Versatile instrument to Scout for Kuiper belt objects
Mar 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm
California, Mar 4 (IBNS) At the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, astronomers are busy tinkering with a high-tech instrument that could discover a variety of objects both far from Earth and closer to home.
Methane snow on Pluto’s peaks
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:06 pm
California, Mar 4 (IBNS) One of Pluto’s most identifiable features, Cthulhu (pronounced kuh-THU-lu) stretches nearly halfway around Pluto’s equator, starting from the west of the great nitrogen ice plains known as Sputnik Planum.
Mystery feature evolves in Titan's Ligeia Mare
Mar 03, 2016, at 02:37 pm
California, Mar 3 (IBNS): These images from the Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan.
Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow: Study
Mar 03, 2016, at 02:26 pm
California, Mar 3 (IBNS) A new study by NASA and several partners has found that in California's Sierra Nevada, atmospheric river storms are two-and-a-half times more likely than other types of winter storms to result in destructive “rain-on-snow†events, where rain falls on existing snowpack, causing it to melt. Those events increase flood risks in winter and reduce water availability the following summer.
Astronauts Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a year in space
Mar 02, 2016, at 05:21 pm
Washington, Mar 2 (IBNS) NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
Total eclipse of Sun to occur on Mar 9, partial phase is to be visible in India
Mar 01, 2016, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi, Mar 1 (IBNS) A total eclipse of the Sun will occur on Mar 9, the Ministry of Earth Science said on Tuesday.
NASA begins work to build a quieter supersonic passenger Jet
Mar 01, 2016, at 03:31 pm
California, Mar 1 (IBNS) The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom†flight demonstration aircraft.
NASA technology transfer roadshow stops in Texas
Mar 01, 2016, at 03:30 pm
California,Mar 1 (IBNS) NASA’s Technology Transfer program will host events on March 9 and 10 in the El Paso, Texas, area and Las Cruces, New Mexico, to discuss how students and entrepreneurs can capitalize on NASA’s technology research and development.
PM greets the scientists and science lovers on National Science Day
Feb 28, 2016, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the scientists and science lovers on National Science Day.
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, researchers available to discuss one-year mission
Feb 27, 2016, at 10:15 pm
California, Feb 27 (IBNS) NASA will share the completion of American astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station with live television coverage of his return to Houston on Wednesday, March 2, and two news briefings on Mar 4.
NASA tests life-detection drill in earth’s driest place
Feb 27, 2016, at 10:08 pm
California, Feb 27 (IBNS) In a harsh environment with very little water and intense ultraviolet radiation, most life in the extreme Atacama Desert in Chile exists as microbial colonies underground or inside rocks.
NASA’s IBEX Observations pin down Interstellar Magnetic Field
Feb 27, 2016, at 01:29 pm
California, Feb 27 (IBNS) Immediately after its 2008 launch, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spotted a curiosity in a thin slice of space: More particles streamed in through a long, skinny swath in the sky than anywhere else.
The Frozen Canyons of Pluto’s North Pole
Feb 26, 2016, at 03:45 pm
California, Feb 26 (IBNS): The ethereal scene captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto’s diversity of geological and compositional features—this time in an enhanced color image of the north polar area.
ISRO signed satellite launch service agreement with the US
Feb 25, 2016, at 09:20 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed a Launch Services Agreement in October 2015, with PlanetIQ, an American company.
Tropical fires fuel elevated Ozone levels over western pacific ocean
Feb 25, 2016, at 03:09 pm
New York, Feb 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS) A diverse team of atmospheric chemists, meteorologists and modelers, including scientists from NASA, has traced the origins of mysterious pockets of high ozone concentrations and low water vapor in the air above the western Pacific Ocean near Guam to fires burning in Southeast Asia and in Africa, half a world away.
Flying through the Aurora's green fog
Feb 25, 2016, at 02:34 pm
California, Feb 25 (IBNS) Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) shared a stunning image of a glowing aurora taken on Feb. 23 from the International Space Station.
NASA partners on air quality study in East Asia
Feb 25, 2016, at 01:53 pm
California, Feb 25 (IBNS) NASA and the Republic of Korea are developing plans for a cooperative field study of air quality in May and June to advance the ability to monitor air pollution accurately from space.
Feb 25, 2016, at 02:00 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday was apprised about signing ofan arrangement for the establishment of an Indo-French Joint Committee on Science & Technology Cooperation.India and France have signed the arrangement for establishment of this apex level Joint Committee on Jan 25 in New Delhi.
K. N. Vyas takes over as BARC Director
Feb 25, 2016, at 12:12 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) Scientist K. N. Vyas has taken over as the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Feb 25, 2016, at 12:05 am
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS) ISRO is working with Minstry of Urban Development for enabling preparation of large scale GIS database using satellite data for 500 towns under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
K. N. Vyas takes over as Director, BARC
Feb 24, 2016, at 05:28 pm
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IBNS) Distinguished Scientist and Associate Director, Reactor Projects Group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), K. N. Vyas, took over as Director, BARC on Tuesday from Dr. Sekhar Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy.
NASA, UN announce final winner of #whyspacematters photo competition
Feb 24, 2016, at 03:35 pm
California, Feb 23 (IBNS) As astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station draws to a close, NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) are announcing the final winner of a global photography competition highlighting how the vantage point of space helps us better understand our home planet and provide benefits to humanity.
Graphic images may not scare smokers off cigarettes, says study
Feb 24, 2016, at 02:40 am
Illinois, Feb 23 (IBNS) Images of disease and suffering should move smokers to kick the habit – at least, that’s the thinking behind graphic warning labels used on cigarette packages in much of the world, and maybe someday in the U.S.
NASA Global Hawk flies Pacific storm mission
Feb 23, 2016, at 02:50 pm
California, Feb 23 (IBNS) Extreme weather predictions on the West Coast could become more accurate with help from NASA's remotely piloted Global Hawk. Flights to look at Pacific storms as they develop began Feb. 12.
NASA sees category 5 Southern Pacific tropical cyclone hit Fiji
Feb 23, 2016, at 02:43 pm
California, Feb 23 (IBNS) NASA satellites provided data on Tropical Cyclone Winston before and after it made an historic landfall in eastern Fiji.
European Nuclear researchers' delegation calls on Jitendra Singh
Feb 23, 2016, at 01:59 am
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IBNS) A delegation representing task force of “European Organization for Nuclear Researchâ€, known in French as “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire†(CERN) called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh here on Monday and discussed with him wide range of issues of mutual interest including the status of application put in by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, recently for the associate membership of CERN.
SOFIA begins fourth year of observations
Feb 23, 2016, at 01:26 am
California, Feb 22 (IBNS) NASA’s “flying†telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner, began its fourth series of science flights on Feb. 3.
Brain activity patterns during sleep consolidate memory: Study
Feb 23, 2016, at 01:19 am
London, Feb 22 (IBNS) A question on sleep and its importance was tackled by a new research at the University of Bristol that revealed how brain activity during sleep sorted through the huge number of experiences one encounters every day, filing only the important information in memory.
Feb 21, 2016, at 02:49 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS)Adimab, LLC, a global leader in the discovery of human antibodies, recently reported the isolation of a broad panel of neutralizing anti-Ebola virus antibodies from a survivor of the recent Zaire outbreak.
NASA invites public to send artwork to an Asteroid
Feb 20, 2016, at 03:37 pm
California, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.