WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Debris from an old out-of-control U.S. satellite is expected to fall somewhere on Earth on Friday afternoon, NASA said, although the debris is expected to miss North America.

NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (U…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Astronomers captured a flaring black hole, which is extremely uncommon, allowing them to find new details about these rarities, NASA said in a report.

The blazing jets were captured with NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey…

WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) — Astronomers have identified the first circumbinary planet, a planet orbiting two stars, similar to the one seen in the 30-year-old Star Wars film.

The planet, which has been dubbed Kepler-16b, is located some 200 light-years f…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — NASA on Wednesday announced that it has already selected a design to develop a new Space Launch System (SLS) to transport astronauts to farther areas in space.

After months of comprehensive review of potential designs th…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Astronomers have been able to spot the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, NASA announced on Wednesday.

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers determined that …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — Astronomers have been able to spot a previously dormant black hole from a distant galaxy as it shredded and consumed a star, NASA said on Wednesday.

The incident has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March, a…

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — Debris of an unmanned Russian space freighter fell in South Siberia after the spacecraft failed to reach the designated orbit due to a rocket engine failure on Wednesday, officials said on early Thursday.

The wreckage of the Progr…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — A group of NASA scientists has discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures as cool as the human body, the agency announced on Wednesday.

Astronomers unsuccessfully tracked these dark orbs, termed …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica has been completed by a NASA-funded research, the administration said on Thursday.

As a key element to help scientists track future sea-level in…

ABUJA, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) — Nigeria on Wednesday successfully launched two satellites into orbit on a Russian rocket, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) said.

The two satellites – the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X – were launched on a Russian…