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WATCH: NASA asteroid collision

In an effort to measure asteroid trajectory by imparting momentum, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to shift it’s…

Watch: Countdown to NASA Artemis 1 launch, watch it here

Nasa plans to launch its next-generation Artemis 1 moon rocket around the moon and back on Saturday, September 3 from the Kennedy Space Center…

Google Earth introduces Timelapse – Here’s how to use it

Google Earth no longer just explores space on our planet, it also explores time with the help of a new feature called Timelapse. The…

NASA’s sun-kissed probe has already beamed 22GB of data back to Earth

Remember the Parker Solar Probe? NASA’s pioneering spacecraft has completed its first two orbits of the Sun in May, the agency announced. Incredibly, all…

Google Doodle celebrates NASA’s 50th moon landing anniversary

Google is celebrating the 50 year anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing with a new Google Doodle depicting the historic event. “Today, you can…

Watch tonight’s total solar eclipse live on NASA TV right here

There’s a total solar eclipse today only visible across parts of South America and NASA will be streaming it live for the whole world…

Even after its death, Cassini’s still shedding light on Saturn’s weird ring moons

NASA’s late Cassini spacecraft may have ended its mission in a death-dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, but the craft’s data is still keeping scientists scientists…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hits 95km/s while orbiting the Sun

Launched in August, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recently undertook its first dangerous steps towards the Sun. The probe this weekend announced itself safe and…

NASA’s JPL takes its Halloween pumpkin carving competition very seriously

You’d think building robots that explore other planets would be a fulfilling job, but employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory take carving Halloween pumpkins…

This almost perfect rectangular iceberg is a social media star

Planet Earth usually doesn’t like right angles or draw in straight lines. Mountains are rarely perfectly vertical or horizontal, flat areas of land has…

Video: This calm and tranquil place is the eye of Hurricane Michael

If you ever wanted to know what it’s like standing beneath the eye of a hurricane, now you know. Hurricane Michael, which just a…

Super Typhoon Trami is even scarier than Florence from space

Planet Earth has seen its fair share of horrifying storms these past few weeks. With Florence ravaging the US east coast earlier this month,…

Hurricane Florence from space is beautifully frightening

The next few days are going to be rough for those on the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Florence, a major cyclonic…

NASA loop shows the ever-shrinking Theewaterskloof Dam from space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has today published a GIF showing the desiccation of Cape Town’s largest dam —…

Interstellar object seen in solar system for first time

Astronomers around the world have rushed to observe the first confirmed interstellar object in our solar system, taking the form of a cigar-shaped asteroid….

NASA, Uber are serious about bringing flying taxis to cities by 2023

In an unlikely partnership, NASA has sought the services of Uber to build air control software that will manage the flying taxis of the…

Osiris-Rex will today fly past Earth before visiting our asteroid neighbour

We’re still mourning the loss of Cassini but space exploration doesn’t have time for emotion. Instead, another craft is on NASA’s radar this week…

‘Thanks for the science’: NASA leads emotional Twitter farewell to Cassini

After nearly 20 years in space, and 13 years studying Saturn and its host of moons, Cassini has plunged headfirst into the gas giant,…

ETA 2 days: Cassini begins its daring death dive towards Saturn

Nearly 20 years ago a spacecraft named Cassini-Huygens began its journey to the Solar System’s second largest gas giant Saturn to study the planet…

Watch: NASA captures Hurricane Irma’s conception and demise in stunning GIF

Hurricane Irma is now no more, but the data gained from the storm is only just being collated and studied. This week, NASA’s Short-term…

NASA’s SDO captures huge solar flares in gorgeous GIF

Human beings might be under siege thanks to the current tropical weather on Earth, but in space, the Sun’s atmosphere is seemingly more active…

[Updating] In tweets: Irma, Jose and Katia now all Atlantic hurricanes

We just saw the last of Hurricane Harvey, a storm that broke US mainland rainfall records, finally dissipate over the northeastern portion of the…

Cassini takes deepest dip into Saturn before crashing

NASA’s Cassini space probe is less than a month away from crashing into Saturn as part of its Grand Finale, but this week will…

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