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Pac-Man fever gets to the Mars
Pac-Man is a widely popular arcade game but its fever is not limited to the Earth only. Recently, NASA and HiRise team from the University of Arizona published a photo of the Martian surface showing a combo of dune and crater. This crater-dune combination is called Barchan Pac-Man as it resembles the protagonist of the […]
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket rescheduled for launch on Monday at 4:39 a.m. EDT
After being delayed by a day, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket with Cygnus supply ship is now scheduled to launch on Monday at 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 GMT). The rocket was transferred to the destined launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore from where the rocket will finally lift off towards the International Space Station carrying a […]
Soon, Curiosity will test a new drilling technique after an existing motor failed in 2016
NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity will start drilling on the red planet again if a remote fix developed by the researchers successfully rectifies the issue. According to the reports, Curiosity rover’s drill attached to its 7-foot-long robotic arm suffered a hiccup in 2016 when it was decommissioned until the mission team responsible for the operations of […]
TESS captures the first ever test image of more than 200,000 stars in the southern sky
The newly launched exoplanet-hunting spacecraft by NASA has been busy transiting to its destined eccentric orbit around the Earth to capture exoplanets and more in the sky. TESS or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently the first ever test image captured by one of its four cameras onboard capturing more than 200,000. The image was […]
Astronomers reveal the largest ever survey of 50 galaxies in ultraviolet light
Researchers have published the largest ever survey of stars and galaxies in ultraviolet light depicting our local universe. The survey contributes over 50 active galaxies in high definition snapped by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Touted as LEGUS or Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey, the project captures more than 8,000-star clusters and 39 million hot blue stars […]
Researchers reveal binary star system in the ant-shaped Ant Nebula using lasers from the old nebula
An ant-shaped Nebula known as Ant Nebula or Menzel 3 was discovered back in the 1920s by theoretical astronomer and astrophysicist Donald Menzel. It is located in the constellation Norma about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. It has intrigued many scientists due to its distinct shape because of which, a team of researchers started collecting […]
A study reveals that there could be a ninth planet in our solar system
Pluto was relegated to the status of a dwarf planet in 2006 after more than 70 years of being summoned as the ninth planet of the solar system, researchers were searching whether there is a ninth planet in our solar system or not. There is some evidence that has been found hinting towards the existence […]
Arch Mission to launch a Lunar Library in 2020 with 30 million pages of data
To preserve the knowledge and cultural heritage for millions and billions of years to come, Arch Mission Foundation is planning to launch archival records etched on thin nickel foils that will be transported to the moon on the next lunar mission scheduled to launch in 2020. Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit organization in association with […]
Chinese space corporation claims to roll out its reusable rockets as early as 2020
Launching rockets and spacecraft and other equipment into space is a costly affair. Although the cost has been declining over the years, it is still much higher than to be called as affordable or cheap. Like SpaceX and Blue Origin which are both US Companies that have been investing billions of dollars into developing rockets […]