September 9, 2019 Russia’s life-sized humanoid robot has returned safely to Earth A Russian Soyuz capsule containing a humanoid robot returned safely to Earth Friday.
September 9, 2019 Vikram Moon lander: The anxious wait for a signal from lunar surface Scientists in India are attempting to make contact with the Vikram probe after its nerve-wracking descent to the surface of the Moon last week.
September 8, 2019 India finds missing Vikram probe on the surface of the moon India has located its missing Vikram lander on the lunar surface after losing contact with the probe when it was in the final stage of an audacious moon landing attempt Friday.
September 6, 2019 India loses contact with Vikram probe in moon landing attempt India lost contact with its uncrewed Vikram probe during the final moments of its audacious attempt to land on the Moon Friday.
September 6, 2019 2 giant blobs at the core of our galaxy are spewing radiation. Scientists don't know how they got there. In 2010, astronomers working with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope announced the discovery of two giant blobs. These blobs were centered on the core of the Milky Way galaxy, but they extended above and below the plane of our galactic home for over 25,000 light-years. Their origins are still a mystery, but however they got there, they are emitting copious amounts of high-energy radiation.
September 6, 2019 Hurricane Dorian: NASA’s launch hardware survived storm, Kennedy Space Center confirms Launch infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center survived Hurricane Dorian, NASA has confirmed.
September 6, 2019 NASA discovers mysterious green light that quickly disappeared NASA has spotted something mysterious in deep space that it can't quite explain — bright flashes of green and blue spots that appeared and disappeared in a cosmic second.
September 5, 2019 Meet the 'giant elephant trunks,' mysterious cosmic structures 10 times bigger than the 'pillars of creation' Ursa Major, the Tadpole Galaxy, the Crab Nebula — when it comes to naming objects in space, it sometimes seems like astronomers wish they'd gone into zoology. Continuing in this long tradition, a researcher has recently identified mammoth column-shaped structures carved from gas and dust that he has called Giant Elephant's Trunks.
September 4, 2019 Hurricane Dorian: NASA video shows 62 mph wind and rain whipping through Kennedy Space Center A video posted on social media by NASA shows 62 mph wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian whipping through the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Control Center parking lot at 3 a.m. ET Wednesday.
September 4, 2019 Intense ammonia storms on Jupiter are messing up the planet's belts Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is perhaps most famous for its giant Red Spot, a continuous storm that has been observed since 1830. But now, new powerful storms have started on the gas giant and they are disrupting the planet's belts.