The European Space Agency (ESA) has successful tested a technology that would capture gravitational waves in space. Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission conducted a near-perfect free fall experiment which scientists hope would enable them to detect and study hidden cosmic entities and celestial events in the future.
The New Horizons space mission has recently stumbled upon interesting discoveries beyond Pluto along the fringes of the solar system, the so-called Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). After discovering the KBO named 1994 JR1, the scientists are setting their sights to another one called 2014 MU69 which would help explain the cosmic origins of our sun-centered planetary system.
In a new photo released by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft team, a spider is shown with sprawling, reddish legs.
NASA is experimenting with an idea to inflate the international space station, an orbiting laboratory housing six crew members at a time.
NASA will launch the InSight lander to Mars in 2018. It is aiming to land on the planet later on this year.
An unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft has been prepped up to launch up to the International Space Station, taking with it more than ever before, including experiments conditioned to snoop on meteors, 3D-print unusual parts and to start a fire.
A formal approval is pending before New Horizons can be turned towards MU 69 in outer fringers of the solar system.
Dawn is 915 miles away from Ceres and is expected to inch closer later this year.
ESA's spacecraft is following the comet in its orbit around the sun.
No crater was found around the mountain, surprising Ceres investigators. The mystery over the origin of the bright spots continues.
New Horizons found two layers of haze and also detected flowing ice on Pluto's surface.
The spacecraft has spent 21 hours collecting data, mostly about Pluto. Communications with Earth were temporarily suspended during data collection.
The spacecraft went incommunicado on Saturday, just about a week before its July 14 Pluto flyby.
Data from the comet can be explained only by life, leading astronomers from Cardiff University have claimed.
Dawn captured its most detailed ever photo of the dwarf planet from 3,200 miles on May 23.
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