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India Launches Mission to the Sun a Week After Moon Landing

India launched on Saturday its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole. It will travel 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) from the Earth...

The Rare, Stunning Double Supermoon of August

The double supermoon of August 2023 is a rare, but stunning phenomenon. On Tuesday, August 1, the new month will open with a supermoon, dubbed the "Sturgeon Moon". August will close with a Blue Moon, which will also be...

Scientists Discover Huge Hotspot on Far Side of the Moon

A group of scientists has made a fascinating discovery regarding an unusually huge heat-emitting blob located on the far side of the moon. This enigmatic hotspot appears to have originated from a massive hidden deposit of granite, a type...

Why NASA Names Its Spacecraft After the Ancient Greek Gods

Throughout its 64-year history, NASA has named several of its spacecraft and missions after ancient Greek gods and mythological figures. But what is the connection between NASA and ancient Greek mythology? From the Apollo program, which ran between 1961 and...

For a Billion Years, Earth May Have Had 19 Hour Days

A recent study proposes that in the distant past, Earth might have experienced days that were 19 hours long for an incredibly long period of one billion years. Surprisingly, it seems that the moon played a significant role in...

How Ancient Greeks Set Humanity on the Path to Space Exploration

While civilized society was just learning to use the wheel on earth, ancient Greeks were aiming at celestial space and the stars.

US Plans to Bring GPS to the Moon

The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is working on a collaborative government project to bring GPS mapping to the Moon, said the agency's director at the GEOINT Symposium 2023. The NGA plans to create a lunar reference framework that future...

Scientists Discover 62 New Moons Around Saturn

In a remarkable twist of celestial events, Jupiter's short-lived supremacy as the planet with the highest number of moons in our solar system has been abruptly ended. Recent scientific findings have unequivocally revealed the presence of an astounding 62...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Explodes After Launch

On Thursday Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the inaugural test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever created and the vehicle that could one day return astronauts to the moon or — perhaps — propel the first trip to...

Elon Musk’s Massive Starship Ready for Liftoff

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is on the cusp of its first attempt to launch its Starship spacecraft, the tallest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built, into orbit around Earth. CEO Musk tweeted a short video Thursday alongside the message “Starship...