Last week, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully completed its fourth flyby of Jupiter and later sent some new stunning pictures of white oval storms and cyclone swirls on the planet. The new image clearly shows the cyclone swirls around the south polar region of Jupiter, and white oval storms near the edge of the planet. Juno’s […]
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NASA Develops New Technique – Based on Capillary Electrophoresis – to Find Signs of Life on Other Planets
NASA has developed a new technique to aid scientists in their search for life on other planets. The new technique works by analyzing amino acids—the structural building blocks of life on Earth. According to NASA, the new technique is 10,000 times more sensitive than the method currently used by Mars Curiosity rover. The new technique […]
NASA’s Study of Astronaut Twin Brothers Suggests Space Travel may Cause Changes in Genes
A new study conducted by NASA suggests that space travel may cause changes in genes and other biological markers in astronauts. NASA scientists used Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly—two American astronauts and also identical twin brothers—in this study and observed genetic differences in them after completion of Scott Kelly’s space travel. In 2015–16, American astronaut […]
New Image Captured by Juno Reveals the Great Red Spot of Jupiter
NASA has a released a new image of Jupiter captured on Dec 11, 2016 by JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image has been processed by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstaedt and John Rogers. The caption of the image was also drafted by them. NASA posts JunoCam’s raw images at www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam to allow the public […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Getting Ready to Start Search for Earth’s “Trojan” Asteroids from Feb 9
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to start its search for hard-to-find Earth “Trojan” asteroids from Feb 9. Trojan asteroids orbit the sun and are constant companions of a specific planet. These asteroids remain near a stable point 60 degrees in front of or behind the companion planet, and never collide with it as they […]
NASA Saturn Probe Cassini Sends First Images from Its New Orbit
NASA’s Saturn probe Cassini has started sending images from its new orbit, after entering its newest mission phase – Ring-Grazing Orbits – on November 30. Cassini captured pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere while flying high above the northern hemisphere of ringed planet. There will be 20 new orbits for Cassini in the new phase, with each […]
NASA Awards $127 Million Contract to Space Systems to Build Robotic Spacecraft for Satellite Servicing
NASA wants to build a robotic spacecraft to repair and refuel satellites in orbit, and has awarded a $127 million contract to a private company in this regard. The company receiving the contract is California-based satellite company Space Systems/Loral that will assist NASA in creating the robotic spacecraft equipped with all tools and technologies required […]
NASA Releases 4K Video of International Space Station
NASA has released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the International Space Station (ISS), showing the ISS in its full high-definition glory and also revealing what life onboard ISS is like. The Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD) video has been captured and produced by Harmonic company for NASA TV UHD, which […]
NASA’s Simulated ‘Martian Gardens’ to Help Scientists Find Best Vegetables to Grow on Mars
NASA’s simulated “Martian gardens” developed at Kennedy Space Centre and the Florida Tech Buzz Aldrin Space Institute are helping scientists to find out the best vegetable to grow during future manned mission to Red Planet. The Martian soil is completely differently from Earth’s soil, which means growing crops/vegetables on Mars is much different and difficult […]
NASA’s CORAL Mission will Study the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced to begin COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission to investigate the health of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This mission has been designed to provide a better understanding of the ecologically sensitive coral reefs worldwide. The Great Barrier Reef lies in the Coral Sea off Queensland, and is […]
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