Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) Researchers from US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the production of a specialised fuel to power future deep space missions. The production of 50 grams of plutonium-238 – roughly the…
Credits: NASA New York, Dec 25 (IANS) On Christmas Eve in 1968, millions around the world listened in a live broadcast to the book of Genesis that describes the creation of the Universe. The only…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) NASA scientists have generated the highest-resolution images to date of an Asteroid that will safely fly past Earth on the Christmas eve at a distance of 11 million km. Using the…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) When it comes to science, exploring the future and digging into the past are equally crucial to enable the human race to learn, survive and thrive. Here, 2015 will be…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) In a setback to future Mars exploration, NASA has decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered an extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail. This ribbon, or X-ray tail, is likely due to gas stripped from…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) In a bid to grow potatoes in the most inhospitable environments to save millions of lives on the Earth, a team of world-class scientists is set to grow potatoes under the…
New York, Dec 21 (IANS) NASA is training space robots with Virtual Reality (VR) where the operators are using Sony’s PlayStation VR to control a humanoid in the space environment. Part of Mighty Morphenaut project,…
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Climate change over the last 150 years may estimate future global temperatures, a NASA study has found. According to a new NASA study published in the journal Nature Climate Change,…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) Expedition 46 commander Scott Kelly and flight engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are set for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on either Monday or Tuesday. The pair will…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) In a crucial step, NASA has ordered its second crew mission from Boeing Space Exploration for the International Space Station (ISS) to establish regular crew sorties that will be launched…
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) A team of NASA engineers has inched closer to building a completely 3D printed, high-performance rocket engine by manufacturing complex engine parts and test firing them together with cryogenic liquid…
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found mysterious rocks rich in silica – a rock-forming chemical combining the elements silicon and oxygen and commonly seen on Earth as quartz. Curiosity spotted much…
This image composite shows the search for the supernova, nicknamed Refsdal, using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The image to the left shows a part of the deep field observation of the galaxy cluster MACS…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) The emission of the nitrogen dioxide pollutant has gone up significantly in the South Asia region, including India, during the 2005-2014 period, severely affecting air quality in the process, NASA satellite…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Using data from Hubble and NASA’s Spitzer telescopes, astronomers have revealed for the first time the diversity of atmosphere on exoplanets. An international team of astronomers made the largest ever study…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Want to become an astronaut and fly to Red Planet? NASA is now accepting applications for future explorers and the final selection list will be announced in mid-2017. Those chosen may…
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) As all good things must come to an end, NASA’s long space ride with the International Space Station (ISS) in low-Earth orbit will also touch the finish line in a decade…
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) Carrying 7,000 pounds of research materials that will directly support over dozens of key investigations on the orbiting laboratory, a cargo-laden Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft soared towards the ISS. A burst…
Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) In a bid to resume NASA’s commercial supply efforts to the orbiting international laboratory, the first flight of Orbital ATK’s enhanced Cygnus spacecraft will carry more than 7,000 pounds of equipment…