She thinks E.T. is B.S. A top member of NASA brass is doubling down that Earthlings have yet to observe a UFO of alien origin — her remarks coming amid extra interest in extraterrestrials fueled by bombshell congressional hearings and alien whistleblowers. When Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) director Dr. Laurie Leshin was asked by FOX10 … Read more
Space rocks. One of the solar system’s most breathtaking spectacles will be highly visible throughout the U.S. and the rest of the northern hemisphere in the upcoming days, putting on what experts predict to be a magnificent show from above for the ages. The annual Perseids — billed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration … Read more
There’s a mystery on Mars. If you think time is whizzing by on planet Earth, try spending some time on the Red Planet. Mars is spinning faster and gradually shortening each day slightly, scientists have found — and it has left them puzzled. The findings, which were published in Nature, used data from NASA’s InSight … Read more
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a “potentially hazardous asteroid.” On July 18, 2023, an algorithm called HelioLinc3D identified a 600-foot asteroid, which has since been christened “2022 SF289.” Though the name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, the discovery is a massive achievement. Partnering with the University of Hawaii’s NASA-funded ATLAS project, which … Read more
Somebody really spaced out on this one. NASA has lost contact with its deep space, Voyager 2 satellite after giving the unmanned module an incorrect command two weeks ago, the Associated Press reported. On Tuesday, it was announced NASA had only first heard back from the vessel when a “heartbeat signal” was picked up by … Read more
Get ready for a cosmic double feature you’ll love to the moon and back. August will see two supermoons in a rare astronomical event that won’t happen again until January 2037. The month will open and close with a supermoon, with the sturgeon supermoon rising on Aug. 1 and a rare super blue moon on … Read more
NASA has found “organic molecules” on Mars that could signal a breakthrough about “key building blocks for life” on the red planet, according to a new research paper. The out-of-this-world discovery was uncovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover within Mars’ Jezero crater — a region with “high potential for past habitability as the site of an … Read more
It’s the first anniversary of cosmic observations and photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is celebrating by releasing one of its best shots yet. A new image shows a colorful close-up of a dozen of stars at the moment of birth. “On its first anniversary, the James Webb Space Telescope has already … Read more
That’s one giant leak for mankind. The good folks at NASA have invented a system in which both astronaut urine and sweat are made into safe drinking water while up and away in the final frontier of space. “The team acknowledges that the idea of drinking recycled urine might make some people squeamish,” according to … Read more
In 2006, SpaceX’s first attempted rocket launch left from a former US military site on Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean. The craft’s $7 million price tag would have been impressively inexpensive, but 30 seconds after liftoff, its rocket engines faltered — and the hunk of metal plummeted back to Earth, smashing 200 yards offshore. … Read more
NASA has created shocking visuals of carbon emissions “to dissect our atmosphere and understand some of the major contributors” behind the gas. The videos, which are time-lapse photography of the gnarly-looking greenhouse emissions from 2021, show the patterns carbon had taken above each continent throughout those 12 months. In the diagrams, fossil fuels are colored … Read more
It’s one giant explosion for mankind. At the end of the 1950s — a decade shy of Apollo 11’s successful lunar landing — the US military had the radical idea of detonating a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon, Air Force documents from 1959 show. “Nuclear detonations in the vicinity of the moon … Read more
E.T. phone the former royals. A flying saucer was allegedly spotted hovering near Harry and Meghan’s $14 million mansion outside Los Angeles. A mysterious circular object was seen in the mountains overlooking Cachuma Lake, in Santa Barbara County, about 25 miles from the couple’s home. Unidentified Flying Object hunter Tony Moreno saw the disc-like object … Read more
Scientists have solved the mystery behind the “runaway” black hole tearing through the universe discovered last month that was dubbed an “invisible monster on the loose.” A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggested that what was thought to be a supermassive black hole creating a never-before-seen trail of stars was actually … Read more
Their find was out of this world. Scientists revealed Monday that they have discovered a new “reservoir” of water located on the moon’s surface. China’s lunar lander Chang’e 5 found and collected several soil samples including impact glass beads that contained “substantial quantities” of water, according to a report published in Nature Geoscience. The beads of … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles away. That’s less than half the distance from here … Read more
Don’t look up. A top NASA scientist is warning that the threat of a massive asteroid striking Earth is much more fearsome than previously thought to be. In the words of James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, “it would be in the range of serious crap happening.” Garvin — who presented … Read more
Mind-blowing footage of a solar tornado measuring 14 times the height of Earth mesmerized skywatchers over the weekend. The gigantic vortex, comprised of unfathomably hot plasma caught in a frenzy of competing magnetic fields, was spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Friday before it dispersed the following day. “I spent 3 hours yesterday … Read more
Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. Exactly what that looks like remained under wraps. The company designing the next-generation spacesuits, Axiom Space, said Wednesday that it plans to have new versions for training purposes for NASA later this … Read more
There’s love in the night sky. Jupiter and Venus are set to share a “cosmic kiss” Thursday night as they appear side by side. The two planets crossed paths shortly after sunset Wednesday night as Jupiter moved west and Venus slowly passed in the other direction. Sky-watchers will be able to see the Jupiter and … Read more