Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana

Jul 25, 2016, at 04:52 am

Baton Rouge, July 24 (IBNS) A team of leading scientists and community experts with decades of experience released key recommendations to maintain and build land in coastal Louisiana.

Historical Records Miss a Fifth of Global Warming: NASA

Jul 22, 2016, at 03:14 pm

California, July 22 (IBNS): A new NASA-led study finds that almost one-fifth of the global warming that has occurred in the past 150 years has been missed by historical records due to quirks in how global temperatures were recorded.

Sunset at the Viking Lander 1 Site

Jul 21, 2016, at 09:52 pm

California, July 21 (IBNS) On July 20, 1976, at 8:12 a.m. EDT, NASA received the signal that the Viking Lander 1 successfully reached the Martian surface.

Approval for second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station

Jul 21, 2016, at 09:46 pm

New Delhi/Chennai: The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP-2) attained first criticality (start of controlled self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction in the Reactor for the first time) after accord of regulatory and statutory clearances on July 10, 2016, Minister of Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

NASA’s Hubble Telescope makes first atmospheric study of Earth-sized exoplanets

Jul 21, 2016, at 03:31 pm

California, July 21 (IBNS): Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the first search for atmospheres around temperate, Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system and found indications that increase the chances of habitability on two exoplanets.

ISRO seeks options of privatisation of PSLV

Jul 21, 2016, at 03:37 am

New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): The ISRO has been pursuing a 'conscious' approach of building up and nurturing the industrial capabilities in the country to maximally support the Indian Space Programme.

NASA's PACE Mission will uncover new information about health of our Oceans

Jul 21, 2016, at 03:08 am

California, July 20 (IBNS): NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is a first-of-its-kind project that aims to answer key questions about the consequences of climate change on the health of our oceans and their relationship with airborne particles and clouds. PACE will use a wide spectrum of wavelengths from an “ocean color” instrument to provide scientists with this information.

X marks the spot for Milky Way formation

Jul 20, 2016, at 04:01 am

New Delhi, July 19 (IBNS) A new understanding of our galaxy's structure began in an unlikely way: on Twitter. A research effort sparked by tweets led scientists to confirm that the Milky Way’s central bulge of stars forms an “X” shape. The newly published study uses data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.

2016 climate trends continue to break records, says NASA

Jul 20, 2016, at 03:48 am

Washington, July 19 (IBNS): Two key climate change indicators -- global surface temperatures and Arctic sea ice extent -- have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data.

10th edition of Young Astronomer Talent Search launched

Jul 20, 2016, at 03:24 am

Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata, July 19 (IBNS): The 10th edition of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) was launched by Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology and Rural Development (Rural Water Supply), Government of Odisha at the State Secretariat on Tuesday.

NASA scientists to discuss 2016 climate trends, impacts

Jul 19, 2016, at 05:26 am

California, July 18 (IBNS) Climate experts from NASA will discuss recent trends in global temperatures and Arctic sea ice, as well as research now underway to better understand their impacts, during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 19.

NASA’s Kepler confirms 100+ exoplanets during Its K2 mission

Jul 19, 2016, at 05:21 am

California, July 18 (IBNS) An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission. Among the findings tallying 197 initial planet candidates, scientists have confirmed 104 planets outside our solar system. Among the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky.

NASA selects five Mars orbiter concept studies

Jul 19, 2016, at 05:20 am

California, July 18 (IBNS) NASA has selected five U.S. aerospace companies to conduct concept studies for a potential future Mars orbiter mission.

CERN welcomes Romania as its twenty-second Member State

Jul 18, 2016, at 10:51 pm

Geneva, July 18 (IBNS): Romania yesterday became the twenty-second Member State of CERN, having acceded to the Organization's founding Convention, deposited with UNESCO. The notification by UNESCO of Romania’s accession to the Convention brings to a conclusion the formal application process that started in 2008, crowning a period of cooperation stretching back 25 years.

NASA's next Mars rover progresses toward 2020 launch

Jul 17, 2016, at 05:01 am

California, July 16 (IBNS) After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.

NASA sails full-speed ahead in solar system exploration

Jul 16, 2016, at 03:26 pm

Washington, July 16 (IBNS) NASA’s Juno is now poised to shine a spotlight on the origins and interior structure of the largest planet in our solar system. As we wait for Juno's first close-up images of Jupiter (to be taken Aug. 27 during the spacecraft's next pass by the planet), NASA continues to explore our solar system to help answer fundamental questions about how we came to be, where we are going and whether we are alone in the universe.

Humans perceive time somewhere in between reality and our expectations

Jul 13, 2016, at 10:47 pm

London, July 13 (IBNS) New research, using a Bayesian inference model of audio and visual stimuli, has shown how our perception of time lies mid-way between reality and our expectations.

Black Hole makes material wobble around it

Jul 13, 2016, at 03:22 pm

California, July 13 (IBNS) The European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a "gravitational vortex" around a black hole.

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft sends first in-orbit view

Jul 13, 2016, at 03:21 pm

Washington, July 13 (IBNS): The JunoCam camera aboard NASA's Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft’s July 4 arrival at Jupiter.

Virtual reality 'Chinook' to help train medics in UK Armed Forces

Jul 12, 2016, at 04:35 am

London, July 11 (IBNS) A new simulator of a Chinook helicopter, bringing together virtual reality and an inflatable enclosure, has been conceived to help to support the future training of the UK Armed Forces’ Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT).

Tethys tops Saturn

Jul 12, 2016, at 02:52 am

California, July 11 (IBNS) An illusion of perspective, Saturn’s moon Tethys seems to hang above the planet's north pole in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate

Jul 10, 2016, at 04:49 am

California, July 9 (IBNS) Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these areas likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years, suggesting that ice deposits could exist there now.

Climate change may shrink Adélie Penguin range by end of century

Jul 09, 2016, at 09:02 pm

California, July 9 (IBNS) Climate has influenced the distribution patterns of Adélie penguins across Antarctica for millions of years. The geologic record tells us that as glaciers expanded and covered Adélie breeding habitats with ice, penguins in the region abandoned their colonies.

NASA looks at Typhoon Nepartak over Taiwan in visible and infrared Ligh

Jul 09, 2016, at 08:58 pm

California, July 9 (IBNS) NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites provided a visible and infrared view of Typhoon Nepartak before and during its movement over Taiwan.

New crew members, including NASA Biologist, launch to space station

Jul 07, 2016, at 02:03 pm

California, July 7 (IBNS) Three crew members representing the United States, Russia and Japan are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 6 (7:36 a.m. Baikonur time, July 7).

Google doodle gets a Juno makeover

Jul 05, 2016, at 04:55 pm

Mountain View, July 5 (IBNS): Google on Tuesday decorated its homepage with a doodle dedicated to Juno, the spacecraft that successfully entered Jupiter's orbit.

Juno enters orbit around Jupiter

Jul 05, 2016, at 03:28 pm

California, July 5 (IBNS) NASA’s Juno mission has completed its main engine burn and entered orbit around Jupiter. Watch the live NASA news briefing at 1 a.m. EDT for more information.

NASA's Juno Spacecraft getting close to Jupiter

Jul 03, 2016, at 04:03 am

Washington, July 2 (IBNS) NASA's Juno mission, launched nearly five years ago, will soon reach its final destination: the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter. On the evening of July 4, at roughly 9 p.m. PDT (12 a.m. EDT, July 5), the spacecraft will complete a burn of its main engine, placing it in orbit around the king of planets.

MRS Air Missile launch: President congratulates DRDO

Jul 01, 2016, at 11:24 pm

New Delhi, July 1 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated DRDO on the successful test-firing of the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile.

NASA's Juno Spacecraft enters Jupiter's magnetic field

Jul 01, 2016, at 03:32 pm

Washington, July 1 (IBNS) NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has entered the planet's magnetosphere, where the movement of particles in space is controlled by what's going on inside Jupiter.