Air And Space - Page 450

June 5, 2018

Having multiple suns doesn't doom a planet to an early death

Luke Skywalker's backstory may not be so fanciful after all.

June 5, 2018

The moons of some giant alien planets could host life

Researchers have identified more than 100 giant exoplanets that may have potentially life-hosting moons

June 4, 2018

An asteroid turned into a blazing fireball over Africa last weekend

An asteroid turned into a blazing fireball as it disintegrated over Southern Africa last weekend, just hours after it was first spotted.

June 4, 2018

NASA is about to have its closest encounter ever with dwarf planet Ceres

A NASA spacecraft is about to get up close and personal with Ceres, a giant asteroid that also happens to be the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system.

June 4, 2018

Galaxy distorted by long-ago collision glows in gorgeous Hubble photo

A misshapen galaxy shines in a newly released photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

June 4, 2018

Aliens are real, but humans will probably kill them all, new paper says

If you've ever looked up into the unfathomable night sky and wondered, "Are we alone?" then you are not alone.

June 3, 2018

Russian space capsule with 3 crew lands in Kazakhstan

Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station has landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

June 1, 2018

Pluto has dunes, but they're not made of sand

Pluto is an uncanny-valley world, with landscapes and vistas that seem strikingly similar to those of Earth — until you take a closer look.

June 1, 2018

Apollo 13's importance: How failure can lead to great success

Carie Lemack is co-founder and CEO of DreamUp , the first company to bring space into classrooms and classrooms into space.

June 1, 2018

'Lonely' neutron star looks fabulous in this new close-up

A rare discovery twinkles in the debris of an ancient supernova: the first isolated neutron star ever found outside the Milky Way.