NASA has rescheduled InSight mission for May 2018 after its earlier date for launch was postponed due to glitches in its science instrument. In December 2015, the spacecraft’s SEIS was found to have vacuum leak that forced authorities to delay the launch in order to make repairs. The spacecraft was originally scheduled to be launched in May 2016.

The US space agency NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory records numerous fascinating sights in its geosynchronous orbit, like intense solar flares and other celestial bodies passing the surface of the sun.

Scientists have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. The galaxy cluster could have been captured immediately after birth, a brief, but significant evolution stage never observed before.

Salinity is crucial for ocean circulation, transportation of heat and nutrients across sea. However, this necessary feature of ocean is gradually reducing from around Antarctica. Researchers until now were unable to conclude the reason for this change, but now they have an answer.