February 11, 2019 Mysterious space object Ultima Thule looks a 'giant pancake' and NASA isn't sure why After initially thinking it looked like a reddish snowman, because of its two components, the icy object known as Ultima Thule has melted into "giant pancake" and "a dented walnut," NASA said in a statement on Saturday.
February 11, 2019 Cosmic dust survives obliteration in massive red supernova, NASA shows in stunning visual All we are is cosmic dust in the wind.
February 11, 2019 Fastest-orbiting asteroid zips around Sun in just 165 days Astronomers have just found an asteroid that zips around the sun every 165 Earth days.
February 8, 2019 NASA's Hubble telescope uncovers Neptune's new 'mysterious dark vortex,' Uranus' giant white cap NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed new photos of Uranus, which displayed a mysterious white orb covering a large portion of the ice giant.
February 8, 2019 NASA photo pinpoints location of Chinese spacecraft on far side of moon NASA has released an image that pinpoints the location of Chang’e 4, the Chinese spacecraft which made the unprecedented achievement earlier this year of landing on the “dark side” of the moon.
February 8, 2019 Mysterious blobs around these stars may be bad news for alien life The sort of small, young, active stars that have become most exciting to astronomers looking for exoplanets may actually push away precisely what could be necessary to carry water to those planets — leaving them too dry to support life.
February 7, 2019 After 1-year joyride in space, Starman has probably trashed Elon's Roadster One year ago today (Feb. 6), a spacesuit-clad mannequin named Starman blasted into orbit aboard a cherry-red Tesla roadster he borrowed from his buddy, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
February 6, 2019 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record, NASA says NASA said that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record and the past five years are, "collectively, the warmest years in the modern record."
February 6, 2019 NASA's 'WALL-E' satellite mysteriously goes silent and no-one knows why NASA's "WALL-E" satellite has mysteriously gone silent after zooming past Mars and the government space agency isn't sure why.
February 6, 2019 Scientists explain why the Milky Way is so warped A new study by the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) might explain the Milky Way’s spiral appearance — it’s warped.