SPACE

Gordon Shepherd and his colleague Young-Min Cho, atmospheric scientists at York University, have discovered via a study that waves above planet Earth could have caused a “Nocturnal Sun.”

Ritwik Roy Jun 25, 2017

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s space mission dreams have received new wings. His Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will be launching way more missions than it launched in the whole of 2016. SpaceX has just successfully fired up another Falcon 9 rocket, the eighth time in a year.

Ritwik Roy Jun 24, 2017

Research carried out by the Georgia Institute of Technology has revealed Uranus’ weird side. The planet is full of oddities, which is already known to scientists.

Ritwik Roy Jun 24, 2017

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks on May 6 in Australia as well as in the US. It is active from April 19 to May 28, 2017.

Janice Somosot Apr 27, 2017

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on Saturday, April 22, with about 10-20 meteors expected to fall per hour. The Lyrids shower will last until Tuesday, April 25.

Janice Somosot Apr 19, 2017

NASA's newest atomic clock may eventually help future astronauts get more precise calculations of data about their spacecraft.

Rhenn Taguiam Mar 23, 2017

A pair of astrophysicists have speculated that Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) may have come from an extraterrestrial civilisation.

Rhenn Taguiam Mar 22, 2017

The music of the late singer Chuck Berry will be flying through interstellar space on NASA's Voyager 1 golden record.

Judy Cordova Mar 22, 2017

The sky is proving itself a triple threat on Friday, Feb. 10.

Ana Maria Luide Pieraz Feb 09, 2017

This will be the first solar eclipse visible from contiguous United States in almost 40 years.

Ana Maria Luide Pieraz Dec 30, 2016

A Harvard University scientist has said that Earth is slowly turning into a red barren and lifeless land just like Mars.

Garima Satija Dec 24, 2016

More December sky shows are set to happen this week including the Ursid meteor shower, December 2016 solstice and a vivid Jupiter alongside a waning crescent moon.

Alvin Alcalde Dec 19, 2016

The astrological event -- which believers have reasoned for various changes and communication shortages -- will kick off again in a few days.

Ana Maria Luide Pieraz Dec 14, 2016

Check out how and when to best view in Australia 2016's mid-December sky shows highlighted by the Geminid meteor shower and supermoon.

Alvin Alcalde Dec 08, 2016

The Solar Dynamics Observatory of NASA has released a picture that shows various features of sun making it look like a face with crooked smile.

Garima Satija Dec 06, 2016

Virgin Galactic's founder Sir Richard Branson witnessed the successful free flight of its brand new VSS Unity on Saturday.

Michelle Mapa Dec 05, 2016

NASA has launched hunt for a space poop genius. The organisation is desperate to have an effective waste management mechanism for use by 2020.

Lissy Verghese Nov 28, 2016

On Aug. 21, 2017, parts of the world will get to experience a total solar eclipse.

Ana Maria Luide Pieraz Nov 14, 2016

A few days from now, Australians will get to see one of the rarest astronomical events in history: the massive November 2016 supermoon.

Alvin Alcalde Nov 08, 2016

China successfully launched its first heavy-lift rocket, Long March 5, after 10 years of research on Thursday.

Michelle Mapa Nov 04, 2016

Australia’s Deep Space Station 43 (DSS 43), the giant 70 metre antenna dish will play a crucial in unprecedented glimpse of Jupiter. It will lock on to NASA’s Juno probe on Sunday night it navigates Jupiter’s thick toxic clouds n an attempt to uncover more clues as the origins of our solar system.

Ritwik Roy Aug 26, 2016

A “second Earth,” orbiting our planet’s closest star may have the right conditions to sustain alien life forms, astronomers have revealed. The mystery world spotted by experts at the European Southern Observatory may finally answer if we are alone in the universe. The planet circles the “goldilocks zone” of Proxima Centauri, the red dwarf star just four light years away.

Ritwik Roy Aug 25, 2016

Astronomers have spotted a young star, almost 11,000 light years away, that can help scientists understand how massive stars in our Universe form. The young star is still gathering materials from its parent molecular cloud and is currently 30 times the mass of the sun. When it finally reaches adulthood, it will be even more massive.

Ritwik Roy Aug 23, 2016

In a world-first study, Australian researchers have calculated the proportion of our suntan that comes from beyond the Milky Way. This skin-tanning, natural radiation comes not from the sun but distant hungry black holes and stars and is known as intergalactic solarium. This alien radiation is also known as extra-galactic background light that that gives the tan. This alien light well beyond our galaxy helps beachgoers get that tanned bronze.

Ritwik Roy Aug 13, 2016

NASA thinks Venus may have looked like Earth once. It was a planet capable of life, with a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperature for up to two billion years.

Ritwik Roy Aug 12, 2016

Australian researchers are taking a historic step forward as the Qb-50 project is set to launch its first Aussie mini-satellites in space from International Space Station (ISS) next year. The project will study Earth’s thermosphere as it is the least-understood layer of our atmosphere. Researchers from three Australian universities are getting ready to make history as they prepare to measure the density and temperature of plasma in that region.

Ritwik Roy Aug 09, 2016

Astronomers have reportedly discovered the most-desolate place in the Milky Way. The vast expanse right at the centre could well be a cosmic desert that is completely devoid of young stars. The new study by the international team of researchers promises to better the understanding of the entire Milky Way.

Ritwik Roy Aug 03, 2016

It will be a double delight for stargazers as North Wales would allow them a chance to not only witness the Perseid meteor shower but also spot Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury this August. The five planets would be aligned along with the famous Perseid meteor shower, a perfect treat for stargazers.

Ritwik Roy Aug 02, 2016

New reports on asteroid Bennu suggest that Earth won’t be hit. The odds of the asteroid hitting earth are 1 in 2,700 and it would take 150 years to do so. Moreover, to reach the odds, Bennu would have to be gravitationally nudged from its current course when it passes between Earth and moon.

Ritwik Roy Aug 02, 2016