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The data showed less dimming in the star’s red light than in its blue light, and a large opaque object would dim all colours of light equally when passing in front of a star. (Photo: Reuters)

Sorry, sci-fi fans: star's oddness not due to alien mega-structure

The dimming could be due to some sort of dust, though the cause remains uncertain.

04 Jan 2018 9:32 AM

a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor M satellite and additional 18 small satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russian space experts regain control of 1st Angola satellite

The Russian-built satellite successfully entered a designated orbit after launch from the Baikonur pad in Kazakhstan.

30 Dec 2017 9:43 AM

He travelled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle Challenger during the spacewalk.

NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80

He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.

23 Dec 2017 12:15 PM

Astronomers had never before observed an eight-planet network beside the solar system that includes Earth, researchers said.

Google crunches data to help NASA find two new planets

The data came from the Kepler telescope which NASA launched into space in 2009 as part of a planet-finding mission.

16 Dec 2017 8:45 AM

The Kepler-90 system also could have a ninth planet or more, according to the researchers. It is 2,545 light-years away; a light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Representational Photo: NASA

Eighth planet found in faraway solar system, matching ours

Our solar system had nine planets until Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.

15 Dec 2017 9:39 AM

Scientist says it was a rare chance to study the life cycle of a newly created island.

New Island offers clues about life on Mars: NASA

Scientists initially expected the island — created when vast quantities of rock and dense ash spewed — to wash away within a few months.

13 Dec 2017 2:42 PM

Astronomers estimate that an interstellar asteroid similar to ‘Oumuamua passes through the inner solar system about once per year. (Photo: NASA)

First Interstellar visitor from solar system dazzles scientists

New data reveal the interstellar interloper to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue.

30 Nov 2017 1:43 PM

The scientists say that It takes ten years to cross our solar system, providing plenty of future viewing opportunities.

Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher

The scientists report that our solar system could be packed with 10,000 such interstellar travellers at any given time.

17 Nov 2017 4:08 PM

The planet is believed to border the so-called habitable zone. (Photo: AP)

Close new Earth-size world, where year lasts under 10 days

At a distance of 11 light-years, Ross 128 b is the second-closest planet to be detected yet outside our solar system.

16 Nov 2017 11:54 AM

To lighten the mood as New Horizons aims for a 2019 flyby, the research team is holding a naming contest. (Photo: NASA)

NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons next flyby target

Scientists at NASA have started a campaign inviting the public to choose an informal name for the New Horizons mission's next flyby target.

08 Nov 2017 6:23 PM

Small stars can readily form rocky planets but do not gather enough material together to form Jupiter-sized planets. (Photo: Facebook/UniversityOfWarwick)

Monster planet discovery challenges formation theory

Scientists have discovered a monster planet orbitting a small, distant star.

04 Nov 2017 2:46 PM

Halloween is a festival celebrated every year on October 31. The festival marks the beginning of the 'Allhallowtide' — a time to remember dead saints, martyrs, and other loved ones.

NASA gets into 'Halloween' mood, releases spooky soundtrack playlist

NASA has shared a SoundCloud playlist of creepy space sounds to double the celebration of 'Halloween'.

30 Oct 2017 1:12 PM

Planet Nine does exist, and may be 10 times the mass of the Earth and 20 times away from the Sun than Neptune, NASA scientists say

Ice giant Planet Nine a reality: NASA

Konstantin Batygin says there are now five different lines of observational evidence pointing to the existence of Planet Nine.

16 Oct 2017 4:43 PM

The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31 pm (1631 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Representational image)

SpaceX to transport super-computer to space for deep-space missions

The super-computer will direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.

14 Aug 2017 7:54 AM

One artist’s concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons mission. This binary concept is based on telescope observations made at Patagonia, Argentina on July 17, 2017 when MU69 passed in front of a star. New Horizons theorize that it could be a single body with a large chunk taken out of it, or two bodies that are close together or even touching. (Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker)

New Horizons spacecraft may have two targets this time

Could the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft actually be two targets?

08 Aug 2017 2:22 PM

Now, NASA researchers have identified the chemical fingerprint of acrylonitrile in Titan data collected by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. (Representational image)

Possible key ingredients of life discovered on Saturn’s Moon

NASA finds Moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘Membranes.’

30 Jul 2017 10:26 AM

Researchers David Kipping and Alex Teachey of Columbia University have now found the first evidence for an exomoon candidate named Kepler 1625b i.

First exomoon may have been discovered

A second, smaller dip that appears ahead of or behind the planet could reveal a moon.

28 Jul 2017 9:09 PM

Flight Analog Program Manager, Lisa Spence, toasts with sparkling grape juice the HERA XIII crew for a successful end to the first 45-day mission. Credits: NASA

Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA’s HERA XIII crew returns home

This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sleep reduction for research purposes.

20 Jul 2017 10:51 AM

This diagram illustrates the positions of Mars, Earth and the sun during a period that occurs approximately every 26 months, when Mars passes almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to refrain sending commands to Mars orbiters

Data will keep coming from Mars to Earth, although loss or corruption of some bits is anticipated and the data will be retransmitted later.

18 Jul 2017 9:31 AM

Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to Mercury

The craft has an unusual design, comprising a "stacked aircraft" carrying two orbiters -- one European, the other Japanese.

06 Jul 2017 6:39 PM

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