January 19, 2018 Lunar fountain? Accessible ice could lurk in Moon's lava tubes New images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest there is an underground network of lava tubes beneath the lunar surface that could offer astronauts easy access to water.
January 18, 2018 Astronauts going to Mars could face brain damage, study warns Going to Mars could be bad for astronauts’ brains, a new study using rodents has found.
January 18, 2018 'Potentially hazardous asteroid' bigger than Earth's tallest building will zoom past us next month A "potentially hazardous asteroid" known as 2002 AJ129 is set to fly by Earth at a whopping 67,000 miles per hour next month, there is no need to worry, scientists say.
January 18, 2018 NASA test fires rocket engine with 3D-printed 'shock absorber' for deep space missions NASA tested its powerful RS-25 engine for the first time in 2018 with a new part that was made in an unconventional way.
January 17, 2018 Earth resides in an oddball solar system Our solar system may be an oddball in the universe.
January 17, 2018 Potential meteor flashes across six states and Canada with bright light, loud thunder The bright light and thunder-like sound in the sky across the sky illuminating six states and Canada on Tuesday night may have been a meteor, the NationalWeather Service (NWS) said.
January 17, 2018 Discovery of organic molecules explains universe's infrared glow NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The universe is filled with faintly glowing infrared light, and for decades, astronomers have been trying to figure out why. But now, they've finally determined the source of this strange cosmic radiation: It is emitted by an organic molecule called benzonitrile, which seems to permeate every part of the known universe. The researchers presented their findings here at the 231st meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
January 16, 2018 Eyes on the sky: When and where will China's rogue space station fall to Earth? Scientists across the globe are carefully monitoring China’s discarded Tiangong-1 space station, which will plunge into Earth’s atmosphere at some point in the coming months.
January 16, 2018 Five-exoplanet system discovered thanks to citizen scientists A family of four planets orbiting a distant star was discovered last April, with the help of citizen scientists around the world.
January 16, 2018 This out-of-this-world diamond-studded rock just got even weirder A tiny chunk of stone that looks like nothing else ever seen in the solar system might be even weirder than scientists thought.
