Nearly five decades ago, when Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind” by walking on the surface of the moon, he did what any tourist does: He collected a souvenir. Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the lunar surface, scooped some lunar rock– Moondust, which was collected[Read More…]
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Jupiter is not just the biggest planet in the solar system; its the oldest too!
In a recent discovery, researchers have found out that Jupiter is the oldest planet in the universe, besides being the biggest. Researcher, Thomas S. Kruijer, says “this is the first time that we can say something about Jupiter based on measurements done in the lab.” Similar work was done on[Read More…]
NASA names new bacteria after India’s Missile Man
In a tribute to India’s missile man Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, NASA scientists have named a new organism after him. The researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have discovered a new bacteria and named it Solibacillus kalamii to honour India’s former president. Senior research scientist, Biotechnology and Planetary Protection[Read More…]
NASA probes found a man-made BUBBLE surrounding Earth
Since ages human have been shaping Earth’s setting, but now NASA scientists have found that we can also shape our near-space surroundings with radio communications. Effects of such communications extended beyond our atmosphere that created a bubble surrounding Earth, revealed NASA’s Van Allen Probes. The Van Allen Probes are meant[Read More…]
NASA discovers ‘iceball’ planet
NASA astronaut sets record for most days in space
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has broken the record for most days in space by a US astronaut. She has completed a total of 666 days in space with at least 8 spacewalks. “I’m not here because of the record. But I think having the record is important because we have[Read More…]
NASA develops 3D-printed space fabrics
NASA stopwatch can measure billionth of a second
Mars may have had rings and they may come back
Mars could once have had rings, and the red planet may regain them again, according to a new study. A new model developed by scientists at Purdue University in the US suggests that debris that was pushed into space from an asteroid slamming into Mars around 4.3 billion years ago[Read More…]
India’s first lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1 “re-discovered” by NASA
Almost a decade after it was believed missing, India’s first lunar spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1, has been “re-discovered” by Nasa’s ground-based radars – the American space agency declared on Friday. Chandrayaan-1, was launched on October 22, 2008 and was credited with the first discovery of water on the moon on November[Read More…]
NASA finds India’s lost Chandrayaan-1 orbiting Moon
Using a new ground-based radar technique, NASA scientists have found India’s first lunar probe – the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft – which was considered lost. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008. Now, scientists at[Read More…]
Lego’s new toy set celebrates the women of NASA
NASA likely to send robotic spacecraft to the sun
Seven earth-like planets discovered orbiting nearby star: NASA
In a first such feat, astronomers have found seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star, and these new worlds may hold a life. According to NASA and the Belgian-led research team who announced the discovery on Wednesday, this cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation[Read More…]
Space to go commercial soon! Axiom Space plans to build multipurpose habitat in 2020
Axiom Space, a newly formed commercial space firm, has been planning to send an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019 and connect a large multipurpose habitat there in 2020, Jason Davis reported in the Planetary Society. The world’s first private commercial space station is headed by Mike[Read More…]
NASA orbiter detects Martian spiders
Using the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (MRO), researchers have detected cumulative channel growth of troughs, each carved through years of erosion. Researchers said the trough might be the infant versions of larger features known as Martian “spiders,” which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of the[Read More…]
NASA want ideas to solve deep space poop challenge
NASA is asking people to develop a solution to a very basic problem – how to manage human waste when an astronaut is trapped in a space suit for up to a week. The space agency has launched a competition and invited participants to invent a hands-free solution that routes[Read More…]
Level of pollution in India, China from space shocking: Astronaut Scott Kelly
Astronaut Scott Kelly, who has the distinction of having spent a year in the space, has said that the level of pollution in China and India is shocking. “Seeing places like China and India, and the pollution that exists there almost all the time is quite shocking,” Kelly said in[Read More…]