Celestial Valentine: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Detects Tumultuous Romance between Star and Planet
Valentine day is around the corner, and the entire world is busy in expressing their love to their special persons. But do you know, in the angelic realm, there is a couple who are also celebrating the love week? Jokes apart, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, which is the fourth and final telescope of NASA Great […]
Scientists Spot Supernova 160-Million-Light-Years Away From Earth, Holds Clues to Death Throes of a Massive Star
In a celestial breakthrough, a team of Californian researchers have discovered an incredibly dazzling supernova, located some hundred million light-years away from the earth. Astronomers, during a research project, have captured the premature death throes of a gigantic star that was worn out in a terrible extraterrestrial explosion in a galaxy far from Earth. On […]
ISRO to Conduct ‘Inter-Planetary Missions’ in 2021-22; Eyes on Visiting Mars and Venus
India is all set to rule over the space industry by breaking some of most significant records soon. Currently, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up to set out 104 satellites on a single PSLV rocket on 15th February 2017, while the next mission is to land probes on two most mysterious planets […]
China to Set out First Remote-Sensing Night-Light-Observational Satellite This Year
China is all-set to mark a new record by launching country’s first-ever remote-sensing satellite, dedicated to detecting ground-based lighted structures during night time. Dubbed as “Luojia-1A”, the mini-satellite is capable of identifying large bright formations on the ground in the evening time. It weighs only 10 KG and is equipped with high-resolution sensors. According to […]
NASA OSIRIS-REx Set Out Space-Hunt for Earth-Trojan Asteroid
A NASA-owned and operated spacecraft has started its space-hunt for a mysterious type of close-to-Earth celestial object called Earth-Trojan asteroids on Thursday, 9th February 2017. Dubbed as OSIRIS-Rex, the spacecraft will spend almost two weeks in search of these mystifying tiny celestial bodies. To recall, currently, OSIRIS-Rex is on 2-years outbound voyage to the asteroid […]
Japan’s Experimental Space Junk Collector Falls Flat Due To Poor Programming
An experimental space probe, which was intended for collecting space junks, has failed in carrying out its assigned tasks accurately, reported a state-run news agency. As per the announcement made by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Monday, the tentative mission for cleaning ‘space junk’ or debris from the lower orbit of the earth has […]
Collision of Moon and Earth Will Turn the Planet into an Ocean of Magma
For now, the only natural satellite of Earth – the Moon is turning away from the planet at a variable speed of 3.8 centimetres per year. But soon the scenario is going to change, as scientists are expecting both celestial bodies to collide with each other someday, resulting in the complete destruction of earth. According […]
NASA to Join Forces with ESA and Airbus for Its Historical 2021 Manned Orion Mission
NASA’s ambitious Orion mission that aims at taking human being beyond the Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) is under development and is expected to have effect by 2021. While NASA was the sole owner and operator of this goal-oriented space mission, now European Space Agency (ESA) and aerospace company Airbus have joined the force. Yesterday, European […]
SpaceX Gears Up For Hitting Its Fastest Launch Speed after the Operation of New Florida-Based Launch Pad
Space Exploration Technologies Corp, well-known as SpaceX is gearing up for marking a new record by hitting the fastest launch rate soon. After the September launch pad explosion, the US-based space firm is moving through some serious obstacles regarding the launch of its space flights and the new record is expected to work as a […]