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NASA Says Life On Mars Is Currently Impossible
NASA Says Life On Mars Is Currently Impossible Despite the fact that we haven’t been back to the moon in over 45 years some people already have their eyes set on something much bigger. Namely, Mars. Our neighbouring red planet is clearly an object of interest for many. Particularly since…
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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Orbiting Around Jupiter
More Moons for Jupiter Astronomy researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science recently announced their discovery of 12 additional moons orbiting Jupiter. This brings up the total number of Jupiter’s natural satellites to a whopping 79, by far the largest of any planet in our solar system. Only 16 are…
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Curiosity Rover Takes Selfie On The Surface Of Mars
Mars Curiosity Rover Takes Amazing Selfie In The Middle Of A Storm The exploration of the surface of Mars is a difficult process. Not only is there the terrain to work around, but there’s also the exceptionally harsh climate. That doesn’t, however, mean that our rovers on the surface can’t…
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Jeff Bezos Says Industry Will Have To Move To Other Planets
Jeff Bezos Predicts That Industry Will Have To Be Taken off Planet Earth Usually the leading figures in the technology and industrial scene predict that killer robots will kill us all. I’m fairly sure that Jezz Bezos might have made that prediction himself. It seems, however, that he now has…
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NASA Spacecraft Takes Photo of 200,000 Stars
NASA Planet Hunter TESS satellite takes an amazing picture of 200,000 stars Last year, as part of a Rocket 9 launch, NASA sent the TESS satellite into space. It’s mission, to hunt out planets. Ideally ones similar to our own. Having just completed an orbit of the moon as…
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Flat Earth Theorist Suggests Australia Is A Fake Country
Flat Earth Theory Suggests Australia Is A Fake Country I would freely admit that Britain has a bit of a questionable past when it comes to the Empire and the Colonies in the world. We are in Britain a little more tolerant these days, but a Flat Earth theory suggests…
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Nine Years of Data Go Into Award Winning Picture of the Universe
A picture has won an award for being a representation of the Universe in its infancy If we avoid a lot of the more contentious religious arguments, how the universe was formed is a subject that has confounded the human species for a long time. Well, someone thinks that they…
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NASA Find A Planet So Awful That Scientists Didn’t Believe It
NASA discovers a planet so completely inhospitable that scientists didn’t believe it could exist How are you coping with the winter weather? The recent cold snap has had us all reaching for our coats. That, however, is nothing compared to what the weather is doing on planet Wasp-18b. Presumably named…
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Hidden Planet Set to (maybe) Obliterate Earth on September 23rd
The End is (probably not) Nigh! Are you looking forward to your weekend? Planning on having a good time? Well, hopefully, you won’t let the apocalypse get in your way. Yes, another doomsday prediction is approaching. So, is it time to repent your sins or is this just another crackpot…
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NASA To Deploy 10 SmallSat Missions to Explore Solar System
NASA plans to launch 10 ambitious projects that will explore the various celestial bodies our solar system. These missions usually cost a lot more as they required the launch of large satellites equipped with powerful instruments but advancements in satellite technology have made it possible to send out much smaller…
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Juno Returns The First Photos From Jupiter
NASA is keen on pursuing its mission to outer space and Juno is just the latest way for them to not only fly through but picture our solar system in ways we’ve never managed before. Juno has managed to send back the first photos since it began orbiting Jupiter last…
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NASA To Offer Virtual Mars Walks Using Hololens
We may be a number of years off the first humans walking on Mars, but NASA plans to give us a sneak peek at what it may be like to walk on the Red Planet. Their new exhibit, named “Destination: Mars” has them teaming up with Microsoft to let visitors…
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Ceres Looks Amazing in NASA’s New Fly-By Video
NASA released a beautiful new video that shows a fly-by of the dwarf planet Ceres, so if you came here hoping for a video on the Danish beer named Ceres, you’re out of luck. This is however much better and shows a very close fly-by of this tiny planetary object. The…
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A Look At Time Magazines Selected Space Images Of 2015
Long lasting American magazine “Time” has recently announced a selected list of 55 space images that have captured the imagination of readers and experts alike, below is a look at just a few of these amazing and awe-inspiring pics. Below is a fantastic image that was captured by The Hubble…
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A Visual Photographic Collage Of China’s Air Pollution
China’s air quality is poor to say the least, recent reports of families having to use an air purifier in their own homes to avoid breathing the air is quite shocking. The atmosphere in China has become worse over time to the point whereby it is difficult to recall a…
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