Spectacular Sun Photos

The filament was made of solar material that was ejected from the sun during an intense solar storm on Aug. 31. Flares are caused by increased magnetic activity on the surface of our star, and are becoming more common as…
International Space Station – Amazing Pictures

these amazing pictures were taken during the six-hour, 28-minute spacewalk, Williams and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide (visible in the reflections of Williams’ helmet visor), flight engineer, completed the installation of a Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) that…
Space Lunar elevator can be built

 A lift to the moon? seems crazy but liftport group claim it could be built with todays technology.     The firm, set up by an ex Nasa  engineer,  launched an online campaign to fund the first part of its …
Mission To Mars – Viking 1 & 2

Viking tests for Martian life The first spacecraft to land on Mars were the American Viking 1 and 2 probes in 1976. Their mission included testing the planet’s soil for life. However, despite promising early test results, life was not…
NASA Curiosity Landing Video

Nasa’s Curiosity rover sends back its first colour image of Mars surface More photos and panoramas expected to show ‘a new Mars we have never seen before’ as roving lab powers up to full strength The rover  has transmitted its…
Missing Star Dust Mystery

A dusty disk around a distant star has faded surprisingly fast, leaving scientists few clues to how it disappeared. Only a few years ago, the space around the star TYC 8241 2652 1 was filled with dust and gas, but…
Another Earth – New earth like planet found

Astronomers discovered the newfound alien planet, known as UCF-1.01, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The diminutive world is just 33 light-years away, making it a near neighbor of Earth in the cosmic scheme of things. “We have found strong evidence…