Tag Archives: space exploration

Twenty quadrillion miles away, scientists have discovered a diamond orbiting a star that's only fifteen miles across, but more massive than our sun. This star is spinning over 100 times per second, and the gigantic diamond orbiting around it is around the size of the planet Jupiter.

A team of physicists in Europe has recorded data that shows neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. Naturally, this data has sparked heated debate, disbelief and outrage in the scientific community.

An amazing new X-Ray photo of a nearby supernova has astronomers extremely interested -- since it shows the transition of a supernova into a supernova remnant.

Chilean astronomers have announced the discovery of 16 new "Super Earths", making scientists hopeful that we could make contact with extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.

The Cassini spacecraft has been sending incredible space photos back to Earth for many years. The latest photos from Cassini are of Saturn's odd-shaped moon Hyperion, which tumbles around Saturn in an irregular orbit.

Twenty minutes after launch, the ISS Progress 44 disappeared, along with its 3 tons of supplies for the International Space Station.

If you can afford the $200,000 price tag, you can reserve one of the coveted seats on Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship. Oh, and you'll be able to tweet about it.

NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover has been sending back some really incredible photography detailing the unique landscape on Mars. This week, NASA released a true color-rendered photo showing the debris of the Opportunity's heat shield, which was destroyed during impact.

Ron Garan, a NASA astronaut, managed to capture this stunning space photo of a Perseid meteor falling to Earth.

The Mars Opportunity Rover has sent back an amazing color photo of the Martian landscape around the Endeavor crater.