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NASA Saturn Probe Cassini Sends First Images from Its New Orbit

NASA’s Saturn probe Cassini has started sending images from its new orbit, after entering its newest mission phase – Ring-Grazing Orbits – on November 30. Cassini captured pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere while flying high above the northern hemisphere of ringed planet. There will be 20 new orbits for Cassini in the new phase, with each […]

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NASA Awards $127 Million Contract to Space Systems to Build Robotic Spacecraft for Satellite Servicing

NASA wants to build a robotic spacecraft to repair and refuel satellites in orbit, and has awarded a $127 million contract to a private company in this regard. The company receiving the contract is California-based satellite company Space Systems/Loral that will assist NASA in creating the robotic spacecraft equipped with all tools and technologies required […]

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ISRO Getting Ready to Launch Remote Sensing Satellite RESOURCESAT-2A on Dec 7

Indian Space Research Organisation is ready to launch remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A from Sriharikota on December 7. The satellite will be launched using 44.4 meter tall The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-36 (PSLV C36). The remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A is 1,235 kg in weight and will be put into an 827 km polar Sun Synchronous orbit […]

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Tesco Says it is Banning Microbeads from All Products

Tesco has announced that all of its own brand cosmetic and household products will be microbeads-free by the end of 2016. Tesco’s group quality director Tim Smith said that the company is contacting the brands it sells and asking them about their plans to remove microbeads in their products. Mr Smith was speaking at an […]

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Beagle 2 Mars Lander was Close to Succeed, but Failed to Unfurl All its Solar Panels

  Beagle 2 Mars mission was close to succeed, but it failed to unfurl all its solar panels, according to a latest study carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Leicester and De Montfort University. For over a decade, it was believed that the Beagle 2 – launched in early 2003 […]

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Scientists Provide Further Details of ‘Mud Dragon’ Tongtianlong Limosus Dinosaur Unearthed in China

A team of scientists have given further details about the fossil of a Tongtianlong limosus dinosaur, a species that roamed on earth about 15 million years before dinosaurs became extinct. “They just look weird,” said Dr Stephen L Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and one of the authors of the […]

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NASA Releases 4K Video of International Space Station

NASA has released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the International Space Station (ISS), showing the ISS in its full high-definition glory and also revealing what life onboard ISS is like. The Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD) video has been captured and produced by Harmonic company for NASA TV UHD, which […]

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Researchers of ScanPyramids Project Believe They have Discovered Two Secret Chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza

Members of the Operation ScanPyramids project team are stunned after having discovered two hidden chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza. These “cavities” or “voids” have been discovered in the new scans of Egypt’s largest pyramid, and according to researchers, these chambers were previously never found in the Great Pyramid of Giza. However, the Egyptian […]

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Spectacular Orionid Meteor Shower to Peak This Week

Get ready for the very famous annual Orionid meteor shower that is expected to peak later this week and early next week. With the onset of autumn, the Orionid meteor shower is technically visible from October 2 to November 7 will attain its primary peak on the Thursday night and Friday early morning. Meteor showers […]

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Chinese Astronauts Reach Tiangong 2 Space Station to Stay for Next 30 Days

Two Chinese astronauts have successfully arrived at Tiangong 2 space station and now will stay there for next 30 days, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua. The crew arrived at the space station through Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) 11 manned spacecraft which docked with the space lab on October 19. The Shenzhou 11 blasted of […]

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NASA’s Simulated ‘Martian Gardens’ to Help Scientists Find Best Vegetables to Grow on Mars

NASA’s simulated “Martian gardens” developed at Kennedy Space Centre and the Florida Tech Buzz Aldrin Space Institute are helping scientists to find out the best vegetable to grow during future manned mission to Red Planet. The Martian soil is completely differently from Earth’s soil, which means growing crops/vegetables on Mars is much different and difficult […]

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NASA’s CORAL Mission will Study the Great Barrier Reef in Australia

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced to begin COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission to investigate the health of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This mission has been designed to provide a better understanding of the ecologically sensitive coral reefs worldwide. The Great Barrier Reef lies in the Coral Sea off Queensland, and is […]

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NASA Releases Panorama Picture of the Mars Surface Captured by Mars Curiosity Rover

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the striking 360-degree panorama picture of the Mars surface captured by Mars Curiosity rover. According to NASA, these images are “reminiscent of the US Southwest shape part of the horizon” and were captured on the fourth anniversary of Rover’s landing on Mars. Precisely speaking, the […]

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ESA Says It has Finally Shut Off Communication Link with Comet 67P Lander Philae

On Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that it has shut off the communication link with Philae, the comet lander, which had landed on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12, 2014. The ESS (Electrical Support System) Processor Unit on Rosetta, which was used to establish communication link between Philae and Rosetta was […]

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Droughts and Other Extreme Weather Events are Increasing Risk of Armed Conflict, Study Suggests

Climate-related disasters, including droughts and hurricanes, are increasing the risk of armed conflicts, suggests a new study carried out by a team of German researchers. The study found that about one in four violent clashes in ethnically divided countries in past years have coincided with extreme weather events. “Armed conflicts are among the biggest threats […]

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Earth-sized Exoplanets are Rocky Worlds, Reveals a Study

A new study has confirmed that two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are actually rocky worlds. In May this year, scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Liège, and other schools announced the discovery of a planetary system hosting three potentially habitable planets. These scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to catch […]

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Tiangong-1 – China’s First Space Station – is Likely to Crash Back to Earth

Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, could make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere sooner than expected, an amateur astronomer has warned. Tiangong-1, nicknamed —was launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gansu province in September 2011. Chinese space agency had planned to bring down the station into the ocean in a controlled crash, but it […]