Tiangong-1, translated to ‘Heavenly Palace,’ is a 9.4 ton Chinese bus-sized space station that was launched in 2011 and was China’s first space station, but they lost contact with it in 2016. After two failed repair attempts, a ‘technical issue’ caused the spacecraft to fall out of orbit and it began its uncontrolled tumble and…
Depending on how you see it, this is either stupidity or over-cautiousness. Â According to a report, the Indian Army had been tracking 2 unidentified objects in the night sky for the past 6 months, fearing them to be Chinese spy drones. It turned out those objects were actually the planets Venus & Jupiter. Indian…
The twin-starred Star Wars planet defies astronomical classification Star Wars fans will be pleased to hear that the fictional planet of Tatooine, notable for having two suns, is more real that they may have thought; thanks to a discovery made by a group of astronomers working in France. The discovery in question comes in the…
Clay Minerals in Martian Rock Show an Ancient Mars Capable of Hosting Life The Mars Curiosity rover’s mission to find evidence of a once habitable environment on the surface of our neighboring planet has taken one giant leap in the right direction. A recent press release by NASA describes how data obtained from the analysis…