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What is the lifespan of an asteroid? Find out what scientists say
31Jul By adminNo Comments
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What is the lifespan of an asteroid? Find out what scientists say

[ad_1] Do you know about those rocky objects that orbit around the sun? Well, those objects are called asteroids and our scientists keep tracking their movements in order to save Earth from their impact.According to NASA scientists, there are no known threats from asteroids but it is important to find them, before they find us. The question arises here that how long can these rock-like materials survive? NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully approached the asteroid Bennu in October 2020, after nearly two years of orbiting. By deploying its robotic arm, the probe gathered approximately 4.4 pounds (2 kilograms) of dusty, rocky material from the asteroid's surface. This marks the first-ever sample of an asteroid collected by a U.S. mission. This material has the potential to shed light...
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Hubble Space Telescope has found a unique, evaporating planet 32 light years away from Earth
29Jul By adminNo Comments
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Hubble Space Telescope has found a unique, evaporating planet 32 light years away from Earth

[ad_1] We know that the universe is full of strange, even unique, bodies, but it still never ceases to amaze and surprise us every day. Now, thanks to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, we have got to know about another unique planet out there - a planet in trouble. Recently NASA scientists have observed a planet whose atmosphere is spreading outwards and it is changing in unexpected manner due to the proximity to its star.Evaporating PlanetA recently discovered, youthful planet orbits a moody red dwarf star and is undergoing intriguing transformations with each orbit. Due to its proximity to the parent star, the planet endures a continuous and forceful influx of energy, leading to the gradual evaporation of its hydrogen atmosphere, resulting in a puffing effect on its surface. Astronomers ...
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Devil comet heading towards Earth! Grows huge horns
28Jul By adminNo Comments
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Devil comet heading towards Earth! Grows huge horns

[ad_1] A rare and peculiar event in the cosmos has captured the attention of astronomers! Last year's famous green comet has given way to another fascinating space object. Recently, researchers have discovered a strange comet that seems to have grown horns. Yes, the comet has grown devil like horns. If that confuses you, don't worry. It doesn't really have horns, but its telescopic images caught by the spacecrafts give an illusion that it does have them! So, what exactly are these devil horns? Scientists have an answer for this.About the cometThe recently found comet is known 12P/Pons-Brooks (12P) comet. It stands out as a cryovolcanic, or cold volcano, comet. Comets, including 12P, consist of a solid nucleus containing a mixture of ice, dust, and gas. What sets 12P apart from most othe...
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July likely to be warmest month on record: NASA scientist
22Jul By adminNo Comments
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July likely to be warmest month on record: NASA scientist

[ad_1] July 2023 will probably be the world's hottest month in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years," top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday.This month has already seen daily records shattered according to tools run by the European Union and the University of Maine, which combine ground and satellite data into models to generate preliminary estimates. Though they differ slightly from one another, the trend of extreme heat is unmistakable and will likely be reflected in the more robust monthly reports issued later by US agencies, said Schmidt in a NASA briefing with reporters. "We are seeing unprecedented changes all over the world -- the heat waves that we're seeing in the US in Europe and in China are demolishing records, left, right and center," he added.What's more, the ...
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Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space
21Jul By adminNo Comments
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Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space

[ad_1] When a NASA spacecraft successfully knocked an asteroid off course last year it sent dozens of boulders skittering into space, images from the Hubble telescope showed on Thursday.NASA's fridge-sized DART probe smashed into the pyramid-sized, rugby ball-shaped asteroid Dimorphos roughly 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth in September last year. The spacecraft knocked the asteroid significantly off course in the first-ever such test of Earth's planetary defences. New images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that the collision also sent 37 boulders -- ranging from one metre (three feet) to seven metres (22 feet) across -- floating into the cosmos.They represent around two percent of the boulders that were already scattered across the surface of the loosely-h...
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Life on Mars? Check what NASA just found
19Jul By adminNo Comments
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Life on Mars? Check what NASA just found

[ad_1] After years of hard work and the best of technology deployed to find any signs of life on Mars, NASA has some good news. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover appears to have made a major discovery that could point towards life on Mars. What the rover has found, are signs of life on the Red Planet. The rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero crater for three years now, and recent findings suggest the presence of something incredible - organic molecules, which are fundamental building blocks of life.Jezero Crater is considered an area of great interest due to its potential past habitability as it was an ancient lake basin and there is the presence of a diverse range of minerals there. Previous clues have already hinted at the planet's dynamic history. However, the latest discovery of organ...
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Want to know where space starts? Find out
18Jul By adminNo Comments
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Want to know where space starts? Find out

[ad_1] Space is a word that generates images of vast, empty, dark and scary areas out there up in the sky somewhere. However, that nebulous definition is not exactly right. So,where does space actually begin? The answer is not straightforward and a NASA scientist, Doug Rowland, stepped forward to explain it.What NASA says?As NASA explains it, “For purposes of spaceflight some would say at the Karman line, currently defined as an altitude of 100 kilometers (60 miles). Others might place a line 80 kilometers (50 miles) above Earth's mean sea level. But there is no sharp physical boundary that marks the end of the atmosphere and the beginning of space.” Rowland takes the argument much further, or shall we say, higher. He said, “The concept of where space begins depends on one's perspective...
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Lunar mission! Iron to water, NASA to start project to mine the Moon
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Lunar mission! Iron to water, NASA to start project to mine the Moon

[ad_1] NASA is gearing up for its long-awaited return to the Moon after over 50 years, when it landed a huge number of astronauts there, but this time, the mission is more ambitious than merely leaving footprints behind. The space agency has set its sights on mining the Moon for valuable resources, with plans to kickstart the initiative as early as the next decade.NASA intends to send a drill rig to the Moon next month as a precursor to establishing large-scale lunar regolith mining by 2032. As reported by The Guardian, a scientist from NASA's Johnston Space Centre, Gerald Sanders, disclosed these plans while speaking at the World Mining Congress in Brisbane.Sanders emphasized the agency's goal to assess and quantify the potential resources available on the Moon.He said, We are trying t...
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NASA scientists study origin of life after simulating cosmic evolution
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NASA scientists study origin of life after simulating cosmic evolution

[ad_1] NASA scientists simulate the cosmic evolution in labs to study the origin of life from amino acids and amines. NASA scientists have performed a new experiment that enables them to study the evolution of life. At the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, scientists wanted to explore how amino acids and amines may have formed by simulating a mini cosmic evolution under lab conditions. The scientists made ices that simulate those found in interstellar clouds and then blasted them with radiation. The leftover material was then exposed to water and heat to replicate the conditions they would have experienced inside asteroids.Danna Qasim, a research scientist, along with her colleagues made ices out of molecules that space telescopes commonly find in interstellar c...
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Touch the skies! NASA scientist hot in hunt for fiery meteorite that crashed to Earth
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Touch the skies! NASA scientist hot in hunt for fiery meteorite that crashed to Earth

[ad_1] NASA scientist has literally taken to the sky to track the meteorite that tore through Utah. Weeks after a fiery meteorite into Earth, a scientist from NASA has taken to the skies to track down the path of the meteorite. The meteorite had crashed in Utah. Peter Jenniskens boarded a KSL-TV chopper to look for a hole in the ground where the meteorite hit the earth. He said, “"We're literally looking for a hole in the ground, yeah, because the soil here is fairly soft and it looks like the rocks are just punching through." The empty hole that Jenniskens did discover shows no evidence of the rock, but the information will help Jenniskens in tracking the details as he said, “So, it does look like something was dug out here,...
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