Astronaut Photography from Space Helped ‘Discover the Earth’
In December 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans to leave Earth orbit and head for the moon. They also became the first to look back at their home planet and see the entire world in...
China’s plan for their own space station
On Thursday, China announced that they will launch the ‘core module’ of their upcoming space station around 2018 with completion of the station expected around 2022. Xi Jinping, the...
MISSION TO MARS…
The mission to Mars program is the first by an Arab, Islamic country. The program will be fully financed and supervised by the UAE Space Agency and developed by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre...
Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters
The region is far west of the hemisphere NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft viewed during close approach last summer. The upper image – in black and white – sports several dozen “haloed” craters. The...
Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Everywhere
Astronomers have found a monster black hole, some 17 billion times more massive than the sun, in a modestly sized galaxy, raising suspicions that supermassive black holes may be much more common...
A “UFO” in Dubai?
A Dubai resident has claimed she saw a UFO in the skies over the UAE, sending social media into a frenzy. Dulanka Bandara, a 34-year-old Sri Lankan housewife, says she captured the image while...
NASA Releases Stunning Video!
The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) are the result of electrons colliding with the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere. (Protons cause faint and...
Star’s Wobble Could Reveal ‘Earth-Like’ Exoplanet
Starlight contains a lot of information. By studying the electromagnetic spectrum of a star’s light, you can see what elements it contains. You can also deduce its age, mass, stability and spin. As...
