UN space-based tool opens new horizons to track land-use on Earth’s surface

Dec 13, 2018, at 09:16 am

New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Satellite-based tracking to chart how land is being used on the earth’s surface is about to get much easier and more accessible, the UN food agency has announced, launching a new online portal developed in collaboration with the United States Space Agency, NASA.

NASA: Solar storms may have been key to life on Earth

May 24, 2016, at 03:12 pm

California, May 24 (IBNS): Our sun's adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding life as we know it.

Critical NASA science returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

May 12, 2016, at 03:03 pm

California, May 12 (IBNS) A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:51 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11, about 261 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.

Earth’s soils could play key role in locking away greenhouse gases

Apr 08, 2016, at 09:44 pm

London, Apr 8 (IBNS) The world’s soils could potentially store an extra 8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, helping to limit the impacts of climate change, says a new study from a team including Professor Pete Smith from the University of Aberdeen.

NASA's Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth

Jul 24, 2015, at 03:42 pm

California, July 24 (IBNS) NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth."