With NASA engineers yet to make contact with the Opportunity Mars rover due to a massive storm on the Red Planet, scientists are pinning their hopes on learning more about Martian dust storms from images captured by the Curiosity probe.
In a key step to defend Earth from potentially devastating risks of near-Earth objects (NEOs) -- asteroids and comets -- whose orbits come within 30 million miles of Earth, NASA has released a federal planning document.
The instrument will be called ECOSTRESS, or ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment and it will measure the temperature of plants from space.
The scientists tracked the event with radio and infrared telescopes, in a pair of colliding galaxies 150 million light-years from Earth.
Star gazers could have a good view of the Red Planet next month as Mars is set to come to the closest point to Earth since 2003 when it reaches opposition with the Sun in late July.
The storm was first detected on May 30 and grew worse in recent days.
NASA has not yet provided clues on what the new results are about, but it said that during the event, NASA scientists will have chats with the the public and media on the findings, public can send questions on social media.
It is being estimated that the gravitational waves detected last year may have led to the lowest mass black hole ever found, says the scientist who analysed data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Neutron stars are ultra-dense cores of massive stars that collapse and undergo a supernova explosion.
One of the remote cameras melted in a fire sparked by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on Tuesday but it still managed to snap photos of the liftoff, Space.com reported.
The rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the state of California, at 12:47 pm PDT (1947 GMT).
Freshwater, which is used for drinking and agriculture is one of the most essential Earth's resources.
The vehicle, aiming to bring astronauts to the International Space Station in the future, came with many design changes to improve its reusability and reliability.
According to the police, stuff like plastic space suits, ‘RP’ copper plate and anti-radiation chemical stickers made by them were seized that they used to lure and convince their victims that they work for NASA.
Under this agreement, Uber will share its plans for implementing an urban aviation rideshare network, NASA said in a statement on Tuesday.
The solar and battery-powered lander is designed to operate for 26 Earth months, or one year on Mars, a period in which it is expected to pick up as many as 100 quakes.
NASA will launch its InSight Mission on May 5, the first-ever mission to study the structure of Mars.
Chawla, 40, was the first woman of Indian-origin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
The students are trained and are responsible for daily plant upkeep and data collection. Throughout the 28-day challenge, they also recorded weekly plant measurements.
NASA's next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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