NASA said on Friday that had it successfully performed a ‘very risky’ maneuver and successfully switched the Hubble Space Telescope to its backup computer, which could pave the way for it to resume full operations soon. In an update, the US space agency said the switch ‘was performed to compensate for a problem with the … Read more
NASA has released a ‘starship captain’ point of view of Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede, in a series of images captured by the Juno probe before and after making its 34th flyby of the gas giant. The stunning images of Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, were snapped on June 7, when the … Read more
NASA Administrator and former astronaut Bill Nelson believes it’s likely that humans will get some kind of indication that intelligent life outside of our own exists in the universe. The 78-year-old former US Senator told CNBC’s Shepard Smith that it’s likely that life exists in the universe, pointing to its age and expanse as potential reasons … Read more
Methane gas on Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, could indicate microscopic life, a new study claims. Data gathered by NASA‘s no-longer-operational Cassini spacecraft reveals traces of the gas from an unknown origin, according to the study authors. It could be the result of a process called methanogenesis – the formation of methane by microbes known as methanogens, they … Read more
The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Launched from Cape Canaveral on March 7th 2009, the Kepler telescope has helped in the search for planets outside of the solar system. It … Read more
The search for life on other planets has captivated mankind for decades. But the reality could be a little less like the Hollywood blockbusters, scientists have revealed. They say if there was life on the red planet, it probably will present itself as fossilized bacteria – and have proposed a new way to look for … Read more
Earth-like planets could be hiding in solar systems with Star Wars-style double-suns because telescopes can’t see past brightness of the stars, study finds A new study suggests there could be more Earth-sized planets that are part of two star systems The planets could be hidden by the glare of the stars they orbit Seventy-three of … Read more
We are not alone in the universe, according to NASA official and former astronaut Bill Nelson. Nelson’s statement comes just days after the Pentagon was unable to offer an explanation for UFOs spotted by US military personnel in a newly-declassified report released on Friday, which confirmed at least 144 cases of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) sightings. … Read more
Clay minerals collected in Gale Crater on Mars suggests the Red Planet may have been habitable for up to a million of years Scientists analyzed clay samples collected on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity in 2016 The team says the samples are consistent with glauconitic clays on Earth Glauconitic is an iron potassium phyllosilicate mineral and a … Read more
The Hubble Space Telescope’s problems have worsened, as NASA said the backup computer is also malfunctioning, nearly two weeks after issues with the telescope first arose. In a statement released late Friday, the US space agency said that preliminary tests done on June 23 and 24 showed that the backup computer suffered the same malfunction … Read more