NASA Astronauts return to Earth, land safely in Kazakhstan
Feb 28, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Washington, Feb 28 (IBNS): Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth on Tuesday after months of performing research and spacewalks in low-Earth orbit.
NASA looks at midwest rain and melting snow that contributed to flooding
Feb 27, 2018, at 03:19 pm
Washington, Feb 27 (IBNS): Much of the U.S. Midwest has received above normal precipitation this winter. A NASA rainfall analysis provided a look at the precipitation that contributed to current flooding.
Improved Hubble Yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe: NASA
Feb 23, 2018, at 03:00 pm
Washington, Feb 23 (IBNS): Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly, the results are forcing astronomers to consider that they may be seeing evidence of something unexpected at work in the universe.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal secrets of the Red Planet
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:35 pm
Washington, Feb 21 (IBNS): The planet Mars has fascinated scientists for over a century.
New study brings Antarctic ice loss into sharper focus
Feb 21, 2018, at 03:28 pm
Washington, Feb 21 (IBNS): A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow into the ocean.
Five years after the Chelyabinsk Meteor: NASA leads efforts in planetary defense
Feb 20, 2018, at 02:27 pm
Washington, Feb 20 (IBNS): A blinding flash, a loud sonic boom, and shattered glass everywhere. This is what the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced five years ago when an asteroid exploded over their city the morning of Feb. 15, 2013.
Long-lived Mars Rover opportunity keeps finding surprises
Feb 17, 2018, at 10:03 pm
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS): NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity keeps providing surprises about the Red Planet, most recently with observations of possible "rock stripes."
Hubble sees Neptune's mysterious shrinking storm
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:46 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm – once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal – is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Five years after the Chelyabinsk Meteor: NASA leads efforts in planetary defense
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:36 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): A blinding flash, a loud sonic boom, and shattered glass everywhere. This is what the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced five years ago when an asteroid exploded over their city the morning of Feb. 15, 2013.
New horizons captures record-breaking images in the Kuiper Belt
Feb 10, 2018, at 12:31 am
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped an image – and made history.
Mount Sharp 'photobombs' Mars Curiosity Rover
Feb 05, 2018, at 01:59 pm
Washington, Feb 5 (IBNS):A new self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months. Directly behind the rover is the start of a clay-rich slope scientists are eager to begin exploring.
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to fly safely past earth today: NASA
Feb 05, 2018, at 01:08 am
Washington, Feb 4 (IBNS): Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST / 21:30 UTC). At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be no closer than 10 times the distance between Earth and the Moon (about 2.6 million miles, or 4.2 million kilometers).
World to witness 'Super Blue Blood Moon' tonight
Jan 31, 2018, at 11:39 pm
Washington, Jan 31 (IBNS): The Jan. 31 full moon is special for three reasons: it’s the third in a series of “supermoons,” when the Moon is closer to Earth in its orbit -- known as perigee -- and about 14 percent brighter than usual.
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to fly safely past Earth on Feb 4
Jan 22, 2018, at 08:53 pm
Washington, Jan 22 (IBNS): Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST / 21:30 UTC).
‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ coming on Jan 31
Jan 20, 2018, at 12:47 pm
Washington, Jan 20 (IBNS): If you live in the western part of North America, Alaska, and the Hawaiian islands, you might set your alarm early the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 31 for a lunar trifecta: a pre-dawn “super blue blood moon.”
Long-term warming trend continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
Jan 19, 2018, at 03:31 pm
Washington, Jan 19 (JEN): Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA.
NASA Science to return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
Jan 13, 2018, at 02:35 pm
Washington, Jan 13 (IBNS): SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, Jan. 13, west of Baja California, with approximately 4,100 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.
No planets needed: NASA study shows disk patterns can self-generate
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:11 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): When exoplanet scientists first spotted patterns in disks of dust and gas around young stars, they thought newly formed planets might be the cause. But a recent NASA study cautions that there may be another explanation — one that doesn’t involve planets at all.
Multi-planet system found through crowdsourcing
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:06 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers, part of the online platform Zooniverse, using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Scientists take viewers to the Center of the Milky Way
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:27 pm
Washington, Jan 11 (IBNS): A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip – complete with a 360-degree view – to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
Life-saving NASA Communications System turns 20
Jan 10, 2018, at 03:12 pm
Washington, Jan 10 (IBNS): NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) don’t just enable data from spacecraft to reach Earth – they provide internet and even telemedicine to researchers at the South Pole. The South Pole TDRS Relay (SPTR) system turns 20 years old on Jan. 9, 2018.
NASA study: First direct proof of Ozone hole recovery due to chemicals ban
Jan 08, 2018, at 02:29 pm
Washington, Jan 8 (IBNS): Measurements show that the decline in chlorine, resulting from an international ban on chlorine-containing manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has resulted in about 20 percent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter than there was in 2005 — the first year that measurements of chlorine and ozone during the Antarctic winter were made by NASA’s Aura satellite.
NASA's flying observatory SOFIA to explore magnetic universe and beyond
Jan 02, 2018, at 09:57 pm
Washington, Jan 2 (IBNS): NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which will include observations of celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets, Saturn’s giant moon Titan and more.
NASA, American girl inspire next generation of space explorers
Dec 29, 2017, at 09:19 pm
Washington, Dec 29 (IBNS): NASA is collaborating with a well-known doll and book company to inspire children to dream big and reach for the stars.
NASA tests 3-D printed rocket part to reduce future SLS Engine costs
Dec 23, 2017, at 01:37 am
Washington,Dec 22 (IBNS): Engineers successfully hot-fire tested an RS-25 rocket engine with a large 3-D printed part for the first time on Dec. 13, marking a key step toward reducing costs for future engines that power NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
NASA invests in concept development for missions to comet, Saturn Moon Titan
Dec 23, 2017, at 01:08 am
Washington, Dec 22 (IBNS): NASA has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s: a comet sample return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
A new twist in the dark matter tale
Dec 20, 2017, at 08:59 pm
Washington, Dec 20 (IBNS): An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a cluster of galaxies could help scientists fulfill a quest they have been on for decades: determining the nature of dark matter.
NASA scientist talks on 'Life beyond Earth'
Dec 19, 2017, at 10:45 pm
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IBNS): Senior Research Scientist from NASA, Goutam Chattopadhyay, recently delivered a popular lecture on 'Life beyond Earth' in Kolkata.
Artificial Intelligence, NASA data used to discover eighth planet circling distant star
Dec 15, 2017, at 01:49 pm
Washington, Dec 15 (IBNS): Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
Does new horizons’ next target have a moon?
Dec 14, 2017, at 12:36 am
Washington, Dec 13 (IBNS): Scientists were already excited to learn this summer that New Horizons’ next flyby target – a Kuiper Belt object a billion miles past Pluto -- might be either peanut-shaped or even two objects orbiting one another. Now new data hints that 2014 MU69 might have orbital company: a small moon.