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Donald Trump's space force could starve NASA, says JFK's niece

Rory Kennedy believes that Donald Trump's plan to militarize space will starve NASA of funding, focus and public interest

Oct 14, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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NASA wants to contain super volcano Yellowstone that can end the world in one eruption

A full-scale eruption from the Yellowstone supervolcano has the potential to plunge the entire planet in a nuclear winter-like situation, wiping out humanity.

Oct 10, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa is hiring a planetary protection officer to protect the Earth from aliens

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If universe is ocean, humans have searched for aliens in swimming pool, claims new study

Researchers agrees with the views of astronomer Jill Tarter who said that it is idiotic to conclude aliens do not exist just because we have not found them

Oct 10, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Satellite data reveal how the new record low Arctic sea ice extent, from Sept. 16, 2012, compares to the average minimum extent over the past 30 years (in yellow). Sea ice extent maps are derived from data captured by the Scanning Multichannel Microwave R

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Climate change: Here is what NASA says about Arctic ice at 2018

This year's Arctic minimum was reached late last month, between 19 and 23 September. The ice dropped to a minimum of 4.59 million square km over the north pole.

Oct 8, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012.

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NASA Voyager 2 enters nearest interstellar space

Voyager 1 experienced a similar spike in cosmic rays in 2012, when it exited the heliosphere.

Oct 8, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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NASA tribute video accumulates highlights of its 60 years' space journey

NASA has released a video showcasing the major highlights accomplished in its 60 years of space journey and exploration of the alien universe.

Oct 4, 2018

By Ribhu

Travelling to Mars will be an incredibly dangerous undertaking

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Shocking! Study claims Mars travel could destroy astronaut guts and give them cancer

Mice developed GI disorders and long-term functional alterations to their digestive system, when subject to ion radiation in the long term.

Oct 3, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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It's confirmed; International Space Station's hole was sabotage, but who did it?

The Russian space agency chief has confirmed that the hole in the International Space Station was a sabotage

Oct 3, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies the young star cluster NGC 602.

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NASA proposes new method to locate alien civilizations

NASA believes that searching for Technosignatures is one of the best ways by which alien civilizations can be located

Sep 30, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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NASA warns about rising risk of catastrophic satellite collisions

In a recent study report, scientists at NASA has warned about the possible risks posed by space debris in earth's low orbit

Sep 29, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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First-ever dust storm spotted on Saturn's moon Titan; Raises hopes to find alien life

Experts believe that learning more about these dust storms will help scientists to know more about Titan's fascinating environment

Sep 25, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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NASA's balloon observes rare electric blue clouds

Waves of clouds crashing into each other like on a beach 50 miles in the sky is a truly a spectacular sight to behold.

Sep 23, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

The observed direction of polar motion, shown as a light blue line, compared with the sum (pink line) of the influence of Greenland ice loss (blue), postglacial rebound (yellow) and deep mantle convection (red). The contribution of mantle convection is hi

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NASA explains why earth's spin axis is drifting

This wobbling of the spin axis is called polar motion and its wobbling has, over the 20 century drifted it by about 10 cm per year, that translates to about 10 meters of drift in a century.

Sep 22, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham