India launches rocket carrying seventh navigation satellite, Modi appreciates scientists

Chennai, Apr 28 (IBNS): Creating history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday launched the PSLV-C33 rocket which carried seventh navigation satellite of the country.

Curiosity Mars Rover crosses rugged plateau

California, Apr 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has nearly finished crossing a stretch of the most rugged and difficult-to-navigate terrain encountered during the mission's 44 months on Mars.

NASA scientists scrutinize Arctic gas flaring pollution

Washington, Apr 27 (IBNS) Flaring of waste natural gas from industrial oil fields in the Northern Hemisphere is a potential source of significant amounts of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon to the Arctic, according to a new NASA study.

Hubble discovers moon orbiting the dwarf planet makemake

Washington, Apr 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet — after Pluto — in the Kuiper Belt.

NASA moves to begin historic new era of X-Plane research

California, Apr 24 (IBNS) There have been periods of time during the past seven decades – some busier than others – when the nation’s best minds in aviation designed, built and flew a series of experimental airplanes to test the latest fanciful and practical ideas related to flight.

Airborne expedition tackles global air quality problem

California, Apr 22 (IBNS): NASA has marshalled some top-notch scientific know-how to take on a global public health problem: air pollution. Over the next six weeks, scientists will fan out across and above South Korea seeking to capture the intricate and elusive ebb and flow of changing air quality conditions. The data they collect will be used to help find new solutions to this health threat, not just on the Korean Peninsula but all around the world.

NASA seeks industry ideas for an advanced Mars satellite

California, Apr 22 (IBNS) NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s.

IceBridge begins eighth year of Arctic flights

California, Apr 21 (IBNS) Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne survey of polar ice, completed its first Greenland research flight of 2016 on April 19, kicking off its eighth spring Arctic campaign. This year’s science flights over Arctic sea and land ice will continue until May 21.

New Ceres images show bright craters

California, Apr 20 (IBNS) Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.

NASA works to improve solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration

California, Apr 20 (IBNS) NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance the nation's commercial space capabilities, and enable deep space exploration missions, including the robotic portion of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) and its Journey to Mars.

NASA's Fermi Telescope poised to pin down gravitational wave sources

California, Apr 18 (IBNS) On Sept. 14, waves of energy traveling for more than a billion years gently rattled space-time in the vicinity of Earth. The disturbance, produced by a pair of merging black holes, was captured by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) facilities in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana.

A space spider watches over young stars

California, Apr 15 (IBNS) A nebula known as "the Spider" glows fluorescent green in an infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).

Saturn Spacecraft samples Interstellar Dust

California, Apr 15 (IBNS) NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system. The research, led by a team of Cassini scientists primarily from Europe, is published this week in the journal Science.

NASA Supercomputer simulations help improve aircraft propulsion design

California, Apr 13 (IBNS) NASA and aviation industry on Wednesday said it partnered and collaborating on the development of green aviation technologies.

CSIR developed earthquake warning system alerted Delhi Metro about the recent earthquake in real time

New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh developed an Earthquake Warning System (EqWS).