This is the nail-biting moment scientists at NASA watched the first successful US moon landing in half a century. Footage from the agency’s control room shows people cheering after Odysseus, a six-legged robot, landed safely Thursday evening. It marked the first time a US
The award for best job advert might go to NASA this year after the intrepid space agency posted it was looking for applicants to spend “a year on Mars”. The US cosmic exploration body is launching a bid to find a crew
In August last year, a new space race began as world super powers including the US, China, India and the EU all began trying to become the first to land on a previously undiscovered region of the moon. Neil Armstrong was the
The supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy looks like an American football, according to a new study. Black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is reported as spinning so quickly that it is warping spacetime – that is, time and
Could a habitable atmosphere extend beyond Earth? A recent NASA discovery strengthens the possibility. NASA on Jan. 31 announced a potentially habitable planet named TOI-715 b, noting in a press release that the planet is “fairly close to us” at 137 light-years
NASA has found a ‘super-Earth’ 137 light years away that could have the perfect conditions for alien life to live there. The planet, named TOI-715 b, is one and a half times bigger than Earth and circles a small, red star that
NASA’s recent announcement of Artemis mission delays means astronauts won’t walk the moon again as soon as previously thought. Astronauts were set to orbit the moon in late 2024 with the Artemis II mission. Artemis III was scheduled for 2025, when astronauts
In this New Year of 2024, many memorable images from the year of 2023 are worth enjoying and reflecting on as a way to remember and celebrate outstanding accomplishments and discoveries. The year 2023 was a big one for NASA, including the
The NASA Parker Solar Probe will pass incredibly close to the sun this year to collect a sample from the star in a pivotal moment scientists have likened to the first moon landing. The probe launched on 12 August 2018 but, on
A NASA spaceship has been launched to investigate the so-called “God of Chaos” asteroid that could reach the Earth’s orbit. OSIRIS-APEX has been sent to study the Apophis asteroid which is due to fly by Earth in 2029. While not expected to