NASA radar brings a new view of World Heritage Site
Jan 28, 2016, at 02:21 pm
California, Jan 28 (IBNS) In just two 10-minute overflights, an airborne NASA synthetic aperture radar proved it could pinpoint areas of disturbance in Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site.
NASA takes part in Airborne Study of Southern Ocean
Jan 27, 2016, at 02:55 pm
California, Jan 27 (IBNS) A team of scientists has launched a series of research flights over the remote seas surrounding Antarctica in an effort to better understand how much carbon dioxide the icy waters are able to lock away.
Dark 'noodles' may lurk in the Milky Way
Jan 24, 2016, at 09:55 pm
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IBNS): CSIRO on Sunday said its astronomer and first author of a paper released in Science Dr Keith Bannister said the structures appear to be ‘lumps’ in the thin gas that lies between the stars in our Galaxy.
Improving outlook for science depends on basic research, better use of talent: Leaders at WEF
Jan 24, 2016, at 08:26 pm
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the world surges into the Fourth Industrial Revolution- a new age of interactive technologies, artificial intelligence and automation-a key challenge for individuals will be to understand and retain their very essence, their humanity, leading scientists and thought leaders on society and law said in the closing panel session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016.
Jan 24, 2016, at 02:50 pm
California, Jan 24 (IBNS) A massive winter storm system pummeled the eastern United States in late January 2016, with two low-pressure systems merging into a potent nor'easter that dropped heavy snow from Virginia to New England.
Improving the outlook for science depends on basic research and better use of talent
Jan 24, 2016, at 02:53 am
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 23 (IBNS) Science and technological innovations have been among the most powerful drivers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Ensuring that science can continue to address social challenges for the years ahead will require greater investments in basic research and better use of existing talent.
Five planets come together in a month-long cosmic display
Jan 23, 2016, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IBNS) In an uncommon celestial phenomenon, five planets of the solar system will come together in a line until February 20, reports said.
NASA remembers its fallen heroes, 30th anniversary of Challenger accident
Jan 23, 2016, at 03:41 pm
California, Jan 23 (IBNS): NASA on Saturday said it will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Jan 28, the 30th anniversary of the Challenger accident. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.
NASA, NOAA analyses reveal record-shattering global warm temperatures in 2015
Jan 21, 2016, at 05:29 am
California, Jan 20 (IBNS) Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
PSLV-C31: PM Modi wishes scientists
Jan 20, 2016, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoken to the scientists at ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation, congratulating them on successful launch of PSLV C31 and precisely putting IRNSS 1E in the orbit.
PSLV-C31 successfully launches India's Fifth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1E
Jan 20, 2016, at 06:13 pm
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IBNS) ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C31, successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1E, the fifth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) Wednesday morning from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
Fifth navigation satellite launched : India a step closer to desi-GPS
Jan 20, 2016, at 04:19 pm
Sriharikota, Jan 20 (IBNS) India on Wednesday successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite in space -- IRNSS-1E on board PSLV-C31 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Indian rocket blats off with navigational satellite
Jan 20, 2016, at 03:28 pm
Chennai, Jan 20 (IBNS) The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday launched fifth navigational satellite IRNSS-1E.
Astronaut posts picture of flower grown in space
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:45 am
California, Jan 18 (IBNS) Astronaut Scott Kelly has shared picture of a flower which he has grown in space.
Jason-3 launches to monitor global sea level rise
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:32 pm
Washington, Jan 18 (IBNS) Jason-3, a U.S.-European oceanography satellite mission with NASA participation that will continue a nearly quarter-century record of tracking global sea level rise, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Sunday at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA to launch Jason-3 Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
Jan 17, 2016, at 08:12 pm
California, Jan 17 (IBNS) NASA on Sunday said the Jason-3 international oceanography satellite mission is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.
New Crop Insurance Policy is a step in the right direction but needs improvements: CSE
Jan 15, 2016, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,has approved the new crop insurance scheme -- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY).
Jitendra Singh to inaugurate 'Hall of Nuclear Power' in New Delhi tomorrow
Jan 15, 2016, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the "Hall of Nuclear Power" here on Saturday.
'Hall of Nuclear Power' to be inaugurated by Jitendra Singh in New Delhi
Jan 15, 2016, at 06:03 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) On Jan 16, Union Minister Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the 'Hall of Nuclear Power – Atoms Serving the Nation' at the National Science Centre (NSC) in Delhi.
NASA awards International Space Station Cargo Transport contracts
Jan 15, 2016, at 03:26 pm
California, Jan 15 (IBNS) NASA on Friday said it has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024.
NASA Advisory Panel Releases 2015 Safety Report
Jan 14, 2016, at 07:58 pm
California, Jan 14 (IBNS) The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2015 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.
NHAI signs MoU with ISRO and NECTAR
Jan 13, 2016, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): The Centre on Wednesday said the NHAI has signed Memorandum of Understanding with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application and Research (NECTAR) for use of spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways.
NASA research could save Commercial Airlines Billions in new era of aviation
Jan 06, 2016, at 03:30 pm
California, Jan 6 (IBNS) The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years.
Periodic Table's 7th row finally completed, gets 4 new elements
Jan 05, 2016, at 05:45 am
Zurich, Jan 4 (IBNS) The existing periodic table in science books around the world have been outdated by the addition of four new elements in the new one, thus enabling the completion of the seventh row in the table.
Now Mark Zuckerberg wants to create his own 'Jarvis'
Jan 05, 2016, at 01:08 am
California, Jan 4 (IBNS): Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to create an artificially intelligent butler like Jarvis from popular Hollywood sci-fi movie Iron Man.
Harsh Vardhan unveils India's National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020
Dec 30, 2015, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS) – The National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-20, aimed at making India a world-class bio-manufacturing hub, was unveiled Wednesday by Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and his junior minister of same department YS Chowdary.
NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station
Dec 19, 2015, at 09:09 pm
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) NASA on Saturday said it took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston.
NASA astronauts to conduct spacewalk as early as Monday
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:52 pm
California, Dec 19 (IBNS) Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are preparing for a previously unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station on either Monday or Tuesday.
CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:13 pm
Geneva, Dec 19 (IBNS) The 178th session of the CERN Council witnessed the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti, who will take up her functions at the head of the Organization on Jan 1, 2016.
India successfully launches six Singaporean satellites: ISRO
Dec 17, 2015, at 12:09 am
Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS) India's PSLV rocket on Wednesday successfully launched six Singaporean satellites, officials said.