Space
Odd Asteroid in Wrong-way Orbit Around Sun Came From Deep Space
May 24, 2018, 8:41 pm EDT
An asteroid orbiting backwards around the sun is thought to have come from interstellar space.
NASA Launches Satellites That Monitor Earth's Water Cycle
May 23, 2018, 2:39 pm EDT
NASA plans on tracking the movement of water around Earth in new space mission.
Students Build Liquid Methane Rocket
May 19, 2018, 6:46 am EDT
Purdue Space Program students build their first-ever liquid methane rocket.
It’s the Fastest-Growing Black Hole in Universe
May 17, 2018, 2:06 am EDT
Researchers in Australia find the fastest-growing black hole in the universe. It’s so big, it gobbles the mass equivalent of our sun every two days.
NASA Plans to Send a Helicopter to Mars in 2020
May 16, 2018, 3:39 pm EDT
After years of research and development, the Mars Helicopter will join the Mars 2020 rover mission, making history.
NASA Observes Unique Magnetic Explosion
May 15, 2018, 3:30 pm EDT
NASA spacecrafts witnessed a unique magnetic phenomenon for the first time.
NOAA’s GOES East Satellite Captures Full Rotation of Sun
May 11, 2018, 10:39 am EDT
As NOAA’s GOES East satellite monitors the sun’s atmosphere for solar activity, it’s able to capture amazing views like this timelapse.
New Research Shows When and How Our Sun Will Die
May 10, 2018, 8:08 pm EDT
A new study in the journal Nature Astronomy pins down how the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years.
Plane Captures Dramatic Mars Launch Scene From 5,000 Feet
May 8, 2018, 11:09 am EDT
People aboard a small plane in California get a dramatic high-altitude glimpse of the launch of NASA’s InSight Mars lander.
NASA’S InSight Launch to Mars First to Blast off From West Coast
May 5, 2018, 10:59 am EDT
An Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s InSight lander was the first to launch from the U.S. West Coast.
