2016 climate trends continue to break records, says NASA
Jul 20, 2016, at 03:48 am
Washington, July 19 (IBNS): Two key climate change indicators -- global surface temperatures and Arctic sea ice extent -- have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data.
NASA scientists to discuss 2016 climate trends, impacts
Jul 19, 2016, at 05:26 am
California, July 18 (IBNS) Climate experts from NASA will discuss recent trends in global temperatures and Arctic sea ice, as well as research now underway to better understand their impacts, during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 19.
NASA’s Kepler confirms 100+ exoplanets during Its K2 mission
Jul 19, 2016, at 05:21 am
California, July 18 (IBNS) An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission. Among the findings tallying 197 initial planet candidates, scientists have confirmed 104 planets outside our solar system. Among the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky.
NASA selects five Mars orbiter concept studies
Jul 19, 2016, at 05:20 am
California, July 18 (IBNS) NASA has selected five U.S. aerospace companies to conduct concept studies for a potential future Mars orbiter mission.
NASA's next Mars rover progresses toward 2020 launch
Jul 17, 2016, at 05:01 am
California, July 16 (IBNS) After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.
NASA sails full-speed ahead in solar system exploration
Jul 16, 2016, at 03:26 pm
Washington, July 16 (IBNS) NASA’s Juno is now poised to shine a spotlight on the origins and interior structure of the largest planet in our solar system. As we wait for Juno's first close-up images of Jupiter (to be taken Aug. 27 during the spacecraft's next pass by the planet), NASA continues to explore our solar system to help answer fundamental questions about how we came to be, where we are going and whether we are alone in the universe.
Black Hole makes material wobble around it
Jul 13, 2016, at 03:22 pm
California, July 13 (IBNS) The European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a "gravitational vortex" around a black hole.
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft sends first in-orbit view
Jul 13, 2016, at 03:21 pm
Washington, July 13 (IBNS): The JunoCam camera aboard NASA's Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft’s July 4 arrival at Jupiter.
Jul 12, 2016, at 02:52 am
California, July 11 (IBNS) An illusion of perspective, Saturn’s moon Tethys seems to hang above the planet's north pole in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate
Jul 10, 2016, at 04:49 am
California, July 9 (IBNS) Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these areas likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years, suggesting that ice deposits could exist there now.
NASA looks at Typhoon Nepartak over Taiwan in visible and infrared Ligh
Jul 09, 2016, at 08:58 pm
California, July 9 (IBNS) NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites provided a visible and infrared view of Typhoon Nepartak before and during its movement over Taiwan.
New crew members, including NASA Biologist, launch to space station
Jul 07, 2016, at 02:03 pm
California, July 7 (IBNS) Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 6 (7:36 a.m. Baikonur time, July 7).
Google doodle gets a Juno makeover
Jul 05, 2016, at 04:55 pm
Mountain View, July 5 (IBNS): Google on Tuesday decorated its homepage with a doodle dedicated to Juno, the spacecraft that successfully entered Jupiter's orbit.
Juno enters orbit around Jupiter
Jul 05, 2016, at 03:28 pm
California, July 5 (IBNS) NASA’s Juno mission has completed its main engine burn and entered orbit around Jupiter. Watch the live NASA news briefing at 1 a.m. EDT for more information.
NASA's Juno Spacecraft getting close to Jupiter
Jul 03, 2016, at 04:03 am
Washington, July 2 (IBNS) NASA's Juno mission, launched nearly five years ago, will soon reach its final destination: the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter. On the evening of July 4, at roughly 9 p.m. PDT (12 a.m. EDT, July 5), the spacecraft will complete a burn of its main engine, placing it in orbit around the king of planets.
NASA's Juno Spacecraft enters Jupiter's magnetic field
Jul 01, 2016, at 03:32 pm
Washington, July 1 (IBNS) NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has entered the planet's magnetosphere, where the movement of particles in space is controlled by what's going on inside Jupiter.
NASA Rover's sand-dune studies yield surprise
Jul 01, 2016, at 02:55 pm
Washington, July 1 (IBNS) Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere's history.
Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Jul 01, 2016, at 02:36 pm
Washington, July 1 (IBNS)Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. This observation program is supported by measurements made by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, currently on its way to Jupiter.
NASA awards contract to increase water recovery on Space Station
Jun 29, 2016, at 09:08 pm
Washington, June 29 (IBNS) NASA has selected Paragon Space Development Corporation, a small business headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, to develop a system that will increase the rate of water recovery from the urine of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
NASA maps California drought effects on Sierra Trees
Jun 29, 2016, at 03:35 am
California, June 28 (IBNS) A new map created with measurements from an airborne instrument developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, reveals the devastating effect of California’s ongoing drought on Sierra Nevada conifer forests.
NASA's IMERG measures deadly West Virginia flooding rainfall
Jun 28, 2016, at 03:43 pm
California, June 28(Just Earth News): Since June 23, 2016 over two dozen people have been reported killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed by flooding in West Virginia. Using satellite data, NASA calculated the heavy rainfall that occurred over the state.
Clandestine Black Hole may represent new population
Jun 28, 2016, at 04:12 am
Washington, June 27 (IBNS) Astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to conclude that a peculiar source of radio waves thought to be a distant galaxy is actually a nearby binary star system containing a low-mass star and a black hole.
NASA weighs use of Rover to image potential Mars water sites
Jun 25, 2016, at 02:55 pm
California, June 25 (IBNS) Ever since it was announced that there may be evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, NASA scientists have wondered how best to further investigate these long, seasonally changing dark streaks in the hope of finding evidence of life – past or present – on the Red Planet.
Hubble sees new dark spot on Neptune
Jun 25, 2016, at 12:58 am
California, June 24 (IBNS) New images obtained on May 16, 2016, by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune.
X-ray echoes of a shredded star provide close-up of 'killer' Black Hole
Jun 23, 2016, at 01:45 pm
California, June 23 (IBNS): Some 3.9 billion years ago in the heart of a distant galaxy, the intense tidal pull of a monster black hole shredded a star that passed too close. When X-rays produced in this event first reached Earth on March 28, 2011, they were detected by NASA's Swift satellite, which notified astronomers around the world. Within days, scientists concluded that the outburst, now known as Swift J1644+57, represented both the tidal disruption of a star and the sudden flare-up of a previously inactive black hole.
NASA's K2 finds newborn exoplanet around young star
Jun 21, 2016, at 05:39 am
Washington, June 20 (IBNS) Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected. The discovery was made using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, as well as the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our sun.
Hubble sweeps scattered stars in Sagittarius
Jun 18, 2016, at 09:45 pm
California, June 18 (IBNS) This colorful and star-studded view of the Milky Way galaxy was captured when the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope pointed its cameras towards the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Blue stars can be seen scattered across the frame, set against a distant backdrop of red-hued cosmic companions. This blue litter most likely formed at the same time from the same collapsing molecular cloud.
Gluttonous star may hold clues to planet formation
Jun 15, 2016, at 02:46 pm
California, June 15 (IBNS): In 1936, the young star FU Orionis began gobbling material from its surrounding disk of gas and dust with a sudden voraciousness.
NASA Mars Rover descends Plateau, turns toward Mountain
Jun 14, 2016, at 02:59 pm
Washington, June 14 (IBNS) NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has analyzed its 12th drilled sample of Mars. This sample came from mudstone bedrock, which the rover resumed climbing in late May after six months studying other features.
Hubble uncovers a mysterious Hermit
Jun 11, 2016, at 02:50 pm
Washington, June 11 (IBNS): The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf galaxy — as the name suggests, galaxies of this type are a little smaller and messier than their cosmic cousins, lacking the majestic swirl of a spiral or the coherence of an elliptical.