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Japanese moon mission makes ‘hard landing’

The Japanese-made lander took off for the Moon on a SpaceX rocket late last year. A Moon-landing mission spearheaded by a Tokyo-based tech firm appears...

Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration mobility rover

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Group announced on Thursday that it has begun developing a lunar exploration mobility rover in cooperation with several South...

US military drone spotted UFO over Middle East – Pentagon

The “metallic orb” is the first detected by an unmanned craft. The Pentagon on Wednesday declassified a video shot by a US MQ-9 Reaper drone...

NASA responds to Ukraine’s satellite claim

A glow in the sky seen from Kiev was not connected to a satellite about to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere, the US space agency...

‘We’ve got aliens living on this planet’ – India’s first cosmonaut

The real “aliens” are those who destroy our planet for personal gain, Rakesh Sharma told RT. Traveling to space aboard a Soviet rocket made Rakesh...

NASA names moon mission crew

Three Americans and a Canadian will eventually embark on a trip to lunar orbit NASA names moon mission crew. The US space agency announced on Monday...

Black hole ‘bigger than the majority of galaxies in the universe’ discovered

The celestial phenomenon is estimated to have a mass more than 30 billions times that of the Sun. An ‘ultramassive’ black hole described as being...

Riddle of mysterious interstellar traveler’s acceleration potentially solved in new study

Having been detected on its way out of our system, 'Oumuamua exhibited a number of peculiar properties, such as non-gravitational acceleration that apparently wasn’t...

Planet smashes record for most moons in solar system

Jupiter moves ahead of the pack after the discovery of more natural satellites. Jupiter has officially become the planet with the most moons in the...

Buzz Aldrin ties knot at 93

Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, who was among the first people to set foot on the lunar surface, got married late last week. US astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’...

China could claim parts of Moon – NASA

Beijing’s space program has achieved "enormous success" over the past decade, agency chief Bill Nelson acknowledges. China may try to gain control of the most...

Stunning Image of Distant Nebula Released by European Astronomers

The nebula seen in the ESO's image is located hundreds of light years away from Earth in the constellation Monoceros. As 2022 draws to a...

Mysterious Temperature Patterns Uncovered in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

The researchers now seek to determine why the temperature patterns occur on the "particular timescales" they take place. A team of researchers led by Glenn...

Pentagon’s mystery space drone X-37B sets record

The X-37B reusable spacecraft has touched down in Florida after spending 908 days in orbit. The US military’s secretive X-37B unmanned spacecraft has touched down...

NASA confirms discovery of Challenger debris

A piece of the spaceship that exploded after launch in 1986 was found off the coast of Florida. A section of the space shuttle Challenger...

Final module docks at Chinese space station

Beijing plans to complete the construction of Tiangong by the end of the year. The third and final module docked with China’s Tiangong station in...

Scientists discover ‘planet-killer’ asteroid threatening Earth

An asteroid discovered by a group of American scientists is the largest potentially hazardous one found in over eight years. A giant asteroid could potentially...

US probe sheds light on UFO mystery – NYT

A classified report allegedly concluded that most sightings are attributable to trash in the sky or foreign spying aircraft. The lion’s share of unidentified flying...

Watch: Starlink spotted over Mt. Maunganui

The Elon Musk venture provides internet connectivity for over 40 countries. https://twitter.com/HaydenBOP/status/1578287553366884352?s=20&t=uMLyIxEari0Gl8uQ1rexQA Starlink is operated by Musk company SpaceX. According to Wikipedia: 'As of September 2022, Starlink consists...

NASA again delays launch of moon rocket

With a tropical storm tracking toward Florida, the US space agency has postponed its Artemis 1 mission for the third time. NASA has delayed the...

Venus’ Movement on Opposite Side of Sun Caught on Video

The planet’s appearance in a video appears to be the result of being observed via an instrument designed to look at less bright cosmic...

Musk praises Starlink expansion

Satellite service is available “on all continents” – but not in countries disliked by the US government. Starlink founder Elon Musk announced on Monday that...

Bezos spaceship encounters ‘anomaly’

Blue Origin's rocket exploded shortly after launch from Texas. A Blue Origin space launch from Texas on Monday went horribly wrong as the booster rocket...

Pentagon explains why it hides UFO videos

The Navy appears to acknowledge it has additional footage, but cites national security concerns in declining to release it. The US military has said it...

Watch: Spectacular footage of Earth rising over the moon

Japanese lunar obiter probe Kaguya takes stunning video of our home planet rising on the surface of the moon from below the horizon. https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1555903862833385472?s=20&t=i2A4gj-MUNV9z_v_GEPGfQ  

Watch: UFO or Hoax? Strange ‘Sphere’ Caught on Camera in California Sky

If an eyewitness’ account is to be believed, the “sphere” remained “stationary” in the sky for about 15 minutes before “vertically ascending.” Yet another strange...

NASA unveils first photo from the James Webb Space Telescope

The image is the ‘deepest and sharpest’ shot of the universe to date, space agency reported. NASA has revealed the first photo captured with the...

NASA joins UFO hunt

The US space agency seeks to demystify the unidentified aerial phenomena. NASA has officially commissioned a study to analyze all existing evidence and develop proper...

Biden and Musk spar over moon mission

The US president has taunted the maker of NASA’s moon lander. US President Joe Biden and billionaire Elon Musk exchanged jibes over the economy and...

Representative Brad Wenstrup Details Congressional UFO Report

In 2021, the Pentagon released a report that described eyewitness accounts and sensor data of 144 unexplained aerial phenomena. Former National Intelligence Director John...

Mysterious Mars ‘doorway’ explained

The bizarre structure is a naturally occurring phenomenon, geologists say. A photograph taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars that resembles a doorway cut into...

James Webb Space Telescope’s Optical Alignment Deemed ‘Perfect’ by NASA After Capturing Stunning Test Pics

The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) was launched on Christmas Day - nearly five months ago. The $10 billion project is a large infrared telescope...

NASA may provoke alien invasion, scientists warn

Oxford researchers are reportedly concerned that the US agency’s effort to communicate with extraterrestrials could be dangerous. Scientists at the UK’s Oxford University have reportedly...

Largest comet ever spotted moves towards Solar System

The traveling space rock is roughly 80 miles wide. The biggest comet ever recorded by astronomers is approaching the Solar System, researchers have said. The C/2014...

Bubble-Like Circle in Intergalactic Space Could Be Evidence of Death of Lone Rogue Star, Says Study

Most of the stars in the Universe are caught up in galaxies, separated by vast distances called intergalactic space, where only the occasional solitary...

New Study Suggests Solution to Black Hole Information Paradox: Wormholes

The concept of a "wormhole" was first suggested by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen in 1935. According to them, it is a theoretical "bridge"...

Earth being buzzed by Trojan asteroid

Scientists have confirmed the existence of the space object following the planet’s path. In a paper published in the Nature Communications journal on Tuesday, researchers...

Rare ‘missing link’ black hole found – study

An intermediate-mass black hole located in the nearby Andromeda Galaxy fills a ‘large gap’ in the understanding of the cosmic objects. Astronomers have discovered a...

‘Death Star’ moon could be another place hosting life

Saturn’s moon of Mimas is likely hiding an ocean under its surface where alien life could be found, scientists said. The number of places to...

Mystery on Moon’s dark side solved

Chinese rover got close-up shot of ‘mysterious’ lunar object. A Chinese rover has finally made it close enough to explore an oddly-shaped object spotted on...

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