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New evidence points towards water on Moon
London, September 19 (ANI): Two separate lunar missions have found evidence which indicates that the polar regions of the moon are chock full of water-altered minerals.
According to a report in Nature News, early results from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched on June 18, are offering a wide array of watery signals.
The Moon, in fact, [...]
New evidence points towards water on Moon
London, September 19 (ANI): Two separate lunar missions have found evidence which indicates that the polar regions of the moon are chock full of water-altered minerals.
According to a report in Nature News, early results from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched on June 18, are offering a wide array of watery signals.
The Moon, in fact, [...]
NASA’s lunar reconnaissance orbiter begins detailed mapping of moon’s south pole
Washington, September 18 (ANI): NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit of the moon’s south pole.
The spacecraft already has made significant progress [...]
Planck spacecraft obtains first peek of big bang’s ‘afterglow’
London, September 18 (ANI): European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Planck spacecraft has obtained its first peek at the afterglow of the big bang, revealing it in unprecedented detail.
The ESA spacecraft was launched into space on May 14 this year. It is observing the glow of hot gas [...]
‘NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope may find habitable moons’
London, Sep. 13 (ANI): There are thousands of habitable moons orbiting planets in other solar systems trillions of miles from our own, British scientists say.
On the basis of mathematical calculations, scientists at the University College London have said that it should be possible to spot these moons using a space telescope launched by NASA.
Dr David [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth after successful mission
Washington, September 12 (ANI): Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts has returned to Earth after a successful mission called STS-128, in which the team delivered two refrigerator-sized science racks to the International Space Station (ISS).
One rack will be used to conduct experiments on materials such as metals, glasses and ceramics.
The results [...]
Wind alone can meet China’s electricity demands projected for 2030
Washington, September 11 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have estimated that wind alone has the potential to meet China’s electricity demands projected for 2030.
The research, carried out by environmental scientists from Harvard and Tsinghua University, demonstrated the [...]
Astronauts could orbit Mars in 2020s, provided NASA’s budget is boosted
London, September 9 (ANI): In a new report, a panel of experts have suggested that humans could orbit Mars in the 2020s, provided NASA’s budget is boosted.
According to an article in the New Scientist, at its current funding level, the agency will be unable to leave low-Earth orbit for at least the next two decades, [...]
NASA selects spot where it will search for water on the moon
Washington, September 9 (ANI): NASA has selected the target crater where its LCROSS spacecraft will search for water on the moon.
The announcement of the target location where the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its spent Centaur rocket will hit in October, will be made on Friday, September 11, in the main [...]
Indian scientist discovers X-ray bursts from neutron stars can help reveal their size
Sydney, September 8 (ANI): In a new research, an Indian scientist has determined that the pattern of x-rays generated by neutron stars may reveal their true size.
According to a report by ABC News, Dr Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India led the research.
Neutron stars are the densest objects in the [...]
‘Smell of space’ strong, metallic and unique, say NASA astronauts
Washington, September 7 (ANI): NASA astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Discovery have said that the smell of space, which is regarded as the final frontier, is strong, metallic and unique.
“There is one smell up here that is really unique though and that is the smell, we just call it ‘the smell of space’,” said [...]
Moon landings were not a hoax, confirms evidence from lunar orbiter
Washington, September 5 (ANI): Supporters of the theory that NASA faked the Apollo moon landings have the tide turned against them, as a lunar orbiter has spied spacecraft and astronaut tracks on the Moon left behind almost 40 years ago.
Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean set foot on the moon in November [...]
Antarctica’s plumbing system more dynamic than previously believed
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): Scientists, using space-based lasers on a NASA satellite have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica’s ice, which has revealed a continental plumbing system that is more dynamic than previously thought.
“Even though Antarctica’s ice sheet looks static, the more we watch it, the more [...]
Scientists design “gravity tractor” to save earth from asteroids
London, Aug 30 (ANI): British space scientists have designed a special spacecraft that can save the earth from a catastrophic asteroid collision.
The 10 tonne spacecraft named “gravity tractor” would be deployed to intercept an asteroid en route to the earth and has the ability to fly 160 ft alongside it.
Once near an asteroid the [...]
Beefed-up diets of Asia’s middle class may lead to chronic food shortages
Washington, August 30 (ANI): Scientists have said that the beefed-up diets of Asia’s expanding middle class could lead to chronic food shortages for the water-stressed region.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the threat was highlighted in a study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]
Minerals on ancient Martian rock formed in a habitable environment
London, August 29 (ANI): A new analysis has suggested that a rock found on Mars in 1996, which was claimed by scientists to host life, has minerals which could have only been formed in a habitable environment.
Researchers led by David McKay of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, caused a sensation 13 years ago [...]
One of astronomy’s long held myths about star formation debunked
Washington, August 28 (ANI): An international team of researchers has debunked one of astronomy’s long held beliefs about how stars are formed.
Since the 1950s, astronomers have thought that in a family of new-born stars, the ratio of massive stars to lighter ones was always pretty much the same.
“This [...]
NASA delays launch of space shuttle Discovery
Washington, August 28 (ANI): NASA managers have postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery to allow engineers more time to develop plans for resolving an issue with a valve in the shuttle’s main propulsion system.
Launch now is targeted for no earlier than 11:59 p.m. Friday, August 28, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
During [...]
Students come out with swanky space hotel concept
Washington, August 27 (ANI): A team of college students has come out with a concept for a swanky space hotel, which would have a robot concierge, a redesigned showerhead, a full-sensory exercise wall, among other luxuries.
According to a report by Fox News, the concept has been designed by master’s degree students in a program hosted [...]
Obama’s upcoming vacation threatened by Hurricane Bill in Atlantic Ocean
Washington, August 22 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama’s vacation plans this coming week in Martha’s Vineyard may be spoilt, with a satellite image released by NASA on Tuesday showing Hurricane Bill in the Atlantic Ocean.
A report posted on Accuweather.com says that the hurricane will not make landfall along Cape Cod, instead passing by to [...]
