‘Marsquakes’ could shake up planetary science

Washington,May 5 (IBNS): Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.

NASA expands plans for Moon exploration

Washington, May 4 (IBNS): NASA is returning to the Moon with commercial and international partners as part of an overall agency Exploration Campaign in support of Space Policy Directive 1.

NASA’s first mission to study the interior of Mars awaits May 5 launch

Washington, May 4 (IBNS): All systems are go for NASA’s next launch to the Red Planet.

Birmingham scientists to observe brightest stars in sky, NASA to launch new observatory into space

Washington, Apr 16 (IBNS): NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday.

NASA’s Juno Mission provides infrared tour of Jupiter’s north pole

Washington, Apr 12 (IBNS): Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet’s polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth. Those are among the items unveiled during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, April 11.

Tiny sea creatures hold secrets to Earth’s climate: NASA

Washington, Apr 11 (IBNS): Each new season brings change. Seasonal change on land is something that we’re familiar with and adjust to regularly.

NASA scientist collects bits of the solar system from an Antarctic Glacier

Washington, Apr 9 (IBNS): On rare calm days, the most striking thing you notice at an altitude of more than 8,000 feet on an Antarctic glacier is the silence. 

Hubble uncovers the farthest star ever seen

Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): More than halfway across the universe, an enormous blue star nicknamed Icarus is the farthest individual star ever seen. Normally, it would be much too faint to view, even with the world’s largest telescopes. But through a quirk of nature that tremendously amplifies the star’s feeble glow, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope were able to pinpoint this faraway star and set a new distance record.

NASA prepares to launch next mission to search sky for new worlds

Washington, Mar 29 (IBNS): NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its Apr 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life.

Hubble solves cosmic 'Whodunit' with Interstellar Forensics

Washington, Mar 23 (IBNS): On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding—and only NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can see who’s winning.

Jupiter's great red spot getting taller as it shrinks, NASA team finds

Washington, Mar 14 (IBNS): Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been shrinking for a century and a half. Nobody is sure how long the storm will continue to contract or whether it will disappear altogether.

3 NASA satellites recreate solar eruption in 3-D

Washington, Mar 10 (IBNS): The more solar observatories, the merrier: Scientists have developed new models to see how shocks associated with coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, propagate from the Sun — an effort made possible only by combining data from three NASA satellites to produce a much more robust mapping of a CME than any one could do alone.

NASA outlines new lunar science, human exploration missions

Washington, Mar 9 (IBNS): NASA is focused on an ambitious plan to advance the nation’s space program by increasing science activities near and on the Moon and ultimately returning humans to the surface.

Hubble finds huge system of dusty material enveloping young star HR 4796A

Washington, Mar 8 (IBNS): Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A. A bright, narrow, inner ring of dust is already known to encircle the star and may have been corralled by the gravitational pull of an unseen giant planet.

Hubble finds huge system of dusty material enveloping young star HR 4796A

Washington, Mar 7 (IBNS): Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A. A bright, narrow, inner ring of dust is already known to encircle the star and may have been corralled by the gravitational pull of an unseen giant planet.