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Mysterious ‘dark flow’ might be tug of another Universe
Washington, March 19 (ANI): Scientists say that a mysterious dark cosmic flow, which is carrying along many galaxy clusters in the universe, might be the tug of another universe.
Recent research has found that the universe is not only expanding, it’s being swept along in the direction of constellations Centaurus and Hydra at a steady clip [...]
Lava carved ancient Martian riverbed
Washington, March 10 (ANI): A new American research has revealed that an ancient “riverbed” in Mars was not made by the flow of water but was carved by molten lava.
The 270-km long Martian channel near the Ascraeus Mons volcano does not seem to have been made by water.
“We started seeing that, instead of this [liquid] [...]
Lava likely made river-like meandering channel on Mars
Washington, March 5 (ANI): New research indicates that flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, which probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface of Mars.
Whether channels on Mars were formed by water or by lava has been debated for years, [...]
Moon’’s biggest crater exposes its hidden lower crust
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Reports indicate that the biggest and deepest crater on the Moon can provide glimpses of the hidden lower crust of Earth’’s natural satellite.
Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more [...]
NASA’s lunar reconnaissance orbiter begins detailed mapping of moon’s south pole
Washington, September 18 (ANI): NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit of the moon’s south pole.
The spacecraft already has made significant progress [...]
NASA’s Swift satellite makes best-ever ultraviolet portrait of Andromeda galaxy
Washington, September 17 (ANI): NASA’s Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet.
The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own.
“Swift [...]
Beefed-up diets of Asia’s middle class may lead to chronic food shortages
Washington, August 30 (ANI): Scientists have said that the beefed-up diets of Asia’s expanding middle class could lead to chronic food shortages for the water-stressed region.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the threat was highlighted in a study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]
Warped debris disks around stars a result of interstellar wind
Washington, August 29 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has determined that the warped shapes of the dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars, may be due to interstellar wind.
The dust-filled disks where new planets [...]
Beefed-up diets of Asia’s middle class may lead to chronic food shortages
Washington, August 30 (ANI): Scientists have said that the beefed-up diets of Asia’s expanding middle class could lead to chronic food shortages for the water-stressed region.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the threat was highlighted in a study by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]
NASA scientist makes first full assessment of Africa’s mangrove forests
Washington, August 21 (ANI): A NASA scientist has made what is believed to be the first full assessment of the African continent’s mangrove forests.
Environmental scientist Lola Fatoyinbo of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) developed and employed a method that can be used across the continent, overcoming expensive, ad hoc, and inconsistent modes of ground-based measurement. [...]
NASA scientists make first discovery of life’s building block in comet
Washington, August 18 (ANI): NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft.
“Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins, and this is the first time an amino acid has been found in a comet,” said Dr. Jamie [...]
Earth may become ‘Waterworld’ if rise in sea level continues
London, July 2 (ANI): If the alarming rise in sea level is anything to go by, the fictional world depicted in the Hollywood movie ‘Waterworld’ may soon be a reality.
According to a report in the Telegraph, this grim picture of planet Earth has been painted by climate scientists, who say that sea-level rise is now [...]
Hand-held devices that can detect presence of aerosols in air above oceans
Washington, June 30 (ANI): A team of scientists is developing hand-held devices that can detect the presence of aerosols in air above oceans by measuring how light scatters as it strikes the particles.
The portable photometers have been developed by Alexander Smirnov, an AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight [...]
NASA and NOAA’S GOES-O satellite launched successfully
Washington, June 28 (ANI): The latest Geo-stationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space Saturday after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The GOES-O spacecraft lifted off at 6:51 p.m. EDT on a Delta IV rocket.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-O satellite [...]
Mars may have a water table hidden underground
London, June 27 (ANI): A new hypothesis has suggested that Mars may have a water table hidden underground, despite satellite data suggesting otherwise.
Today the small amount of water detected on the planet is locked in the polar ice caps, but recently discovered geological features suggest [...]
NASA’s lunar mission successfully enters Moon orbit
Washington, June 23 (ANI): NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon after a four and a half day journey from the Earth.
Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, confirmed the spacecraft’s lunar orbit insertion [...]
NASA spacecraft detects ultra fast hydrogen coming from Moon
Washington, June 19 (ANI): NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the Moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence.
During spacecraft commissioning, the IBEX team turned on the IBEX-Hi instrument, built primarily by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Los Alamos National [...]
NASA’s new lunar mission to hunt for water on Moon
Washington, June 19 (ANI): NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which will hunt for water on the Moon, launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on June 18.
The satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.
The spacecraft will [...]
NASA’s new lunar mission to hunt for water on Moon
Washington, June 19 : NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which will hunt for water on the Moon, launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on June 18.
The satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.
The spacecraft will be [...]
NASA uses satellite to improve global crop forecasting
Washington, May 27 (ANI): NASA researchers are using satellite data to cultivate the most accurate estimates of soil moisture, which would improve global crop forecasting.
Soil moisture is essential for seeds to germinate and for crops to grow. But, record droughts and scorching temperatures in certain parts of the globe in recent years have caused soil [...]
