As we enter the New Year, the most intense meteor showers, which are known as the Quadrantids, would usher us into2017. This month, this annual meteor shower will cause a deluge of shooting stars at 100 meteors per hour during peak activity.
A super rare, total solar eclipse will be seen in most of America this year. It will be observable in 12 states from Oregon to South Carolina.
NASA has revealed the first design concept for a future home on Mars. Researchers say that the best material to build these houses is apparently, ice.
SpaceX has completed its investigation into an accident that occurred in September last year involving its Falcon 9 rocket. It is believed that the explosion was caused by a malfunctioning high-pressure helium tank. The rocket had three such helium tanks for pressurizing the second stage liquid oxygen.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of Wisconsin has declared that the cause of climate change is debatable and that humans are not its perpetrator.
Astronomers have detected a unique, super-bright galaxy some 370 million light years away from Earth, which is home to a "megamaser," a cluster of galaxies that emit powerful microwave radiation.
Two new Near-Earth objects have been detected by NASA scientists. One of these cosmic objects is a comet, and the other one appears to be a mysterious, unknown cosmic object, which is yet to be confirmed.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an investment of $140 million in Intarcia Therapeutics, a US pharmaceutical company that is developing a device to help prevent HIV infections.
Astronomers have captured a stunning image of a distant spiral galaxy known as NGC 4707, which is located some 22 million light years away from Earth within the Canes Venatici or Hunting Dogs constellation.
One of the elusive moons of Mars, Phobos, has been captured by a European probe in a new set of colored images, revealing the largest of the Martian moons.
