Los Angeles: Designed to last just 90 days and travel 1,000 metres on Martian landscape, NASA’s Opportunity rover outlived its mission lifetime by more than 14 years to become the longest lasting robot sent from Earth and the first wheeled vehicle off Earth to log a drive distance of over[Read More…]
Tag: Space
After lettuce, astronauts could grow beans in space in 2021
London, After cultivating lettuce in space three years ago, crew members aboard the International Space Station could be growing beans in 2021, new research suggests. The beans could be planted in high-tech planters developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The planters can regulate all the water,[Read More…]
China launches 2 satellites for Pak, space cooperation between the two increases
China has launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket on Monday July 9. The PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer, reports Xinhua news agency.A scientific experiment[Read More…]
NASA looks at Artificial Intelligence to communicate with space
As a collection of space data increases, NASA is exploring the infusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into space communications networks to meet demand and increase efficiency. Software-defined radios like cognitive radio use AI to employ underutilised portions of the electromagnetic spectrum without human intervention. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permits[Read More…]
Perseid Meteor Shower to delight Indian star gazers tonight
Indian star gazers are in for a treat as the annual Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of August 12 through the morning of August 13. The shower will be visible to the naked eye, and there is no need for binoculars and telescopes as it appears for a[Read More…]
Moon dust collected in the first lunar landing to be sold at auction
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…]
Humans must leave Earth in 100 years to survive: Stephen Hawking
Popular British physicist Stephen Hawking said that the humans will need to find and settle on another planet within the next 100 years to survive climate change, asteroid strikes and overpopulation. According to Hawking, time is running out for the Earth and humanity will need to leave the planet for[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
ASAN holds ‘first protest in space’ against Donald Trump
The Autonomous Space Agency Network (ASAN) launched a “protest in space” against US President Donald Trump in solidarity with the upcoming March for Science. The group sent a weather balloon to space with a printed-out anti-Trump tweet attached to it. The group said that their protest was inspired by the[Read More…]
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…]
ASTROSAT captured Vampire star in action!
Discovery of powerful cosmic double whammy: Astrophysics solves the mystery of galaxy cluster research
Researchers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike anything ever seen before. Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe, a supermassive black hole, and the collision of giant galaxy clusters, have combined to create a stupendous cosmic particle accelerator about two billion light years from Earth Astronomers using[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…]