Mars mission: NASA administrator says agency will send the first humans to the red planet by 2030

Jul 22, 2020 04:04 am UTC| Science

NASA is in the process of preparing for its upcoming Mars missions, with other space agencies hoping to do the same and make a touchdown on the red planet. The agencys administrator Jim Bridenstine revealed that NASA will...

Asteroid alert: NASA confirms dates of potentially hazardous asteroids that will approach Earth

Jul 22, 2020 03:42 am UTC| Science

NASA is closely keeping tabs on any and all asteroids that come within the Earths neighborhood. The agency has recently revealed the date of approach of a number of potentially hazardous asteroids that are set to pass by...

UAE Mars mission: extraordinary feat shows how space exploration can benefit small nations

Jul 21, 2020 14:02 pm UTC| Science

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed Al Amal, or Hope, from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on July 20. This is the first space mission by the UAE, and the first Arab...

Oxford immunologist working on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look highly promising

Jul 21, 2020 14:01 pm UTC| Science

A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if were to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. Were now one step closer to that goal. Today, we published early results from our...

Are the Earth's magnetic poles about to swap places? Strange anomaly gives reassuring clue

Jul 21, 2020 14:00 pm UTC| Science

Deep inside the Earth, liquid iron is flowing and generating the Earths magnetic field, which protects our atmosphere and satellites against harmful radiation from the Sun. This field changes over time, and also behaves...

Asteroids: NASA releases photo of two giant rocks flying in the asteroid belt

Jul 21, 2020 08:00 am UTC| Science

As certain asteroids are known to be making their way towards Earth, NASA has released a new photo showing two particularly large asteroids within the asteroid belt. These two asteroids are shown to be potentially...

NASA's dangerous plan should Apollo 11 mission go wrong revealed in new book

Jul 21, 2020 07:33 am UTC| Science

This week was the 51st anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, where the US placed the first men on the moon back in 1969. According to Jim Donovan in his new book titled Shoot for the Moon, NASA had a very...