Solar System
Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks
World
December 17, 2020
Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the…
Low-cost Moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers
World
July 12, 2019
Low-cost Moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers
India will step up the international space race on Monday when it launches a low-cost mission to become only the…
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Science
October 20, 2018
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
Is Mercury’s core liquid or solid, and why — on the smallest planet in our solar system — is…
Pluto’s largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA
Science
February 20, 2016
Pluto’s largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since…
Scientists find earth-like planet near solar system
Egypt
November 12, 2015
Scientists find earth-like planet near solar system
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered an earth-like planet orbiting a star relatively near the solar system.It’s an exciting find…
NASA published 4K footage of the sun
Science
November 8, 2015
NASA published 4K footage of the sun
The NASA Space agency has shared an ultra high-definition one minute video of the sun taken by the agency’s Solar…
Two more planets in our Solar System, say astronomers
Egypt
January 19, 2015
Two more planets in our Solar System, say astronomers
The Solar System has at least two more planets waiting to be discovered beyond the orbit of Pluto, Spanish and…
Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems
Environment
January 29, 2012
Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to…