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Space refers to the science and study of Earth, the atmosphere, and outer space – specifically, the research, design, and technology behind spacecraft and the latest innovations in the study of the void between celestial bodies.
Don’t you wish your planet was hot like Jupiter?
Astronomers have found the planet KELT-9b, a Jupiter-like world which is the hottest gas planet that has ever been…
NASA research heads for International Space Station
NASA has sent a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft up to the International Space Station with research materials aboard to…
Vermin galaxy ‘trapped’ by Hubble
A distant galaxy can be seen in part of a recent image from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, as it begins to align…
Stratified lake identified from Mars Rover findings
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover revealed a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimentary deposit near where flowing water…
As-yet undiscovered planet cause of stellar eclipses
Hugh Osborn has identified that the light from this rare young star is regularly blocked by a large object – and…
Satellite-toting rocket launching aircraft closer to testing
Having been rolled out of a hangar in the desert, a colossal aircraft capable of launching satellite-toting rockets…
Project Apophis: Close-range mission to a giant asteroid
A giant asteroid will fly by Earth in 2029, and Space Systems Engineering students are designing a close-range…
Another success for Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
Astronomers' results constitute another successful test for Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
Enceladus, Saturn’s moon, may have tipped over
Enceladus' spin axis - the line through the north and south poles - has reoriented, possibly due to a collision…
Juno mission reveals Jupiter as a turbulent world
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has been portrayed as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, by…