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First Tennis Match In Space To Take Place Tonight Between The ISS Astronauts – Watch it LIVE!

Tennis is a beautiful game on and, now, off the court as the ISS astronauts will try to play the first tennis match in space tonight. Taking place right on the International Space Station, it will be a game of doubles…

August 21, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Mysterious Aurora Known As Steve Is Not An Aurora, After All, A New Study Says

At the beginning of this year, the scientists found themselves puzzled by a mysterious aurora dubbed as Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), which presented some unique features in comparison to the common auroras. But a new study conducted by the…

August 21, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

New Generation Of Artificial Retina Developed By Scientists, And Is Based On 2D Materials

The first ultrathin artificial retina in the world was recently tested with success, as the scientists involved in the project reported during the 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). According to the researchers, this is the…

August 20, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

New Discovery: The Exoplanet which Atmosphere’s so Hot it has Titanium and Iron in it

Until recently, Mercury was considered the hottest planet in our Solar System. The temperatures on Mercury are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on its Sun-facing side. If you thought those are high temperatures, take a look at what we know about…

August 19, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Curiosity Rover Found A Strange Object On The Surface Of Mars That Puzzled The Scientists

At the beginning of the week, NASA’s Curiosity Rover bumped into a strange object on the surface of Mars. Although the weird thing found by the rover on the Red Planet puzzled the scientist, the researchers eventually figured out what…

August 19, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

NASA Discovers: Our Solar System is Fenced by a Glowing Wall

In a mission to space, NASA’s rocket came across a UV light which is scattered around our solar system’s farthest reaches. According to NASA, the fence which surrounds our solar system is made out of hydrogen, and it is located…

August 17, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

A 3D printing contest is organized by NASA to see how we’ll design our homes on Mars

Among its many priorities, NASA introduced a new one, building homes on Mars. By launching the ‘3D-Printed Habitat Challenge’, NASA looked to find 5 winners who could design 3D printed houses. They did exactly that, and now those teams have…

August 17, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Opportunity Rover Update from NASA – What We Know So Far?

A violent storm that has engulfed Mars entirely in the last few months has led to NASA’s Opportunity Rover being shut down in June, and at the moment, the spacecraft is still turned off. The rover has been wandering on…

August 15, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Earth’s Mini-Moons might be Worth Millions of Dollars

A new study which focuses on the feasibility of detecting small sized asteroids was published by astronomers. The asteroids studied has settled into a near orbit from Earth and become gravitationally entwined with our planet. They measure 2 meters in…

August 15, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

OMG Particles Are So Damaging They Can Cut Through Your DNA

In the vast Universe, there is a sort of cosmic radiations that are tiny and very damaging, and can even cut through your DNA, breaking the nucleotides and causing a lot of damage to humans, Advocator reports. These are the…

August 14, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0