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Scientists may have discovered a ninth planet in our Solar System, and no, it's not Pluto getting its old classification back. Astronomers say another world around the same size as Neptune might lie beyond the famous dwarf planet and while it's still not even confirmed, fans are calling for its name to honor recently passed rock star David Bowie, a "Starman" ever connected to space. Read More »
What the crap is going on in space, people? Just a couple of weeks ago it was discovered that liquid water actually exists on Mars, and now we're finding out the Pluto, you know the dumb dwarf planet, could possibly have both blue skies and water ice, according to NASA. Read More »
NASA's New Horizons space probe is a fitting name for the probe that has travelled from Earth all the way to the former planet Pluto to give us some screenshots of the celestial ice ball. For the first time in history of humanity, we see the grooves and craters of Pluto up close and personal. Now with such beautiful shots you'd think the New Horizons has some of the most advanced technology NASA could buy but the truth is some of the hardware inside it is pretty old. As a matter of fact, its CPU, the MIPS R3000 processor, is the same one used inside our old Sony PlayStations. Read More »
Images from Pluto recently surfaced thanks to NASA’s New Horizons spaceship. For the first time, we’re able to get a glimpse at what the dwarf planet actually looks like. And while the world is oh, so excited over the photos, it appears astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson thinks its “awesome minus ten percent.” Or, at least, that’s what he told soon-to-be Late Show host Stephen Colbert. Read More »
NASA's New Horizons spaceship has reached the closest it's location to Pluto after nine years of travel from Earth. It was less than 8,000 miles from the dwarf planet as of July 14th and is continuing to collect data on Pluto and its moons. NASA released a color photo of Pluto on Instagram this morning. Read More »
