Newly Discovered Planet K2-288Bb Lies Within Habitable Zone, Liquid Water Possible
NASA’s Kepler space telescope ran out of fuel in October last year. Data gathered during the course of its scientific mission, however, paved way to the discovery of a new exoplanet. Planet K2-288Bb The newly identified planet dubbed K2-288Bb is twice the size of the Earth. It lies within its host star’s habitable zone, which means the planet may have … Continue reading
Earth’s Magnetic Field Heading for Cataclysm According to Study… What Would Happen?
As Earth’s magnetic shield fails, so do its satellites. First, our communications satellites in the highest orbits go down. Next, astronauts in low-Earth orbit can no longer phone home. And finally, cosmic rays start to bombard every human on Earth. This is a possibility that we may start to face not in the next million years, not in the next … Continue reading
Chinese Chang’e 4 Probe Sends 1st PHOTO of Moon’s ‘Mysterious’ Far Side
China’s Chang’e 4 space probe has relayed its first image of the far side of the moon back to Earth, revealing a rocky surface blemished by small potholes and what appears to be a large crater. The history-making photograph marks the first time that a manmade craft has landed on the ‘dark side’ of the moon. The mission was complicated … Continue reading
China’s Lunar Craft Preps for Humanity’s 1st-Ever Dark Side Landing
Orbiting the moon, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar lander has moved into position in preparation for mankind’s first landing on the far side of Earth’s only natural satellite. In entering its planned orbit on Sunday, the Chinese spacecraft will “prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon,” stated the China National Space Administration, cited by the … Continue reading
Water on Mars – ESA Shares Images of Martian Ice Crater
The European Space Agency has shared an incredible composite image showing a 50-mile wide crater on Mars that is filled with water ice all year long. Budding future colonists hoping for a white Christmas on Mars will be somewhat disappointed as the ESA has confirmed that sitting in the Korolev crater is, in fact, a thick block of water ice, … Continue reading
Farthest Solar System Body Ever Spotted – Second Discovered this Year
In the hunt for Planet nine AKA Planet X scientists are making some record breaking discoveries! via space.com: A newly discovered object is the most-distant body ever observed in the solar system – and the first object ever found orbiting at more than 100 times the distance from Earth to the sun. The discovery team nicknamed the object “Farout,” and … Continue reading
A Weird Anomaly Was Detected by NASA Spacecraft Days Ahead of Ultima Thule Flyby
Aliens? via Sputniknews: Just days ahead of an extra-planetary rendezvous, a NASA spacecraft has detected something very strange about its intended target. Only a week before its expected meeting with Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has not been able to detect the predictable and consistent variations in reflectivity — or ‘light … Continue reading
The ‘Christmas Comet’ Passes by for the Holidays
Every 5.4 years, the comet 46P/Wirtanen orbits the Sun, swinging through Earth’s skies on its way. This year, its visit is in December, and we’re going to be able to see it – in fact, it’s visible in the sky now if you have binoculars or a telescope. Usually, 46P/Wirtanen is too far away for us to see, so this is a … Continue reading
Mutant Superbugs Endanger Future Space Station Trips, and Maybe Life on Earth
Researchers found five strains of a multidrug-resistant bacterium similar to hospital-acquired infections on the International Space Station, raising concerns about the organisms’ health implications for future missions. Resembling a bacterium recently discovered infecting newborns and one elderly immunocompromised patient across three hospitals, the Enterobacter bugadensis strains found on the ISS were not infectious to humans in their current form. However, … Continue reading
US Within 10 Years of On-Going Manned Presence on the Moon Says NASA Head
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the U.S. is within 10 years of having a continuous manned presence on the moon, which will lay the groundwork for expanding space exploration to Mars. “Right now we’re building a space station, we call it ‘Gateway,’ that’s going to be in orbit around the moon – think of it as a reusable command module … Continue reading
