NASA’s Sofia Telescope Discovers More Water on Lunar Surface at Moretus Crater Region

NASA’s Sofia Telescope Discovers More Water on Lunar Surface at Moretus Crater Region

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) telescope has discovered more water on the Moon’s surface. The fresh findings of water have been made in the Southern Hemisphere of the Moon. The research was led by Casey Honniball, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The team have…

Fresh Solar Storm Spotted Heading Towards Earth, May Impact GPS Devices: Report

Fresh Solar Storm Spotted Heading Towards Earth, May Impact GPS Devices: Report

The space prediction centre of American agency National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has spotted a fresh geomagnetic storm on the Sun’s surface that will have some effect on life on Earth. The G2 category storm was spotted on August 7 with another smaller G1 storm expected on Monday, according…

New Chemical Reactions Can Help Explain Origin of Life From Non-Living Molecules

New Chemical Reactions Can Help Explain Origin of Life From Non-Living Molecules

The “origin of life” is a subject that scientists have invested an unparalleled amount of time and resources in to understand it better. How life emerged from non-living molecules continues to be a much-debated topic. But now, scientists at Scripps Research may have found something to shed light on the…

Comet K2 Makes Closest Approach to Earth, but the Celestial Show Is Not Over Yet

Comet K2 Makes Closest Approach to Earth, but the Celestial Show Is Not Over Yet

The comet C/2017 K2 has offered a spectacular celestial show for stargazers and astronomers as it hurtled past Earth this week. In its closest approach to our planet, which was on July 14, the comet was about 270 million kilometres away. Now, while the comet may have crossed its closest…

Longest Fast Radio Burst Similar to Heartbeat Pattern Detected Billions of Light-Years Away From Earth

Longest Fast Radio Burst Similar to Heartbeat Pattern Detected Billions of Light-Years Away From Earth

Astronomers have detected a strange burst of radio signals that appeared to be emitting in a pattern similar to a heartbeat. Classified as fast radio burst (FRB), the signal originated from a galaxy billions of light-years from Earth. Such FRBs are intense radio wave burst lasting a maximum of a…

Study Explains Blinking Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Falling Stardust, Unsteady Jets

Study Explains Blinking Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Falling Stardust, Unsteady Jets

Astrophysicists have developed the first 3D simulation of the entire evolution of a jet from its birth by a rotating black hole to its emission far from the collapsing star. Simulation shows that as the star collapses, its material falls on the disk that swirls around the black hole. This…