Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars
Mar 01, 2018, at 03:01 pm
Washington, Mar 1 (IBNS): NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.
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.
Indians lack creativity, never encouraged to pursue creative careers: Steve Woz
Feb 27, 2018, at 12:37 am
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Highlighting the demerits of the Indian education system, Apple co-founder Steve Woz has stated students here lack creativity and also are never encouraged to pursue creative careers, media reports said.
Understanding roots opens students to science, diversity
Feb 25, 2018, at 12:00 am
Texas, Feb 24 (IBNS): Focusing science education on students through genetic and genealogical studies may be the way to increase minorities in the pipeline and engage students who would otherwise deem science too hard or too uninteresting, according to a Penn State anthropologist.
Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle
Feb 24, 2018, at 10:40 pm
Washington, Feb 24 (IBNS): Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye.
On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile
Feb 24, 2018, at 02:49 pm
Washington, Feb 24 (IBNS): A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon’s water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. The water appears to be present day and night, though it’s not necessarily easily accessible.
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.
Nostalgia safeguards against negative feelings: Study
Feb 22, 2018, at 12:55 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): Psychologists discover strong correlations between Americans’ glorification of their country, nostalgia for the past, and the rejection of collective guilt regarding past crimes
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.
UMD researchers find gene that may greatly increase strawberry production
Feb 17, 2018, at 11:46 pm
New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Maryland have identified and isolated a gene that is directly involved in the way strawberry plants grow, spread and produce fruit.
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."
ISRO planning to launch Chandrayaan-2 mission around April this year: Dr Jitendra Singh
Feb 17, 2018, at 01:37 am
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch Chandrayan-2 Mission around April this year.
Those scented products you love? NOAA study finds they can cause air pollution
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:54 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): Emissions from volatile chemical products like perfumes, paints and other scented consumer items now rival vehicles as a pollution source in greater Los Angeles, according to a surprising new NOAA-led study.
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.
Supermassive Black Holes are outgrowing their Galaxies
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:17 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): The biggest black holes in the Universe are growing faster than the rate of stars being formed in their galaxies, according to two new studies using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
Brain scans show why people get aggressive after a drink or two
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:24 am
Melbourne, Feb 13 (IBNS): UNSW scientists measuring blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol have found that brain areas that temper aggression shut off when people drink.
New 3D vision discovered in praying mantis
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:18 am
London, Feb 9 (IBNS): Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.
Could a protein called klotho block dementia and aging?, finds study
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:12 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Dena Dubal, Ph.D., is taking an innovative approach to battling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
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.
New clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet compositions, atmospheres
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:30 pm
Washington, Feb 6 (IBNS): In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists have been working hard to better understand these enticing worlds just 40 light-years away. Thanks to data from a combination of space- and ground-based telescopes, we know more about TRAPPIST-1 than any other planetary system besides our solar system.
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).
Slow but steady: Brain evolution of turtles
Feb 03, 2018, at 02:41 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): Turtles’ brains have evolved slowly, but constantly, over the last 210 million years to reach a variety in form and complexity which rivals that of other animal groups, according to new research.
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.
Global temperature targets missed within decades unless carbon emissions reversed: Study
Jan 31, 2018, at 09:42 pm
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): New projections by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Southampton, and the Australian National University in Canberra, could be the catalyst the world has sought to determine how best to meet its obligations to reduce carbon emissions and better manage global warming as defined by the Paris Agreement.
Dust storms linked to gas escape from Mars atmosphere
Jan 24, 2018, at 02:30 pm
Washington, Jan 24 (IBNS): Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet.