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New Horizons Probe Has Sent First Full Family Photo of Pluto and Its Five Moons

By Kamal Nayan - May 14, 2015 03:35 AM EDT

NASA's New Horizons probe has sent back the first images of the Pluto and the five moons that orbit it.

Carl Sagan's Sails to Catch Solar Winds on May 20

By Peter R - May 11, 2015 03:33 PM EDT

If successfully, solar sailing could make space travel lighter and affordable.

Andromeda's Massive Halo Indicates Its Merger With Milky Way Has Begun

By Peter R - May 08, 2015 05:37 PM EDT

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has shown that Andromeda's halo is larger than earlier estimated.

SpaceX's Crew Escape System Successfully Tested, Gets NASA's Nod

By Peter R - May 07, 2015 08:42 PM EDT

The system can help prevent a Challenger like disaster by separating the astronaut-carrying capsule from a burning rocket.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Massive Paycheck for ‘Passengers’ is around $20 Million

By Cheri Cheng - May 07, 2015 01:55 PM EDT

Jennifer Lawrence will reportedly be paid $20 million to star opposite Chris Pratt in Sony's space drama, "Passengers,"

Blast from Past: Ancient Galaxy Spotted 13 Billion Light Years Away

By Peter R - May 06, 2015 03:27 PM EDT

EGS-zs8-1 is the oldest and farthest galaxy that scientists have ever come across.

Star Wars Like Space Travel Could be NASA's Latest Muse

By Peter R - May 04, 2015 10:17 AM EDT

Recent tests with EM Drive technology have reportedly seen success.

NASA's Mercury Orbiter Messenger Crashes Leaving a Massive Crater

By Peter R - May 01, 2015 02:15 PM EDT

The probe crashed into Mercury on Thursday ending a 11-year journey that began in 2004.

Stephen Hawking Latest Theory: Live In Space Or Die Out

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 29, 2015 11:33 AM EDT

Hawking warns that unless we go into space, we cannot survive beyond 1,000 years.

Researchers Create Universe's 3D Map That Could Help Navigate Dark Matter

By Peter R - Apr 29, 2015 11:32 AM EDT

The map shows galaxy concentrations and color codes matter.

If Universe a Hologram, Is 3D an Illusion?

By Peter R - Apr 28, 2015 01:20 PM EDT

Researchers have mathematically shown that universe could be explained without the third dimension.

Hubble Space Telescope Completes 25 Years In Space; 5 Breathtaking Images That It Took In The Course

By Kamal Nayan - Apr 24, 2015 03:59 AM EDT

Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Discovery space shuttle twenty-five years ago to provide us with an "unobstructed view of the universe."

Biggest Object in the Universe is a Cold Expanse of Emptiness

By Peter R - Apr 20, 2015 09:07 PM EDT

A supervoid that measures 1.8 billion light years wide, could explain the Cold Spot seen in cosmic background.

ISS could be Armed with a Laser Gun to Shoot at Space Junk

By Peter R - Apr 20, 2015 03:02 PM EDT

Using EUSO's infrared telescope to track debris, the ISS could fire laser and get rid of junk.

Black Holes are Not Point of NO RETURN, Researchers Prove

By Peter R - Apr 06, 2015 11:49 AM EDT

Researchers at University of Buffalo claim that information within the black hole can be discerned.

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