During a spacewalk around the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara accidentally released their toolbox, and the floating kit might be visible from Earth. The astronauts spent six hours and 42 minutes conducting maintenance work outside the ISS. Unfortunately, a satchel-sized bag containing tools floated away, now orbiting the Earth ahead of the space station. The incident was captured on camera … Continue reading Astronaut’s toolbag orbits Earth after escaping during spacewalk

The Taurid meteor shower is not yet concluded, as one of its two streams is poised to peak this weekend. During the peak activity of the Northern Taurids, a minor annual meteor shower, observers might witness the spectacle of bright meteors streaking across the night sky. While the Southern Taurids reached their peak on November 5, the Northern Taurids are anticipated to reach their peak … Continue reading Northern Taurid meteor shower could soon produce extra-bright meteors

On November 11, as the International Space Station soared over central Brazil at an altitude exceeding 262 miles, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully and autonomously docked with the station’s Harmony module at 5:07 a.m. EST. NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara oversaw the operations from the station. The Dragon was launched as part of SpaceX’s 29th contracted commercial resupply mission for NASA at … Continue reading SpaceX Dragon Docks to Station With Crucial Supplies and Science Cargo

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, launched in October 2021 with a mission to explore Jupiter’s asteroids, captured an image of a smaller asteroid near Mars last week, yielding an unexpected revelation for scientists. The asteroid, dubbed Dinkinesh, which Lucy photographed, has unveiled a fascinating secret: it possesses a diminutive moon in orbit. This revelation came to light during Lucy’s close encounter with Dinkinesh within Mars’ primary asteroid … Continue reading NASA surprised to discover ‘dinky’ moon orbiting asteroid in close flyby

Researchers have uncovered the most ancient black hole to date, a colossal celestial entity that took shape a mere 470 million years following the occurrence of the Big Bang. The outcomes of this revelation, published on Monday, affirm long-standing theories that supermassive black holes were in existence at the inception of the universe. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory collaborated over … Continue reading Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

In our solar system, the diminutive rocky planet Mercury maintains its position as the closest body to the scorching sun, subject to unrelenting solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. Recent findings from astronomers, utilizing data collected by NASA’s now-retired Kepler space telescope, have unveiled a star in our Milky Way galaxy, encircled by a staggering seven planets, all enduring … Continue reading Astronomers find seven planets being ‘fried’ by their star

On Sunday, NASA initiated the launch of a new sounding rocket with the primary aim of investigating a celestial occurrence within the Cygnus Loop. This particular event pertains to a supernova remnant that transpired approximately 20,000 years ago. The Cygnus Loop is located at a distance of around 2,600 light years from our planet. The sounding rocket mission, bearing the name “Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscope … Continue reading NASA launches mission to 20,000-year-old supernova remnant to understand life cycle of stars

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have, for the very first time, utilized data from the Keck II telescope to identify the presence of an infrared aurora on the planet Uranus. This remarkable finding has the potential to provide crucial insights into the enigmatic characteristics of the magnetic fields within our solar system’s planets, and it might also offer an explanation for why a planet as … Continue reading Uranus has a weird infrared aurora

Aboard China’s Shenzhou 16 mission, astronauts have been engaged in an intriguing experiment involving the cultivation of vegetables on the Tiangong space station. This initiative forms a crucial part of their preparations for future deep space exploration. The mission, under the command of Jing Haipeng, along with novice astronauts Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, has been in residence on Tiangong since late May. They are … Continue reading Chinese astronauts harvest tomatoes, lettuce in space

The final component of NASA’s inaugural two-way laser communication relay system is poised to make its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Known as the ILLUMA-T terminal, this device, roughly the size of a large chest, will be loaded into the cargo hold of a Cargo Dragon spacecraft as part of SpaceX’s CRS-29 resupply mission, tentatively scheduled for November 5 or later. Once delivered … Continue reading SpaceX to launch final piece of NASA’s 1st two-way laser communications relay

During a recent spacewalk, one of the cosmonauts was struck on the visor by a contaminated tether as a pair of International Space Station (ISS) crew members ventured outside the station to investigate a radiator with a leak. The spacewalk was broadcast live on NASA TV, and the astronauts had multiple tasks to complete, with the focal point being the investigation of the radiator leak … Continue reading Spacewalk turns into space work as cosmonauts grapple with ISS leak

A recent space image has garnered considerable interest and raised intriguing questions. On September 7, 2023, NASA’s Juno mission snapped a picture of an area within one of Jupiter’s northern regions known as Jet N7, as reported by NASA. This image, portraying clouds and storms, drew the curiosity of scientists engaged in their studies, Fox News reported. NASA explained that the cloud formations on Jupiter … Continue reading NASA spacecraft snaps ‘face figure’ on Jupiter during close flyby of the planet

A colossal comet, known informally as the “Devil Comet,” is hurtling towards Earth following an unpredictable outburst earlier this year. This comet, officially designated as 12P/Pons-Brooks, has captivated astronomers for centuries and is set to become visible from Earth in April 2024, marking its first appearance in 71 years. “Pons-Brooks was first discovered in 1812 and this will be its fourth time coming around,” Quanzhi … Continue reading Mystery ‘Devil Comet’ Possibly the Size of Manhattan Is Nearing Earth

Last week, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars took a notable journey. Weighing in at 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms), Ingenuity embarked on its 63rd flight on Mars, which took place on Thursday, October 19. During this flight, it covered an impressive distance of 1,901 feet (579 meters). As announced by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the team responsible for overseeing Ingenuity’s mission, this marked … Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter aces longest Mars flight in 18 months

SpaceX is set to conduct launches for the European Space Agency (ESA), deploying four navigation satellites. This development comes as ESA faces ongoing delays in the deployment of their own next-generation launch vehicles. The initial report was provided by The Wall Street Journal, and earlier this summer, Politico noted that the European Commission had been exploring options beyond their borders for a launcher for the … Continue reading SpaceX to launch European navigation satellites as EU launchers stall

Jupiter became one of the initial focal points for the James Webb Space Telescope when it first turned its infrared gaze toward the cosmos in July 2022. Following the capture of breathtaking images that exceeded astronomers’ expectations, this space observatory has now unveiled an entirely unprecedented aspect of the gas giant’s atmosphere. Utilizing Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), researchers conducted a series of image captures of … Continue reading Webb telescope spots never-before-seen feature in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Lunar dust gathered by the Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has led to a groundbreaking revelation: the moon’s age is 40 million years greater than previously thought. During their mission on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, following their moon landing, collected a variety of rocks and lunar dust. In a recent examination of these lunar samples, zircon crystals were … Continue reading Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronauts reveals moon’s true age

While Jupiter’s oceanic moons often steal the spotlight due to their potential for habitability, Io, the unruly volcanic moon of Jupiter, stands in a category of its own. There exists nothing comparable to it within the Solar System, and NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently captured fresh images of this volcanic satellite during its closest encounter to date. Io holds the position as Jupiter’s third-largest moon and … Continue reading Juno Completes its Closest Flyby of Io Yet

Astronomers have identified a perplexing surge of radio waves that has traversed a span of 8 billion years to reach Earth. This fast radio burst stands as one of the most remote and high-energy occurrences ever recorded. Fast radio bursts, commonly known as FRBs, represent brief, millisecond-long outbursts of radio waves whose origins remain a mystery, CNN reported. The first FRB was uncovered in 2007, … Continue reading 8 billion-year-old radio signal reaches Earth

A NASA spacecraft, with a budget of $1.2 billion, has been launched from Florida today, embarking on a journey spanning 3.6 billion kilometers to reach a metal-rich asteroid unlike any previously studied by scientists. This extraordinary space rock is known as Psyche and stands as the largest metallic object within the Solar System. Researchers believe that Psyche may represent the core of a planet that … Continue reading NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to this huge metal asteroid

After spending over a year in space, Frank Rubio is now readjusting to the pull of gravity that Earthlings experience. Rubio shared at a news conference held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that “Walking hurts a little bit the first few days, the soles of your feet and lower back,” He went on to explain, “I think there is a certain level … Continue reading US Astronaut Gets Used to Earth After Record-Setting 371 Days in Space

Throughout the Americas, people turned their gaze to the skies on Saturday, in hopes of witnessing a rare celestial event known as the annular solar eclipse. Referred to as the “ring of fire,” this phenomenon was observable in various parts of the United States, Mexico, and numerous countries in South and Central America, as confirmed by NASA. Omar Lopez, who observed this extraordinary spectacle from … Continue reading Rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse dazzles people across Americas

For the first time, astronomers have observed the lingering radiance from a cataclysmic collision between two colossal planets that occurred in a distant, sun-like star system. This event is thought to have obliterated a pair of ice giant planets that collided, generating a shower of debris and giving rise to a hot, spinning object, possibly hundreds of times larger than Earth. “It would be very … Continue reading Afterglow of cataclysmic collision between two planets seen for first time

The launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission has been postponed to 10:19 a.m. EDT on Friday, October 13th, due to inclement weather approaching from the Gulf of Mexico. Originally, NASA’s Psyche probe, designed to investigate a metal asteroid with the same name, was set to launch on Thursday morning, October 12th, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. … Continue reading Bad weather delays SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission

A remarkably preserved asteroid sample, akin to a time capsule from the early stages of our solar system, has been unveiled. According to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, the collected rocks and dust contain water and a significant amount of carbon. This discovery implies that asteroids may have transported the fundamental elements necessary for life to Earth, CNN reported. The sample is found to contain nearly … Continue reading Unprecedented asteroid sample contains ‘crucial elements,’ NASA says