Asteroid 2004 BL86 to pass near Earh on January 26, 2015
Do you want to easily see an asteroid? No problem, you get the opportunity to spot one next Monday! An asteroid with a diameter of about 500 meters known as the 2004 BL86 is...
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Video: Antares rocket explodes after launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
Orbital Sciences Antares rocket blew up during the launch on Tuesday (October 28, 2014), making NASA lose the cargo. The private scientific cargo mission to the International Space Station saw a dramatic failure just...
Total lunar eclipse. Sun, Earth and Moon to line up and form spectacular Blood Moon on April 15, 2014
A total lunar eclipse is gonna take place on April 15 at about 2 a.m. EDT. (6 a.m. GMT) when the Sun, Earth and Moon are “scheduled” to align such as our planet’s shadow...
Light flash in Curiosity Mars photo sparks beliefs about UFO, aliens and life possibility on Red Planet
A photo snapped by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars and sent back to Earth re-ignited controversial debates over the possibility of life on the red Planet. The image shows a mountainous landscape but there...
Newly discovered asteroid 2014 BR57 passes by Earth on Wednesday: Four space rocks race near Terra this week
Four asteroids are racing in Earth’s proximity this week and the names of the competitors are: 2000 EM26, 2014 BR57, 1995 CR and 2014 CR. As 2000 EM26 made already its closest approach, now...
Sochi Photo From Space: First picture of Winter Olympics Snapped by ISS Astronaut
The amount of photos and videos at Sochi are overwhelming, but NASA has published tonight something we had not seen before: the amazing view of the Olympic park from space, in the dark. The...
Europe’s Planck Space Telescope completed final mission. ESA sent last command to cosmic time machine
European Planck Space Observatory was shut down after a 4 and a half years mission during which it analyzed the cosmic background radiation, -the remnant of the famous Big Bang (explosion that gave birth...
Comet of the century ISON photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
Comet ISON is still alive as Hubble was able to capture a photo of it from a distance of 280 million kilometers. That’s the conclusion of the scientists who analyzed an image snapped by...
Spectacular photo: Las Vegas pictured at night from space by ISS astronaut
From a revolving International Space Station hovering 400 kilometers above Earth’s surface, Las Vegas seems like a spot of light surrounded by the darkness of Nevada desert. The stunning photograph featuring the Sin City...
VIDEO: NASA Youtube Channel Reveals Johnson Style, a Gangnam Style Parody
While fighting GhostShell hacking attack and posting impressive clips filmed from space, it appears that people at NASA have time also for nice jokes (scroll down for video). A Gangnam Style parody clip full...