CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the US record on April 24 for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump. The International Space Station’s commander […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Amateur astronomers, take note! You can now help researchers discover ‘Planet 9’ – an elusive cosmic body believed to exist in our solar system, scientists say. The project to find “Planet 9” will […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Examining a Martian meteorite found in Africa, scientists have uncovered evidence of at least two billion years of volcanic activity on Mars. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, offer new […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): An international team of astronomers has found one of the universe’s biggest superclusters of galaxies near the Milky Way. Researchers, including those from Australian National University (ANU), said the Vela supercluster, which had […]
LONDON (TIP): Mars is a primary target in the search for life outside Earth, and liquid water is the most important pre-requisite for life. But a team of international researchers has found that Mars is […]
CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): A new study finds that Pluto is “spray-painting” the red poles of its big moon Charon. The paint is actually Pluto’s continually escaping atmosphere. Methane and other gases from Pluto end up […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen, and similar seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life, a new study has […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The washing machine sized comet lander Philae has been located lying upside down in a ditch on comet 67/P 682 million kilometres (424 million miles) from Earth. It was caught by a […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have identified a young star in the Milky Way located almost 11,000 light years away from Earth and 30 times more massive than our Sun, which could help understand how the most […]
BERLIN (TIP): Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighbourhood which is “believed to be Earth-like” and orbits its star at a distance that could favour life, German weekly Der Spiegel reported […]
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