The unusual rocks could show evidence of past life on the planet. Is there really life on Mars? ‘Leopard-spot’ rocks could be the biggest clue yet. Unusual rocks discovered on the Red Planet may show evidence of past life on the planet. The mudstones were found in a dusty riverbed by NASA’s Perseverance Rover and […]

7 months ago

Time is on our side, it would seem… NASA have said that they believe a man-made structure is actually slowing the Earth down due to its size. China’s Three Gorges Dam has stretched the length of a day, according to Dr. Benjamin Fong Chao, a geophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre. Located on the […]

11 months ago

It is one of the rarest atmospheric phenomena that occurs. Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have shared amazing photos of a rare blue jet-sprite. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took the snap which was shared on Reddit by astronaut and astrophotographer Don Pettit. In the caption for the picture, Petit wrote: “Here is […]

1 year ago

The stranded astronauts returned home after a dramatic touchdown The Nasa astronauts who were stranded in space for over nine months finally returned home to Earth last night as they splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico. Barry Wilmore, 62, and Sunita Williams, 59, left Earth on the 5 June with the International Space Station […]

1 year ago

Close encounters of the friendly kind. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were stuck in space for nine months and were greeted with a surprising rescuer when a SpaceX capsule arrived at the International Space Station. The pair were supposed to only spend eight days at the Space Station, but due to safety concerns […]

1 year ago

‘Just sayin’ Earlier this year, asteroid ‘2024 YR4’ was given a 1.3 per cent chance of hitting Earth after it was spotted by a telescope in Chile last December. However, Nasa has now doubled the probability of the asteroid hitting Earth, meaning it now has a 2.3 per cent chance of impact. The date of […]

1 year ago