Meteorologists with the US Air Force 45th Space Wing have predicted an 80 per cent chance of favourable weather for SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s launch with NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite aimed at detecting planets outside our solar system. Continue reading NASA’s positive on next planet-hunting mission launch
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NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system
The search for worlds circling stars far beyond our solar system will intensify in the coming weeks with NASA’s launch of a spacecraft scientists hope will enlarge the known catalog of so-called exoplanets believed capable of supporting life. Continue reading NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system
NASA to build supersonic manned plane without sonic boom
US space agency NASA has started to create a supersonic manned aircraft that may cause no eardrum-battering sonic boom. Continue reading NASA to build supersonic manned plane without sonic boom
Mars parachute sent high up in key NASA test
A supersonic parachute designed for future missions to Mars has undergone a successful test in which it was sent very high up in the sky in a rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Continue reading Mars parachute sent high up in key NASA test
SpaceX launches rocket carrying 10 communication satellites
American aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 telecommunications satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California. Continue reading SpaceX launches rocket carrying 10 communication satellites
Astronomers spot hot Earth-sized exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has detected a hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet outside our solar system which has a density similar to Mercury. Continue reading Astronomers spot hot Earth-sized exoplanet
NASA to intensify focus on Earth’s frozen regions
To enhance understanding of Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost, NASA will launch two new satellite missions and conduct an array of field research in 2018, the US space agency said on Tuesday. Continue reading NASA to intensify focus on Earth’s frozen regions
Scientists find habitable ‘super-Earth’ among 15 new planets
Scientists have discovered 15 new planets—including one ‘super-Earth’ that could harbour liquid water—orbiting small, cool stars near our solar system. Continue reading Scientists find habitable ‘super-Earth’ among 15 new planets
NASA’s Hubble finds ‘relic galaxy’ near Milky Way
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed a “relic galaxy” in the Milky Way’s backyard. Continue reading NASA’s Hubble finds ‘relic galaxy’ near Milky Way
NASA invites citizen scientists for cloud observation challenge
Love to gaze at the clouds and admire nature’s creativity? NASA invites you to take part in a citizen science cloud observation challenge. Continue reading NASA invites citizen scientists for cloud observation challenge