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A photo captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) highlighted the diverse features and characteristics of the Martian terrain.

An internal memo revealed that an employee and a health care provider working in SpaceX’s headquarters in California tested positive for COVID-19.

A space weather forecasting site reported that Earth is about the get hit by a stream of solar winds on Sunday.

The epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak has moved from China into Europe, hitting hard on countries like Italy and Spain. Daily reports from both countries show a surge in the outbreak with Italy posting death tallies at no less than 600 each day since last week. Spain follows with more than a hundred deaths from the virus daily. Some coronavirus patients have revealed their symptoms to the public, with one Spanish doctor posting his symptoms online as it progresses day by day.

Over 40 years after the Voyager 2 mission was launched to visit Uranus, the spacecraft was still able to uncover a surprising secret about the planet.

Type 2 diabetes is one of the conditions that put people at risk of suffering from a severe coronavirus infection. If you have this condition, there are ways on how to deal with it even if you are ill.

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is currently monitoring four space rocks that are headed for Earth.

High blood pressure is one health condition that must be controlled especially with an ongoing pandemic. There are several ways that you can lower your reading when you are staying at home.

The global pandemic caused by the deadly coronavirus is far from over, but a new threat is already looming. News reports say that a person has died in China on Monday due to the Hantavirus. This sparked fears of a new virus that could also spread like COVID-19. What are hantavirus and its symptoms?

Several strict measures have been recently announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the government’s attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus. These include staying at home and avoiding contact with other persons. There are some exceptions though and one of such exceptions is that if you are doing essential work which cannot be performed at home. What is essential work and who is the key worker?

Loss of taste and smell have been reported by COVID-19 patients who exhibit no other symptoms such as cough or fever.

The UK Prime Minister is fast-emerging as the fiercest foe of the deadly coronavirus. This came to light as Mr. Boris Johnson announced the imposition of a UK-wide lockdown yesterday to stop the spread of the virus. Government authorities know that the economic and social repercussions that may result from these policies are grave. This is why the urgent question of how long the lockdown will be is now being asked by some sectors.

Follow these simple tips to save yourself and others against the deadly coronavirus.

COVID-19 has spurred the government to impose its strictest policy measure yet in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. The Prime Minister has announced a countrywide lockdown in the UK. According to Mr. Johnson, there are only two medical reasons that can be used for residents to leave their houses. What are these?

A UFO 'expert' claimed to have spotted a fossilized alien skull in a photo taken by NASA on Mars. According to the expert, the photo proves that complex extraterrestrial beings once lived on the Red Planet.

NASA recently shared a stunning photo of the Moon looking like the Saturn. Like the planet, the Moon appears to have rings around it in the picture.

To lessen the impact of the crisis, the general public was urged to observe social distancing. To help people become more aware, a coronavirus patient has disclosed the content of her daily symptoms diary.

This is why the coronavirus death numbers of men outnumbered women.

Air pollutant levels significantly dropped in Metro Manila.

Cabin fever can be dealt with in simple ways.

NASA has completed a rigorous test for its next-generation thrusters that could be used for its future Artemis missions. For the test, the agency subjected the thruster prototypes to 60 hot-fire simulations.

Due to the worsening state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Space Agency (ESA) has decided to temporarily suspend some of the scientific operations of four of its active space missions. Some of the projects affected by the suspension are the ESA’s current missions on Mars.

NASA is currently preparing to use its robotic spacecraft to collect samples from the massive potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu. But, before the spacecraft can complete its objective, it will first have to navigate through the asteroid’s harsh surface.

The strongest annual meteor shower caused by the debris of a passing comet is about to take place next month. During the peak, there’s a chance the shower could produce about 100 meteors per hour.

NASA’s automated asteroid tracker has detected a near-Earth object (NEO) that’s expected to fly past the planet tomorrow. According to the data gathered by the agency, the asteroid is known to follow a natural orbit that directly intersects Earth’s path.

A nurse from the Life Care Center in Washington warned that redness around the eyes could be a symptom of coronavirus infection as she and her colleagues observed COVID-19 patients having them and some individuals would die with only redness around the eyes as symptoms. Recent researches also show that the loss of taste and smell could be clear signs of a coronavirus carrier.

The researchers of Manhattan's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have focused their attention to developing COVID-19 tests using antibodies. The tests could provide a more accurate picture of infection and fatality rate, could determine which individuals have high antibody levels that could combat the disease which makes them fit to care for coronavirus patients with minimal to no risk, and most importantly, the antibody-rich blood component (convalescent plasma) of COVID-19 survivors could be donated and transfused to critically ill patients to stimulate their immune systems to fight off the virus.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains that Hantaviruses are a family of viruses primarily spread by rodents and can cause a diverse disease syndrome.

The surging death toll due to COVID-19 infection is causing a lot of fears and tension to mount in the UK. As if to aggravate the already dreadful situation, there is the horrifying death toll in Italy which averages over 600 deaths within 24 hours. Because of this, the UK government is advising the general public to identify the symptoms as soon as they manifest. Technology may help in this area.