Once the International Space Station has finished its celestial journey, it will head to a new great unexplored region: the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
Jeremy White
Jul 27, 2011
In an effort to avoid galactic litter, Russia and its partners will submerged the International Space Station into the Pacific ocean after retiring it in 2020.
Jeremy White
Jul 27, 2011
How fast does the universe expand? A new measurement, the most accurate one to date, was introduced by a PhD student in Australia.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2011
The 14-year mystery behind the water on the planet Saturn is now solved. Researchers have found that the planet's sixth largest moon named Enceladus is the source of a huge halo of water steam around Saturn.
Kukil Bora
Jul 27, 2011
Astronomers have discovered a twisted ring of gas at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The ring twists in the middle in such a way that it looks like a cosmic infinity sign.
Kukil Bora
Jul 27, 2011
Private spaceflight company Space Exploration (SpaceX) is on its way to become the first private company to dock with the International Space Station.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 27, 2011
Rain from Saturn?s moon has encapsulated the entire planet of Saturn in water vapor, according to observations released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday, which finally pinpoints the water source in Saturn?s upper atmosphere.
Nadine DeNinno
Jul 26, 2011
Enceladus, Saturn's six-largest moon, was discovered to be raining over 550 pounds of water vapor every second toward Saturn.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 26, 2011
Among mysteries lying on the far side of the Moon, which cannot be seen from Earth, are volcanoes as well, new photos from a NASA orbiter have revealed.
Jijo Jacob
Jul 26, 2011
In an ongoing rivalry between Apple's iPhone and Android, Google can uphold bragging rights as becoming the first smartphone to have assisted NASA astronauts on a space flight mission. Having its Nexus One powered Android OS programmed to spherical robots; the devices were launched into space aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Once deployed, it assisted astronauts in surveying routine maintenance work.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 26, 2011
Scientists discover fourth moon for Pluto.
Peggy Truong
Jul 26, 2011
NASA has embraced a presidential directive to plant astronauts on an asteroid, a mission that officials say represents the most ambitious yet for the space agency.
Jeremy White
Jul 26, 2011
Milky Way Over Abandoned Kilns, NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis, Noctilucent Clouds Over Edmonton, Atlantis Farewell from Parkes
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2011
The largest body of water to date -- anywhere in the universe -- has been discovered in space, with mass measuring several trillion times the water on the whole of planet Earth.
Johnathan Davis
Jul 25, 2011
Researchers have found the largest body of water anywhere in the universe, to date, with mass that measures several trillion times the mass of water on the entire planet Earth.
Johnathan Davis
Jul 25, 2011
NASA has chosen a landing site for its next Mars rover with the goal of seeking more signs of life and historical water on the planet. Scientists have long known that Mars is home to a few patches of carbonates -- minerals that form readily in large bodies of water -- but they suspect that many more carbonates may be hidden beneath layers of the Red planet.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2011
Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud floating around a black hole in the universe.
Johnathan Davis
Jul 25, 2011
Officials at the Alaska Volcano Observatory warn that a remote Alaskan volcano may be poised for its next big eruption. The 5,676-foot Cleveland Volcano lies directly under commercial airline flight paths between North America and Asia.
Mark Johanson
Jul 25, 2011
Curiosity is planned to launch later this year and land in August 2012.
Prarthito Maity
Jul 25, 2011
Astromomers found the largest reservoir of water ever discovered in space, which measures 140 trillion times the earth's ocean water. It is also the farthest reservoir of water discovered in the universe, according to two teams of researchers.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2011
Astromomers found a reservoir of water in space that measures 140 trillion times the earth's ocean water. It is also the farthest reservoir of water ever discovered in the universe, according to two teams of researchers.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 25, 2011
The Kepler Mission is a NASA Discovery Program for detecting potentially life-supporting planets around other stars.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 24, 2011