Space Science Series

NASA's OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

Oct 20, 2020 13:56 pm UTC| Science

Imagine parallel parking a 15-passenger van into just two to three parking spaces surrounded by two-story boulders. On Oct. 20, a University of Arizona-led NASA mission 16 years in the making will attempt the astronomical...

Alien discovery: NASA archive data suggests life on Venus was first found in 1978

Oct 20, 2020 08:45 am UTC| Science

In recent months, there has been a renewed interest in Venus, especially when it comes to finding aliens on the planet. However, a new revelation suggests that the recent discovery was not at all new, but rather already...

NASA revelation: Mysterious set of footprints found on lunar surface outside of Apollo missions

Oct 20, 2020 08:05 am UTC| Science

NASA is currently preparing to return to the Moon through its upcoming Artemis space program. With five Apollo missions having preceded this one, scientists had also discovered a mysterious set of footprints that did not...

Asteroid discovery: space rock on extremely close approach photographed by scientist

Oct 20, 2020 07:42 am UTC| Science

Yesterday, October 19, an asteroid made a safe fly-by when it approached Earth. An astronomer was able to capture the rock as it traveled through space and towards our planet. The asteroid that NASA has referred to as...

NASA news: Expert warns of China's increasing dominance in future space exploration

Oct 19, 2020 09:45 am UTC| Science

In recent years, more countries are beginning to branch out into potential space exploration, among them being China. As NASA gears up for its upcoming space missions, a scientist has warned that Chinas own space agency is...

Climate change discovery: Changing global temperatures may have been the cause of human extinction in the past

Oct 19, 2020 09:10 am UTC| Science Nature

Climate change today is becoming more and more of a problem that the toll it has taken on the environment has become more evident especially in recent years. Aside from leading to the extinction of certain species of...

NASA discovery: New study suggests Moon once protected Earth from solar rays

Oct 16, 2020 07:12 am UTC| Science

Earth has often been hit by solar rays and solar radiation, but the atmosphere has protected us from the intense and dangerous amount of radiation given by the sun. A new study by NASA, however, suggests that at some point...