NASA updates policies to protect the moon and Mars from human germs that may hitchhike on astronauts in a bid to not contaminate samples returning to Earth NASA is set to send crewed missions to the moon in 2024 and Mars in the 2030s The agency is updating its policies that protect outer space from human … Read more
NASA has started work on a spaceship that will be sent to explore a metal-rich asteroid called Psyche that could be worth more than $10,000 quadrillion. There are so many precious metals buried within the asteroid that it could make every single person on Earth a billionaire if it were to be returned to the planet. … Read more
First stop Venus! NASA proposes using the planet to slingshot the first crewed Mars mission to save fuel and time NASA is eyeing the 2030s for the first crewed mission to Mars Now, scientist propose astronauts do a fly by of Venus along the way Astronauts could use Venus’s gravity to slingshot the craft towards … Read more
NASA has shared an amazing video showing a 70ft oxygen tank that will form part of the rocket designed to fly to the Moon being blown apart by ‘crippling forces’. The agency destroyed part of its Space Launch System (SLS) to see how well it would cope under the sort of forces it would experience … Read more
Stunning ‘fluffy galaxy’ 67 million light-years away from Earth is spotted by NASA’s Hubble telescope Galaxy NGC 2275 and is located around 67 million light-years from Earth It can be found in the constellation of Cancer and appears to be ‘fluffy’ Feathery appearance is likely a sign that the galaxy has been quiet for some time … Read more
Caught in the Act! Astronomers spot ‘firework streamers’ 8,000 light-years from Earth celebrating the birth of a massive star cluster Astronomers witness ‘firework streamers’ in space, 8,000 light-years away They spotted formation of a new star cluster, which takes a million years The Actacama Large Millimeter captured gas forming individual stars NASA’s Hubble revealed a group … Read more
Stunning image from NASA satellite shows ‘burn scar’ visible from space at the site of Bighorn Fire in Arizona NASA revealed a new satellite photo showing devastation from the Bighorn Fire The fire broke out in Arizona in early June and spread over 48 square miles It left a ‘burn scar’ in the mountains outside … Read more
The Moon has a bonanza of metals like iron and titanium deep below its surface, according to NASA, raising questions over a long held formation theory. The leading theory claims that the Moon formed out of the wreckage created when a Mars-sized planet called Theia collided with the young Earth 4.5 billion years ago. If … Read more
It may look like a TIE Fighter in a galaxy far, far away, but a NASA image is the International Space Station in transit across our nearest star. A photographer captured the craft moving about five miles per second across the glowing sun at approximately 1:15pm ET in June 24 from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Joel Kowsky, … Read more
What does space smell like? Firm recreates the aroma as a fragrance based on accounts from NASA astronauts who say it is a mixture of seared steak, raspberries and rum NASA created the smell of space in a lab back in 2008 to train astronauts The scent has been locked away for nearly a decade … Read more