NASA’s first planet hunting mission finally drew to a close on October 30, 2018. After spending nine years in deep space circling the Sun in an orbit somewhat wider and slower than the Earth’s and collecting data that indicated the existence of …Continue reading
Astronomers may have found a stray moon
Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have found evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. This would be the first time this phenomenon has been observed. The moon ‘candidate’, which is 8,000 light-years …Continue reading
Scientists say there may be huge underground lake near Martian South Pole
Liquid water is one of the most important ingredients for life. Scientists have long suspected that there is liquid water near the polar caps on Mars but there has been no evidence to prove it — until now. A paper recently published …Continue reading
12 new moons of Jupiter discovered
Astronomers have discovered twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter —11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to 79 which is the most of any planet in our Solar System. A team …Continue reading
NASA develops technologies to reduce aircraft noise
In a series of flight tests, NASA has successfully tested technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) flights, which concluded in May at NASA’s Armstrong Flight …Continue reading
NASA’s 21-year old data reveals new evidence of water plumes on Jupiter’s moon
In the early 1600’s Galileo Galilei made improvements to his telescope which then allowed him to discover four moons orbiting Jupiter. In 1997, a NASA spacecraft named after him was sent to orbit Jupiter and its moons, and get a closer look …Continue reading
Final preparations underway for NASA’s mission to search nearby stars for new worlds
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered exoplanets around nearby stars, which can then be assessed for their capacity to harbor life, said a statement released on Wednesday. It …Continue reading
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy propels Tesla roadster to deep space
After the Saturn V family of rockets that enabled Apollo 11 to land on the moon in 1969, the most powerful rocket ever was successfully fired by SpaceX from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday. Powered by 27 engines, Falcon …Continue reading
Oil, Gas Industry Biggest Contributor to Rise in Atmospheric Methane, NASA Study Confirms
The bulk of the recent rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is linked to emissions from the oil and gas industry, a new study led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists suggests. Methane emissions in the atmosphere …Continue reading
Space Pioneer Passes Away
John Watts Young, an American astronaut, naval officer and aeronautical engineer, passed away on Sunday following complications from pneumonia. He was 87 years old. Young is the only astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle …Continue reading
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