NASA shares image of the moon’s shadow over the Arctic during last month’s solar eclipse that looks like a smudge NASA shared an of the moon’s shadow hovering over the Arctic during last month’s solar eclipse The image was taken June 10 by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera This instrument is on NOAA’s Deep … Read more
The inner structure of the planet Mars has been revealed thanks to the NASA InSight lander, showing the size of the core, mantle and crust for the first time. Using data on ‘marsquakes’ experienced by the NASA robot, were able to find evidence of three layers of crust stretching down 41 miles below the surface. … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance rover has officially started its search for ancient life on Mars and the US space agency will share the initial findings on Wednesday. According to a NASA statement, the $2.7 billion rover is using its seven-foot mechanical arm to analyze Martian rocks with X-rays and ultraviolet light. This allows the rover to ‘zoom … Read more
A telescope will be launched into the upper atmosphere strapped to a balloon the size of a stadium next year, and it will be able to take images that rival Hubble, scientists behind the project claim. Named the SuperBIT, it will fly up 28 miles above the Earth’s surface and circumnavigate the globe while taking … Read more
NASA has released the first images that the Hubble Space Telescope took after resuming full operations and they’re a doozy – a few different galaxies, including a rare spiral galaxy with three arms. The first object, known as ARP-MADORE2115-273, is two galaxies 297 million light-years from earth that are intertwined. ‘Astronomers had previously thought this … Read more
Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk, 82, finally achieved her dream on Tuesday when she launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket to just beyond the edge of space, and the space icon hopes to return as soon as possible. At a press briefing following the launch, Funk, now the oldest person to travel to space, was … Read more
Blue Origin made history Tuesday by launching the richest, oldest and youngest person into space aboard its New Shepard rocket, but before the aerospace firm added space tourism to its list of service it was nothing more than an idea on paper. Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 to chase down a childhood dream … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend Lauren Sanchez planted a kiss on her billionaire beau just moments after he safely returned to Earth this morning following his successful space launch. The 51-year-old was spotted hugging and kissing her Amazon founder boyfriend soon after he emerged from the capsule in Texas on Tuesday morning. Bezos, 57, could be seen hugging his mother … Read more
Mary Wallace ‘Wally’ Funk, 82, finally completed her path to the stars on Tuesday when she launched aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket to just beyond the edge of space. ‘I have waited so long for this,’ Funk said after the historical flight that took her Amazon found Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark and 18-year-old … Read more
The 2019 revelation that methane was found on Mars sent shockwaves throughout the scientific community, as almost all of the gas on Earth is produced by life. Now, scientists believe they have located the source — and it’s almost exactly where NASA‘s Curiosity rover is. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology used modeling techniques to determine … Read more