July 18, 2020 China moves rocket into place for upcoming Mars mission China has moved a rocket into position to launch a rover to Mars in one of three upcoming missions to the red planet, one from the U.S. and another by the United Arab Emirates.
July 17, 2020 UAE set for historic Mars mission as it preps Hope orbiter for launch The United Arab Emirates is set to launch a historic mission to Mars from an island off the coast of Japan.
July 17, 2020 A man digs up boulder in his garden, not realizing that it was a historic meteorite A rock discovered in a garden in Germany has been confirmed as the largest stony meteorite ever found in the country.
July 17, 2020 NASA's James Webb Telescope delayed partly because of coronavirus pandemic Nearly four months after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told Fox News the coronavirus pandemic could potentially "impact on our missions," the space agency announced it was delaying the launch of the long-awaited James Webb Telescope.
July 16, 2020 NASA scientist held as a political prisoner in Turkey is freed, reflects on his US freedoms American NASA scientist Serkan Golge, 40, returned to his Texas, home earlier this month after years in a Turkish prison cell in what U.S. officials had long deemed an example of Ankara taking political prisoners.
July 16, 2020 Sun gets close-up in historic new NASA pictures NASA has released the closest-ever pictures of the sun, which were captured by the agency's Solar Orbiter.
July 16, 2020 Are UFOs a threat? We need to investigate, says former head of secret US program There's no denying that America has an enduring fascination with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. However, UFO interest extends far beyond the U.S. — sightings are reported worldwide, and multiple observations in far-flung locations describe aerial objects that are uncannily similar to each other, Luis Elizondo, former head of a top-secret U.S. government agency tasked with investigating UFOs, recently told Live Science.
July 16, 2020 Comet NEOWISE surprises some stargazers with two tails As stargazers try to catch a glimpse of NEOWISE as it soars across the nighttime sky, careful viewers may notice the comet has not one but two tails trailing behind it.
July 15, 2020 Thermonuclear blast sends star hurtling across our galaxy Researchers found evidence of a star blasting itself out of its orbit with another star in a “partial supernova.”
July 15, 2020 Comet NEOWISE may have sodium tail, new images suggest The NEWOWISE comet has excited researchers since it was first discovered in March. Now, new images of the celestial object reveal it may have a sodium tail.
