space footage – using weather balloon they built in their back garden

  • June 7, 2014
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Schoolboy Cameron, 12, and his dad designed and built the inflatable to carry an array of cameras and devices up to 100,000ft to capture photos […]

Virgin Galactic Cleared For Takeoff

Who wants to go to space? If you’ve got a spare $250,000 lying around, then you can now purchase a ticket with the commercial spaceflight […]

Death by Meteorite! 

Supposedly, tens of thousands of people were killed during the Chíing-yang meteorite shower in the Shansi province of China between April and May of 1490. […]

Decades-old photos emerge of Apollo training

Before Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they went to Hawaii to train on the Big Island’s lunar landscapes.Now, decades-old photos are surfacing of astronauts […]

Probing satellites’ mysterious death tumbling

Down on the ground, death equals stillness – but not in space. Derelict satellites can tumble in unpredictable ways and ESA’s team tasked with developing […]

Rare cosmic blast sends astronomers racing to telescopes

NASA’s Swift satellite has detected a burst of high-energy gamma rays coming from the Andromeda galaxy, the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. The […]

Asteroids take aim at the Earth

A number of asteroids are set to pass the Earth, with one coming very close to the planet on Wednesday.Asteroid 2014 HM2 and 2014 GH35 […]