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
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has been delayed again and won’t launch until July 30 ‘at the earliest’ due to problems with the launch vehicle, according to the space agency. This is the second time the launch has been delayed in the past week – it was originally due to set off on July 17 but … Read more
NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken begin seven-hour spacewalk to replace ageing batteries on the International Space Station The spacewalk is the latest in a series of mission to replace ageing batteries Cassidy and Behnken will swap out nickel-hydrogen batteries for lithium-ion It is the 229th spacewalk from the ISS and the eighths walk … Read more
NASA designs necklace that simulates a nudge when a person attempts to touch their face to help limit the spread of the coronavirus NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is helping people avoid hand to face contact The agency’s wearable omits a pulse when the wearer tries to touch their face It has a proximity sensor and … Read more