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Technology The World

7. April 2025

Saturn: the New Moon King of Our Solar System

Astronomers have identified an additional 128 moons orbiting Saturn, bringing its total to 274, and the second largest planet in our solar system now largely outpaces Jupiter in the largest number of moons.

Environment

Environment The World

1. February 2025

Our Planets Are Putting on an Ultra-Rare “Show”!

In a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, seven planets are set to line up in what is being called a "planetary parade."

Technology

Technology USA

18. March 2024

Record Amount of Rock Samples Collected to Discover an Asteroid’s Origins

Over 120 grams of pebbles and small rocks have been collected from the asteroid Bennu's surface, and astrophysicists hope to further their understanding of planetary formation, the origin of water on Earth, and even the building blocks of life itself.

Technology

Technology Canada

26. January 2024

One “Year” Takes Just 11 Days in This Newly-Discovered Exoplanet

A group of astronomers affiliated with Université de Montréal, Canada, discovered an exoplanet where, like in the 2014 movie Interstellar, a year takes a fraction of the time it takes the Earth to orbit our Sun.

Technology

Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conduct a successful, 251-second hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023

Technology USA

21. January 2024

A Milestone in Space Exploration Through a 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

An innovative propulsion system developed by NASA has produced enough thrust to set a spacecraft on course in outer space, meaning that the agency is one step closer to making the Moon to Mars vision a reality.

Technology

Technology Europe

28. April 2023

Seeking Signs of Water and Life: Jupiter’s Biggest Moons Under the Microscope

Jupiter’s three largest icy moons will be the object of the European Space Agency’s latest exploration for scientists to further their knowledge of the lunar surfaces, what might lie beneath them, and discover if life ever existed on those moons.

Technology

Technology USA

20. January 2023

Our Neighbor Star Has Two Planets Where Life Could Thrive

Only 100 light-years from our solar system, a red dwarf now has a second planet that orbits in its habitable zone, a discovery that helps us understand more thoroughly red dwarfs which are abundant in our galaxy.

Technology

Technology United States

16. January 2023

NASA Confirms Existence of a Planet Outside Our Solar System!

NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope which was launched back in December 2021 has just confirmed the existence of an exoplanet.

Technology

Technology United States

29. November 2022

Look At These Mesmerizing Images of a New Star!

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just captured a new star - in a region where they believe planets may eventually form.

Technology

Technology The World

25. November 2022

Spotted By Science: Black Hole “Near” Our Planet

The recent discovery of the closest black hole to Earth just 1,600 light-years away, and roughly 10 times as massive as the sun, suggests that there might be more like this one in our galaxy from which to learn.