Asteroid Collision may have Shifted Saturn Moon’s Poles

Posted on 31/05/2017 by hira

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is an unusual object. It is considered to be one of the few likely places in our solar system, other than Earth, to harbor life.Enceladus appears extremely cold and icy but...

Moon may have Formed from Several Tiny Moons

Posted on 10/01/2017 by hira

A series of cosmic collisions may have formed multiple tiny moons that combined to create the bigger moon we see today.According to the existing hypothesis, the moon has formed some 4.5 billion years...

Saturn Moons younger than previously thought: Study

Posted on 08/12/2016 by ians

Saturn's moons may be younger than previously thought, says a study based on freshly-harvested data from NASA's Cassini mission."All of these Cassini mission measurements are changing our view of the...

Two New Moons Discovered Orbiting around Uranus

Posted on 17/10/2016 by hira

Scientists believe they have discovered two small, never-before-seen moons orbiting planet Uranus.After revisiting the data obtained from Voyager 2 spacecraft, a team of planetary researchers have...

New Horizons parts Pluto with a shot of its puniest moon

Posted on 23/10/2015 by Steve Dent

NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft has done yeoman's work at Pluto, having taken stunning images of the ex-planet and its major moon Charon. Now it's taking off for the largely unseen Kuiper belt, but it grabbed one last image of the tiny moon Kerbero...

New NASA Space Video shows Dark Side of Moon

Posted on 06/08/2015 by i4u

NASA delivers yet another stunning perspective from space.A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the...

Blue Moon was Not Actually Blue on Friday

Posted on 01/08/2015 by sumayah

Many think of a blue moon as a rare phenomenon. But in fact it is not that scarce an astronomical entity. And it is not blue either. Friday’s blue moon was due to its occurrence for a second time in...

Blood Moon Sparks Controversy

Posted on 08/04/2014 by sumayah

It seems that there is no shortage of pseudoscience in these so-called scientific times. In fact, as science advances in its march to progress, it also generates a great deal of urban legends and...

Chinese Lunar Rover Jade Rabbit is Safe and Sound

Posted on 13/02/2014 by sumayah

It had been thought to be in a state of disrepair. The Yutu or Jade Rabbit lunar rover, launched from Chinese soil, had survived a freezing night in outer space. Despite the worst fears of the...

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