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In a recent study using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists looked at a distant planet called K2-18b. This exoplanet is much bigger than Earth and about 8.6 times heavier. What they found were some interesting molecules: methane and...

In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully created enough oxygen on Mars to support an astronaut for three hours. The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, accomplished this remarkable feat through a special device called...

India aims to become the first nation to send a satellite out to study the Sun after having been the first nation to successfully land on the Moon's South Pole. The country's space agency has announced on the social media...

Amid ongoing efforts to find signs of life on Mars, NASA's upcoming mission to collect samples from the planet is on track to wrapping up in the early 2020s. Yet, a scientist has put forward a thought-provoking idea that...

Hellas Planitia, often referred to simply as Hellas, is a crater on the planet Mars named after Greece. It was originally discovered in 1867 when viewed through a telescope on Earth. According to NASA, Hellas Planitia spans approximately 1,400 miles...

Ever since the retirement of the Concorde in 2003, the speedy journey across the Atlantic Ocean has become a thing of history. Traveling between London and New York now requires approximately eight hours, or a bit less —say around seven...

Evidence of possible past extraterrestrial life on Mars has emerged from the discovery of ancient mud cracks in the shape of polygons scattered across its surface. In 2021, NASA's Curiosity rover took pictures of unusual polygonal shapes on the slopes...

New recordings from Mars have delivered the most accurate measurement yet of how fast the red planet spins. The results have left scientists puzzled as mars keeps spinning faster. Using data gathered by the now-retired InSight lander, researchers have discovered...

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are teaming up for a new mission that could change space travel forever. They're aiming to launch the world's very first nuclear-powered spacecraft into orbit, and it could happen as...

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...