Some media outlets have reported that Earth is expecting a “massive magnetic storm” on March 18. That’s wrong, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). And they would know: Not only does NOAA help people build forecasts for weather here on Earth, they also predict space weather events like geomagnetic storms. […]

China’s Mars 2020 probe is undergoing testing for atmospheric entry, descent and landing on the red planet, a researcher involved in the mission has stated. Zhou Weijiang, a researcher with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and participant in the country’s ongoing annual parliamentary sessions, told Science and Technology Daily over the weekend […]

Skygazers will once more have the chance to see a second full moon later this month. This rare phenomenon occurred back in January, and it’s happening all over again in just a few weeks. There wasn’t a full moon in February – which hasn’t happened since 1999 and won’t happen again until 2037. But by […]

Perhaps the proposal to blow up an inbound asteroid using a nuke isn’t so bizarre after all. Researchers and agencies all over the world have spent years developing concepts for redirecting or destroying any asteroid that poses a threat to Earth, and at one point we heard mention of nuclear-based destruction. While the idea was […]

However, NASA, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and two Energy Department weapons labs have decided to design and develop a spacecraft that can deliver nukes to it if it gets too close. New Delhi: Asteroid Bennu may hit Earth on September 21, 2135 but before that happens NASA has a plan to destroy it using […]

Assuming you’re not mentioned anywhere in the Voyager 1 probe’s records in interstellar space, you have an opportunity to send your name into space a different way: on a probe around the sun. This summer, NASA will be launching their Parker Solar Probe to explore the outer atmosphere of the sun in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of our local star. It’s […]

Scientists are raising their concern over the space-cruising red Tesla car. They fear that Elon Musk’s car brings a large horde of bacteria from Earth that may contaminate Mars. What Would Happen If Humans Contaminate Mars Or Other Planets? Contaminating another world is one of the things that NASA wants to avoid and for good […]

The gold-plated Oscar trophies featured in ceremonies this Sunday (March 4) have a special space connection, according to NASA. The same process that coats the trophies will also help the agency’s $8.9 billion James Webb Space Telescope look at faraway galaxies, NASA officials said. Gold is a useful substance in space because it doesn’t tarnish. It reflects […]

Make the most of any clear skies near the end of the first week of this month as you don’t want to miss 2017 VR12, a space rock the size of The Shard in London that hurtles past our planet less than four lunar distances away on 7 March. Predicted to exceed magnitude +12 at its closest, this near-Earth asteroid […]

There’s an eerie and incredibly rare phenomenon witnessed by few that has long puzzled scientists: ball lightning. These flashes, which typically appear in the evenings during thunderstorms and look like small, bright spheres, have gone mostly unexplained aside from some theories. But now, using some of the most mind-bending physics around, physicists think that they’ve recreated […]