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A new set of high-velocity impact experiments suggests that the dwarf planet Ceres may be something of a cosmic dartboard: Projectiles that slam into it tend to stick. The experiments, performed using the Vertical Gun Range at NASA’s Ames Research Center, suggest that when asteroids and other impactors hit Ceres, much of the impact material remains on the surface instead ...

Star Trek-style ‘warp speed’ space travel between galaxies is theoretically possible, based on Einstein’s Relativity theory, insists astrophysicist from the University of Sydney in Australia. Professor Geraint Lewis, from the University of Sydney, says the futuristic concept is possible if we know how to build a warp drive. “It’s theoretically possible, but can we ever build a warp drive? We ...

Come August, it’s time for Perseid meteor shower and this year viewers in America’s West Coat can expect the best of colourful shower in years, says NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. After midnight tonight (morning of August 11, 2015) and the following two mornings (August 12 and 13) are likely to be even better as the slender waning ...