(Natural News) The findings of a new U.K. study suggest that the upper atmosphere of the seventh planet in our Solar System smells the same as rotten eggs, reports a Live Science article. The study specifically suggested that the topmost clouds of Uranus contain a lot of hydrogen sulfide. You may not be familiar with that chemical, but […]

(Natural News) Before the moon, there was water on Earth. This was the conclusion a group of scientists arrived upon after they studied lunar rocks from all six of the Apollo missions and investigated volcanic rocks from the Earth’s oceans. The research team, led by Richard Greenwood of Open University, a distance learning and research university […]

(Natural News) Researchers have been forced to backtrack on what little they thought they understood about the enigmatic substance called “dark matter.” The 180-degree turn came in the wake of a new study that suggested dark matter may not really be interacting with forces outside of gravity, according to a ScienceDaily article. In 2015, an […]

(Natural News) The cloudy planet dubbed the “Morning Star” and “Evening Star” could be harboring alien life. A NASA-backed international study surmises that there could be simple but sturdy bacteria floating in the uppermost clouds of Venus, reported The Sun. Study author Sanjay Limaye of the University of Wisconsin-Madison says that computer models of Venus suggest it used to […]

(Natural News) Have you ever wanted to spend your honeymoon, anniversary, or any special occasion in space? If space start-up Orion Span delivers on its promise, you’ll be able to book its Aurora Station space hotel in as little as four years, according to a Space.com article. “We are launching the first-ever affordable luxury space […]

(Natural News) The resumption of domestic production of plutonium-238 has led NASA to reconsider the use of nuclear power sources in its future planetary science missions, according to an article from Space.com. Back in December 2017, NASA needed to conserve its dwindling stockpile of nuclear fuel for the Mars 2020 rover and other, more critical missions. […]

(Natural News) Ever since humanity’s first foray into space, our astronauts have had to contend with deep-space radiation. Scientists have done what they can to protect space voyagers and technology from exposure to cosmic rays. But, as new research has shown, that may not be enough: The radiation environment of space may be higher than […]

(Natural News) Many present-day conveniences are rooted in once-exclusive space industry innovations. As it turns out, the same can also apply to certain types of high-level medical equipment. Back in the 1980s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) came up with Canadarm, a robotic manipulation system that was designed to be used in zero […]

(Natural News) Fifteen new planets were confirmed to be orbiting red dwarf stars near our solar system. As per a report that appeared in Science Daily, one of the newly-discovered worlds is a super-Earth that could have liquid water. The new exoplanets were located by researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). Under the […]

(Natural News) As you read this, experts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), other international space agencies, and even those in the private sector, are actively working on possible ways to get off the planet and possibly land on either Mars or the Moon. Mars in particular is quite interesting because, like Earth, […]