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Radio Telescope ‘Arecibo Observatory’ Films a Fast-Moving, Peanut-Like Asteroid
The huge Radio Telescope called ‘Arecibo Observatory’, intended for searching radio signals from extraterrestrial lives has filmed a faster-moving, peanut-like space rock. The asteroid called “2015 BN509” is spotted moving at a faster pace in the space. It has an adorable appearance like a massive peanut. Scientists expected it to some-day crash into earth’s atmosphere, […]
Position and Strength of Earth’s Geomagnetic Field Is Plummeting over 160 Years
Earth’s geomagnetic field which shields its atmosphere from charged particles like photons is weakening over the years and might be fluctuating too, warns a team of scientists from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. Our Mother Planet is blanketed by a geomagnetic field which has spread out from earth’s interior towards space. It is […]
Saturn May Be Steering Away Asteroids from Earth: Study
In a first-of-its-kind effort to decipher the conundrum if Jovian bodies protect habitable planets from the harsh impacts catastrophic events, scientists have found “Saturn,” instead of “Jupiter” to be the “hero” of the entire episode. The long-established belief that ‘Jupiter is the “planetary shield” for earth’ is likely to be a moderately correct because a […]
NASA Upgrades Its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) Website for Daily Earth Pictures
NASA, the US-based space agency has just upgraded one of its website, which is designed for offering the views of earth from one million miles away. NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) Website, which is intended for providing daily Earth views from space, has just perked up by the agency. Now, NASA’s overhauled archive for […]
Study Warns Earth’s Magnetic Poles to Drop the Northern Lights in Next 30 Years
Scientists, in a recent penetrate, have predicted about a serious shift in solar activities that will periodically trigger several ecological changes including the weakened effect of protective sunlight on earth and thwarted electronic devices. As suggested by the scientists in their new study, the plummeting solar activity will minimize the overall mass of the Sun’s […]
Japanese Space Junk Collector Face Nuisance
An experimental instrument, intended for collecting the garbage from earth’s orbit has run into deep trouble and scientists are now in hurry to troubleshoot the glitch as soon as possible. The investigational space junk “collector” designed and operated by Japanese space agency (JAXA) and fishing net company is reported to face some troubles in its […]
Earth’s Oxygen Is Slowly Shifting to Lunar Surface: Research Reveals
A team of international researchers has come up with some exciting and never-before-heard views about the atmosphere of earth and it’s only natural satellite – Moon. According to the fresh study, Oxygen from the atmosphere of earth is slowly moving towards the moon and ended up landing on the lunar surface. After coming across this […]
Rising Temperature is Jazzing up Toxic Mercury Level by 7 Times in Sea Foods: Study
Climate change and global temperature rise are posing various threats to the ecosystem of the world and aquatic realm might be the most affected one. Now, adding some more fuel to this concern, a new study, conducted by a team of Sweden scientists has warned that, rising level of temperature may boost the level of […]
Space Timeline of February: Notes on Not-To-Miss Sights of February’s Night Skies
The second month of 2017 is around the corner and only after few hours, the clock will strike at February. The month of January was quite successful for space missions and sky grazers and the approaching month also has some exclusive sights for the space enthusiasts. However, before the month ends, nature has some precious […]