The heart of every major galaxy is said to containa supermassive black hole — a place where anything, including light, can be devoured to the point of no return. For years, scientists have struggled to capture one of these deadly…
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9 Facts About Project Blue Book, the Government’s Top-Secret UFO Program
Between 1952 and 1969, the U.S. Air Force conducted a series of studies on UFO sightings called Project Blue Book. Not only is there a new History Channel series about the program, this year also marks the 50th anniversary of…
Canada to witness Super Blood Wolf Moon Total Lunar Eclipse this weekend
Skygazers are in for a treat this weekend. On Sunday, January 20, almost exactly one year after the sighting of a Super Blue Moon lunar eclipse, Canadians will be treated to a full wolf moon creating a total lunar eclipse.…
“Super Earth,” exists
Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, two NASA interns and a team of amateur astronomers have found a new ‘super Earth’. Roughly twice the size of Earth, and known as K2-288Bb, the new world is located within its star’s…
Solar Probe Launched On SUNday Morning
If you are thinking of taking some time tonight to watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight then you might want to take a moment today to wave hi to Parker, the probe that was launched in the…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: Eugene Parker, NASA, Parker, ParkerSolarProbe, Probe, Science, Solar, Space, Sun
The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be Amazing This Weekend
If you have camping plans this weekend, you’re in luck. The annual Perseid meteor shower will be returning August 10–13, and it’s expected to be the best and brightest one in years, astrophysicist Ethan Siegel writes for Forbes. The Perseid…
How Water Could Power Long-Distance Space Travel
Space agencies and private companies already have advanced plans to send humans to Mars in the next few years – ultimately colonising it. And with a growing number of discoveries of Earth-like planets around nearby stars, long-distance space travel has…
Your Best Chance To View Mars Is This Weekend
If you have not been checking out the night sky this weekend you have been missing some fantastic natural phenomenon. The moon put on a display Friday night as did the red planet. Though despite what your Facebook news feed…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: 2018, Close, July 29, July 31, Mars, News, Night, Opposition, Science, Space, view
Greenland Giant Iceberg Seen From Space
There is a Village in Greenland that is facing down some big ocean riding trouble. It’s a 300-foot-high iceberg that may weigh in at nearly 10 million tonnes. It has been floating outside the town for a while, long enough…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: ESA, European Space Agency, Greenland, Iceberg, image, Innaarsuit, KNR, News, Satellite, Space, video
New Moons Found Around Jupiter
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution of Science have discovered that Jupiter has more moons than previously thought, twelve more in fact, including what they are calling 11 “normal” moons and one “oddball” which brings the total number of moons around…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: Carnegie Institution of Science, Jupiter, Moons, NASA, News, Science, Space
SpaceX Launches Recycled Rocket
SpaceX has reused one of their Falcon9 rockets in record time. The booster that was used in Friday mornings launch was last used in April when it launched the planet-hunting Tess satellite. The Dragon capsule was last used in 2016.…
Small Asteroid Over Botswana [VIDEO]
It happens more often than you might think – asteroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere about once a month. Usually we have no idea they are coming until they burn up in the Earth’s Atmosphere. Often they are destroyed before they…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: Asteroid, atmosphere, Botswana, Earth, meteor, Namibia, NASA, News, Science, Space, video
Safe Return For Space Travelers
Nasa announced the safe return of three of the International Space Station crew Sunday morning after 168 days in space where they performed hundreds of experiments. Astronauts Norishige Kanai (Japan), Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), and Scott Tingle (US), all began their…
Posted in All Stories, News & Sports Tagged with: Astronauts, Earth, international, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, News, Return, safe, Space, Space Station, station, touchdown
Night Views For May 27 2018
If you are someone who likes looking up at the night sky to see interesting things but hates having to stay up late to catch them; there is good news for you this weekend because you don’t have to stay…
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, News & Sports, Richard Huskisson Tagged with: Earth, International Space Station, ISS, Jupiter, NASA, News, Night, Science, Space, Venus, view
NASA Mars Helicopter
NASA has been exploring Mars since 2003 with rovers, both of which went beyond their expected 90 day missions, one (Opportunity) has been going for 15 years and holds the record for the longest distance ever driven by any off-earth…
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