The brightest star of the night sky, Sirio, will surely draw your attention in the night sky at this time of the year. Once the sky darkens after 7:30 pm local time, Sirius will appear in the southeastern sky, in the lower left...
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Satellites are assessing the damage following a devastating earthquake affecting Turkey and numerous other countries on Monday (Feb. 6). The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck overnight in Turkey and Syria, flattening buildings...
The oscillating frequencies of two short gamma-ray bursts are the best evidence yet for the formation of ‘impossible’ hypermassive neutron star that can briefly defy gravity before collapsing to form a black...
An exotic form of precipitation called ‘diamond rain’ — long thought to occur deep within ice giant Diamond planet — could be more common than previously thought. Diamond planet are one of the...
The universe just got a bit richer with the discovery of an apparent diamond planet orbiting a nearby star. A Diamond planet thought to be made largely of diamond may be less than glittering inside, new...
A European satellite that has been scrambling to escape premature death in Earth’s atmosphere due to bad space weather has narrowly avoided a collision with a random piece of space debris. Swarm, the satellite...
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic announced Thursday (July 14) that it will build its next-generation Delta class spaceship at a manufacturing facility in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix. The Mesa plant could...
Putin was quoted by the Russian state media news source TASS on Tuesday (April 12), which was “Cosmonautics Day” in Russia. The annual celebration honors the launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who...